Tag: Anime
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Goku VS Vegeta: The Perfect Anime Battle
Fighting and anime go together like peanut butter and chocolate. Animated violence is just plain cool; the perfect combination of eye candy and narrative development. The closest thing we have to it in real life is the WWE. Which is somehow even more insane than anime, but that’s beside the point. Every shounen anime has…
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The Growth of 3D Anime
Outside of Japan, 2D animation has become a near extinct medium. Nowadays, it’s all 3D and CGI here in the West. It’s a large reason why anime has become so successful since the advent of streaming. But the thing about animation is that it ain’t easy. It’s expensive, time-consuming, and requires a ton of skill,…
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On Shounen and Transformations
*This article contains spoilers for Dragon Ball Z, Naruto: Shippuden, One Piece, and Hunter X Hunter. Got it? Good.* Transformation as a concept is all but synonomous with the shounen genre. Ever since Goku traded his black locks for gold, every series in the genre wanted a piece of that pie. Who could blame them?…
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Spring Anime 2024: Returning Faces, New Beginnings
It’s that time of the year again. Trees and flowers are blooming. The winter chill has faded. It’s the perfect time to go outside, enjoy a walk, and appreciate the beauty of the world. Or you could stay inside and watch anime all day like a normal person. We have no shortage of shows to…
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A Sign of Affection: Love is Silent
This may just be me not having seen enough romance anime, but I feel as though disabilities are rarely truly touched on in the genre. Which is a shame, because that idea has a lot of untapped potential. If done well, it can give people with those disabilities a character they can relate to, and…
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