Anime is amazing in how it makes use of archetypes and tropes to create vastly diverse stories within genres. Genres become inextricably linked to certa...
ReadmoreReligious imagery has been in anime for a long time. With titles like Neon Genesis Evangelion and High School DxD making use of myth and religion in their s...
ReadmoreAnime is a great adaptive medium due to the fact that it can draw from multiple different kinds of sources much like film and TV...
ReadmoreHeight is everything in the world we live in. The tall are physically imposing, considered more athletic, they can reach top shelves without standing on...
ReadmoreOne anime which seems to go under appreciated for its ridiculous humour and consistently forgotten overarching premise is Squid Girl. The anime follows Sq...
ReadmoreImagine having a timepiece capable of manipulating time itself – what would you do with such extensive power? For Takasugi and K...
ReadmoreZombies – the reanimated corpses of the deceased now motivated by only one thing: the desire to feed on the living. While this is an old trope with i...
ReadmoreWhen you get really into anime and manga, the sheer volume of amazing stories you find is deliciously overwhelming. Then you realise that there’s even mor...
ReadmoreDespite being sources of wisdom both in reality and in anime, the elderly don’t seem to get that much recognition, at least as far as anime is concerned...
ReadmoreSupernatural phenomena are a common conception in many human societies, cultures and religions. We’re all well clued-up about these phenomena because we see...
ReadmoreElectricity is an interesting natural phenomenon because it powers all of our cool gadgets, cities and towns. Imagine having the ability to control somethin...
ReadmoreElemental abilities are a concept that is pervasive throughout fiction and mythology. We have deities known for their embodiment of elemental features like ...
ReadmoreFamily is an important aspect of human life because many of the different values, quirks, characteristics and moral sense will be taught at home...
ReadmoreMagic, an element that has formed part of human life as superstition, innate ability and even technology. As extensive as the influence of the concept of ma...
ReadmoreHere in the summer season of 2018 is a horror thriller which boasts some potential. Satsuriku no Tenshi, or Angels of Death, is ...
ReadmoreBased on Yoshida Akemi’s 1985 manga by the same name, Banana Fish follows the dark, crime-infested life of 17-year-old Ash Lynx,...
ReadmorePsychological anime have a beguiling aspect to them that is easy to recognise and incredibly effective in hooking a viewer when done well. With characters t...
ReadmoreLiving lives characterised by the belief that everything is meaningless, nihilists are numerous in anime and have featured in some fairly dark material....
ReadmoreTime is a construct that no single human being can escape. We’re born, we grow old and we die. However, that won’t stop us from imagining ourselves in posit...
ReadmoreThe Student Council is supposed to be a body of students committed to preserving order within school halls, as well as presenting the needs of their fellow ...
ReadmoreA well-recognised anime trope is that of the NEET – a character who is Not Employed, in Education or in Training; a character often depicted as a quintess...
ReadmoreA lot of the time when we are casual fans, several behind-the-scenes processes that go into the creation of our favourite titles. However, as time goes on, ...
ReadmoreAnyone familiar with the exciting rush that comes with mystery-solving needs to watch a brilliant detective anime at least once. With varied tropes, chara...
ReadmoreAnime is an incredible medium which is capable of bringing together elements from so many different sources to create gripping, cohesive stories that we c...
ReadmoreSpringing forth from 2018’s Spring Season, Golden Kamuy is an awesome adventure based in a historical landscape; a series which ...
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