You know, for a medium made in Japan, anime characters don’t tend to look very Japanese. Though, I’d argue they don’t look much like any human in real life. While the art style varies from artist to artist, the general portrayal of larger than life eyes with perfectly miniscule facial features is pretty unanimous. And,
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Look, I’m not even a fanatical One Piece fan, but I know that no one is actually questioning who Luffy’s girlfriend is. Like, this is the one Shounen series where romance was never even a subplot in the actual story, let alone a defining point. But I get it. As a hopeless romantic that is
When I was a budding fanfiction writer back in the early days of fandom internet (dark, dark days that I both miss terribly and never want to relive again), one of my favorite things was to look up names. I mean, I’d have original characters in my writing that would need really unique names with
Dragon Ball is a weird franchise. And I get it. In the end, it’s a fighting anime involving various alien races spanning multiple universes. In hindsight, an entire race of aliens named after vegetables with monkey tails and anger management issues isn’t exactly the weirdest thing we’ve encountered so far. And, according to what we
I wish I could’ve worded this better, but here it goes: I am in love with the tall, dark and handsome best friend/rival character stereotype in Shonen, and I don’t think I’m ever getting out of it. You know what I’m talking about, right? Like, growing up, you didn’t crush on the plucky protagonist. Nope,
Another day, another character showdown. Whenever we do these Character VS pieces, it brings me back to that one meme of ‘Oh X could defeat Goku’. (Though personally, I totally believe Sailor Moon can beat Goku.) Because is there a show more chaotic about overpowered characters than Dragon Ball? So today, let’s tackle the absolute
Okay so, cosplaying is really hard work when you consider how many characters are just blue haired anime girls. No, seriously. It’s so much easier to do when you have natural hair colours, like blonde or brunette, that you can maybe stretch out to being a ‘realistic’ take. But there’s a reason why the blue
Dragon Ball is a behemoth of a franchise, even for a Shonen. With a full cast of new characters being introduced and coming back for reunions rapidly, it can get overwhelming to remember who is significant and who is not. But I’d wager the parents of Son Goku, or Kakarot in the Saiyan tongue, are
Now, normally when you’re watching a Shonen anime, the show doesn’t focus on what the kids in the series are capable of. I mean, the last time I saw literal children fight at the same level as the adults was in Dragon Ball. And, let’s be honest, Dragon Ball just has and issue with balancing
We’ve talked about the history of mainstream anime on this website before. What started as an experimental art form at the turn of the century in Japan, has become a global phenomenon. Anime isn’t a small block on the TV anymore, it dominates major entertainment spaces as no other animation medium has before. Anime is
