Tag: Anime
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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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Horimiya: The Missing Pieces is More of a Good Thing
The first season of Horimiya is a brilliant slice-of-life romcom. Albeit an incomplete one. Large chunks of the manga had to be cut out in order to fill a twelve episode season. It’s like swiss cheese; delicious, but full of holes. Season two, ‘The Missing Pieces’, aims to fill these holes. And it does so…
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Fall Anime 2023: Old Leaves, New Shows
Here we are again, folks. With the turn of the season, we’ve got a whole slew of new anime to watch. Time to dig through it all to find the gems! First, there are the sequels. A lot of sequels. Such as: And there are probably more. Holy shit, dude, there’s so many shows this…
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Mushoku Tensei Season 2 (Cour 1): Rejection and Reunion
Man, I got caught up right on time, huh? Season one of Mushoku Tensei really took me by surprise. I’d heard the hype, but I mostly assumed that was because the animation was really good. When it came to the actual writing, I didn’t have exceptionally high expectations. How good could an isekai be? Very…
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Main Character in Another World: Naofumi Iwatani (Shield Hero)
Most isekai protagonists are given the red carpet treatment upon their arrival in the other world. Godly powers, unwarranted respect from everyone, a harem, etc. You know the drill by now. Naofumi Iwatani was not given such treatment. Just the opposite, in fact. ‘Rising of the Shield Hero’ does something interesting with the isekai formula.…
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