Okay, I know I’m not alone in the concept of those specific anime that everyone in the 2000s ‘graduated’ to. You know what I’m talking about, right? Like, we all went from watching the Big 3 Shounen on the Toonami block to these best similar anime that were much more ‘mature’. Anime that we considered
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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
Growing up a weeb in a 3rd world country? Not an entirely fun scenario. Because of the whole ‘my parents were too strict, so I didn’t get the internet till 2009’ thing, I didn’t have a lot of exposure to anime outside of what Toonami was airing. Hell, I still remember the absolute nightmare it
I’ve talked about my ‘anime hiatus’ before. I used to be a huge weeb back in the day, growing up on a steady diet of Toonami on Cartoon Network as a kid, to choppy anime episodes uploaded on YouTube when I was a teen. And I loved it; anime became a huge part of my
For something that was never meant to go outside of its country and just be a product to sell some toys, anime has come a really, really long way. From its humble beginnings as a children’s show, it is now a multi-billion dollar industry with stakes in almost every genre imaginable. And it’s not hard
Picture this: You’ve sat down for dinner alone, set up your laptop, and put on your favorite anime for some nice ‘me time’. Only for the mood to sour when said anime episode just starts buffering to oblivion! It’s exactly why I despise streaming anime. I have to actively look up what streaming services have
