When investigating a strange sight he saw the night before, middle schooler Hikaru Amatsuga has his normal life upended when an orb, crying out for help, fuses itself to his jacket and turns into a mechanical arm. The arm, a mechanical life form from another dimension, introduces itself as Alma whose race has come to […]
I know that having “ADHD-level focus” is kind of a joke that people make, but it is probably less funny for people that actually have it. It can take twice as long to get things done, you start a dozen different things, half of the things you plan out don’t get done, and then you
Under constant assault by an alien race called Noise, society doesn’t know that the idol duo Zwei Wing use their songs to charge powerful weapons known as Symphogear to fight back. After an attack at a concert, part of the duo sacrifices themselves to save a young girl, implanting a fragment of her Symphogear in
For some shows, they create their antagonist as a flimsy character who does bad things simply to do bad things and they call it a day. However, a villain operating under the abstract coverall concept of evil is hardly a character worth remembering. You will find that the best written anime villains are often the
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The Labyrinth is an expansive space underground where humans live in colonies and many places remain unexplored. Due to the harsh conditions outside the colonies and the presence of large monsters, only brave individuals known as Markers explore the outside areas. Memenpu is a genius child who dreams of becoming a Marker in order to
For younger anime fans, even today their parent may not be fully familiar with what anime is. To them, it might seem little different than the cartoons on Cartoon Network. They may view it as childish, or worse, inappropriate when they walk in and someone getting their fingernails pulled out or a is woman inexplicably
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For some, animation is the most important thing to their enjoyment of an anime. For others, the plot is crucial for them. Yet, while likely not the most important aspect to many people, a memorable OST in an anime can enhance every aspect. A good soundtrack for an anime series is more than just the
There are a lot of ways to create a dystopian society in anime. However, one of the easiest ways to create one and also make it relatable to the audience is to paint a world in which one class rules above the rest. Sometimes it feels like we are just one step away from that
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You know the moments. There are some moments in anime that are so amazing (or amazingly meme-able) that they transcend the fandom. Everyone ends up knowing about them. Sometimes they bring new watchers to a series, but mostly they serve as tender little memories that you hold in you heart to fondly remember all your
The time skip is one of my low-key favorite tropes in anime series. An important rule in storytelling is to always tell the story of the most interesting time in a character’s life, but who says a life can’t have multiple interesting moments? Furthermore, do you really want to watch a character doing mundane choring
