Tag: Anime

  • The Peak: Celebrating One Piece & Wano

    The Peak: Celebrating One Piece & Wano

    The anime landscape has changed dramatically over the last few decades. Once upon a time, all the largest shows ran once a week, every week, for hundreds of weeks before it either a) ends or b) gets cancelled. If they got too close to the manga, or even ahead of it, the showrunners would just…

  • Icons of Shounen: Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)

    Icons of Shounen: Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)

    The Big Three. ‘Naruto’. ‘Bleach’. ‘One Piece’. Once upon a time, before anime was the mainstream media juggernaut we know today, these three shows were at the peak. If you were an adolescent anime fan in America before the streaming days, you were probably watching one of these three. Without them, we likely would never…

  • Attack on Titan is Finally Over

    Attack on Titan is Finally Over

    We kept joking that Attack on Titan would never end. Yet here it is. It’s finally, truly over. Attack on Titan has been one hell of a rollercoaster. It was constantly growing and evolving. Season one was the ultimate hook, an action horror thrill ride that took the world by storm. Season two was a…

  • Icons of Shounen: Naruto Uzumaki

    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…

  • We Need to Talk About Dragon Ball Daima

    We Need to Talk About Dragon Ball Daima

    Toriyama is taking the franchise to strange new places… Dragon Ball is a series of highs and lows. Z was amazing… up until the Buu saga kinda messed it all up. GT was one of the most disappointing anime I’ve ever seen. Super was a mixed bag; it had some great moments and the movies…