Even with newfound popularity with a mainstream audience, Fire Emblem still had a few issues to resolve with its longtime fanbase. While series vets could...
ReadmoreThe staff at Intelligent Systems thought they were done with Fire Emblem after Awakening. While they hoped to save the franchise to some extent with it, t...
ReadmoreFire Emblem reached its lowest point with Shadow Dragon. Sales in Japan had not only lowered since the glory days of the SNES era but were stagnating. Nin...
ReadmoreWith the series’ creator having left the company on bitter terms, things weren’t looking great for the once extremely promising RPG. The once ambitious fr...
ReadmoreIn our last article, we covered Fire Emblem’s meager beginnings as an entirely new genre for the era and its transformation into a major success on the Su...
ReadmoreWho could have ever predicted that the blue-haired anime fencer and his fiery clone from Super Smash Bros Melee back in 2001 would go onto to become a pil...
ReadmoreIf you’ve been following Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure this season, you probably just finished the last few episodes of Golden Wind and wondered, “What the hec...
ReadmoreFantasy adventures starring plucky teenagers setting out to save the world and slice-of-life high school stories waxing poetic about youth aren’t going an...
ReadmoreDumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru is better than it has any right to be. It’s a silly fanservice show about girls working out! It’s the s...
ReadmoreDr. Stone is one of the best recent examples of a series that survived entirely on wor...
ReadmoreSomehow, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure has managed to last for over 120 volumes of manga and over 100 episodes of anime by using roughly the same formula for 3...
ReadmoreC’mon, admit it: you’re just as enthralled by the villains in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure as you are the heroes. There’s no shame in it. Any good hero needs ...
ReadmoreThere are very few franchises that have had the run JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure has. With essentially eight distinct plotlines with eight entirely unique her...
ReadmoreHow is it that Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure has managed to captivate audiences for so long? It blatantly disregards what most would consider “proper writing”!...
ReadmoreOne Piece always felt a little different from its Shounen Jump peers, but it was difficult to pinpoint why. It followed a lot of the same tropes as other ...
ReadmoreThriller Bark is a weird arc. Outside of Gecko Moria’s Shichibukai status, there’s not much to connect Thriller Bark with One Piece’s world events. In fac...
ReadmoreSo, Skypiea has come and gone, the Strawhats are back on good ol’ terra firma (you know… relatively). They arrive on Long Ring Island and it looks like On...
ReadmoreIn our last couple of articles analyzing One Piece arcs, we covered how the East Blue and Baroque Works sagas set up the themes and story structure that O...
ReadmoreLast time, we covered how the East Blue Saga of One Piece builds up a lot of the core elements that make up the franchise. However, as any avid One Piece ...
ReadmoreIt’d be fair to say that One Piece is one of the longest-running, most cohesive narratives out there right now. It’s impressive how much the series has ma...
Readmore“Ai no Kokyoshi (For Symphonic Lovers)” Event: Ai no Kokyoshi (For Symphonic Lovers) Date: April 27th, 2019 Venue: Tokyo Opera City Intro: History of ...
ReadmoreC’mon, admit it. If you’re a One Piece fan, you’ve thought about what Devil Fruit you’d eat. It doesn’t necessarily have to be one that’s canon either; ...
ReadmoreIt’s hard to think of a story that has run for so long that has stayed so consistently engaging as One Piece. While each arc has its ups and downs, the ...
ReadmoreIt’s surreal to even think about, but we’re getting to the endgame of One Piece. Luffy isn’t just squaring off against random pirates and corrupt marines ...
ReadmoreOne of the greatest appeals of One Piece comes from its power system. Naruto has Ninjustu, Bleach has Bankai, and One Piece has Devil Fruits; which, when ...
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