Category: Character Analysis
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Icons of Shounen: Naruto Uzumaki
Ah, yes. Everyone’s favorite shounen hero: Boruto’s Dad. On the surface, Naruto is a fairly generic shounen hero. Kid is dumb as bricks, a genius of combat, and he’s got a heart of gold. Friendship gives him strength and he has a grand, seemingly unachievable goal: to become the king of the ninjas Hokage. While…
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Icons of Shounen: Son Goku (Dragon Ball)
Shounen is by far the most popular genre of anime. Ever since Fist of the North Star, it’s been manga’s #1 cash cow. As such, it’s also the most competitive and densely packed genres. Which means we’ve got a lot of characters to look at. And more importantly: rank. Starting with everyone’s favorite martial artist…
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Icons of Horror: James Sunderland (Silent Hill 2)
*Spoilers for Silent Hill 2. I know it’s a tad ridiculous to put that there for a twenty-year old game, but this is the kinda game that you really need to experience for yourself first. You’ve been warned.* When it comes to character writing in horror, you’ll be hard pressed to find a better example…
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Icons of Horror: Ash Williams (The Evil Dead)
Remember when Evil Dead was a horror movie? Honestly, I kinda like where it went better. Horror protagonists tend to have the most bizarre character development one can get in fiction. Their first foray will usually be simple: they start out scared and powerless, then develop into a badass and conquer their fears. It’s after…
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Icons of Horror: Ellen Ripley (Alien)
Characters are an extremely important ingredient for horror writing. The audience needs to like someone if they’re supposed to care about their potentially grizzly death. Otherwise, they’re the cinematic equivalent of an upsetting news headline. With Halloween just a few weeks away, I figured it was time to get into the seasonal spirit. And what…
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