The 2015 anime Gangsta has the very unfortunate legacy of being the last production of the now-bankrupt studio, Manglobe. The studio started strong, producing classics like Samurai Champloo and Ergo …
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Bleach has an especially defined combat system for a shonen series. The Soul Reapers all carry Zanpakuto, or soul-cutting swords, which can transform into Shikai mode to gain new abilities, and …
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WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Cells at Work! Season 2, Episode 4, “H. Pylori/Antigenic Shift,” now streaming on Funimation. The Immune Cells are often lauded as the heroes of …
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2020 has been a year for social media. Ok, it was mostly because we were forced indoors for the majority of it, but our official roundup of the most-liked Instagram …
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 3 of Dr. Stone, “Call From the Dead,” now streaming on Crunchyroll. Senku of Dr. Stone has a mind bordering on supernatural …
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While we all get a little mad sometimes, anime characters have a tendency to unleash berserker tantrums mighty enough to leave the world around them in complete ruin. In action …
When manga creators gain the stature and the fanbase of CLAMP, they are basically free to do whatever they want. Nonetheless, CLAMP has made some strange choices recently, from agreeing …
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In the world of Naruto, ninja can arm themselves with an astonishing variety of weapons and tools, far beyond the basic shuriken and kunai knives that one might expect. For …
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After a long, arduous battle, the Strike Witches finally reclaimed Northern Karlsland and took out the Neuroi nest in Season 3. However, unlike previous seasons, the Strike Witches unit did …
GKIDS, the company that distributes Studio Ghibli’s films in North America, has launched the venerable Japanese anime studio’s very first English-language social media pages. As of right now, Studio Ghibli fans …
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