As the conversation around gender issues has grown complicated if not outright contentious, it seems the wiser course to perhaps stay away and just focus on talking anime, but the thing is, anime has always had – at least some – representation for those of different gender and sexual identifications. While representation has grown in […]
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The anime tomboy has always been an underrated, but beloved niche type of anime character. However, anyone serious about tomboys in anime know that the best of them come in different flavors. Perhaps you like the outspoken and athletic type of tomboy that excels on the field and whose blunt personality makes them a bro
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At the prestigious Asticassia School of Technology, an academy charged with educating the children of prominent corporations, disputes between students are settled by duels between mobile suits. After traveling from a secluded colony on Mercury, Suletta finds herself in a duel with the best pilot in school after witnessing him arguing with his fiancee. When
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Izumi is a normal guy, albeit with a predilection for attracting misfortune. However, the one piece of shining fortune in his life is his girlfriend, Shikimori. She is beautiful, popular, and absolutely in love with him. However, everyone around them is often surprised by how cool and dashing Shikimori is rather than cute and girly.
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She is beauty and she is grace, she is sometimes laughing right in your face. The ojou-sama, or proper young lady archetype, is one widely utilized in anime. In some cases, she is everything a well-bred young lady should be. She is the epitome of kindness to others and would never stoop to anything uncouth
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There are a lot of feelings about modern anime, but it is a medium that has never been larger and more widely available. We are also entirely spoiled by the animation techniques and technology that can be put to work in some series. However, because it has grown so grand and beautiful, it is easy
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It is one of the the oldest and most effective romance cliches in the book. A heroine finds herself in danger, and a hero sweeps in to save her, somehow deepening their budding romance further. Of course, rescue romance anime series, as I call them, need not be a damsel in distress. There are plenty
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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.
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While girl-on-girl action might be one of the most popular searches on the standard adult-time fun site, for most people who watch yuri anime, they watch it for the complex emotional relationships between women. Same-sex relationships are still somewhat taboo in Japan, but it is not just the taboo nature alone used for drama in
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What makes an anime series a classic? Is it because it is the oldest? The most popular? Some crazy amalgamation of the two? As it stands, an anime is given classic status because it has had such a long-standing effect on the genre. A classic is a series that has gone on to inspire other
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