Frustrated with her family, middle schooler Mirai Onozawa wishes to tear everything apart. Unfortunately, that wish comes true in an unexpected 8.0 earthquake. Suddenly, she and her younger brother find themselves surrounded by chaos in Odaiba. Single mother and motorcyclist Mari runs into these two scared kids and decides to help them get back home. […]
Anime can occasionally be faulted for its representation of females, but there has been plenty of talk about that. Instead, let’s focus on the brighter side of that representation by showing some series that represent female characters as strong protagonists who don’t necessarily need no man but can choose to have one if they’d like.
Fan Service – while the definition for it does not innately limit a service to fans as sexual in nature, fan service is the term in anime most used to describe certain lewd moments in a series. You know the ones. A cheeky jiggle of the bosom, a character tripping and falling face first into
Anime has gotten so popular over the years that more people are getting into it each day. However, just like you don’t want to watch a vigorous Game of Thrones sex scene with your mother, you probably don’t want to watch an ecchi anime with her either. The key to spreading anime to others is
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Ah, the innocence of youth. Whether you are looking to capture some of that bright young exuberance or you have recently become a parent yourself, anime about childcare can make you feel young again. To see things through both the eyes of the caretaker and the children can leave you with that nice warm, fuzzy
In a nation that is threatened by civil war, Erin lives with her mother who tends to the Grand Duke’s powerful war-lizards as a doctor. However, after an incident with the Grand Duke’s favorite war-lizard, Erin’s mother is held responsible. While trying to save her mother, Erin falls in a river and is swept away
There are strong female characters and there are anime series with strong female characters. Let’s be real. Many anime series have one or two strong females, but otherwise many of the other female characters are just there to be cute, fall in love, and be dressed in cute outfits. However, there is something endearing about
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While the term “fantasy” is a nice comfortable cloak that we often use to drape over much of anime, Fantasy, the genre, is a broad one. It is chopped up into a number of sub-genres in order to help organize media so fans can better find the stories that really call to them. When most
The young prince Arslan is ready to prove himself on the battlefield, but on his first battle, his father is betrayed and his kingdom is conquered. With his army in shambles, Arslan is forced to go on the run in search of allies to bring him back home. Who doesn’t love a good coming-of-age story
There are anime series in which the plot is the world, and then there are anime series in which the plot is in the world. Even if you aren’t familiar with the term “worldbuilding,” you know it when you see it. There are just those series that go above and beyond the plot where the
