Anime is renowned for covering a remarkable variety of genres, story archetypes, settings, time periods and far more. And, of course, any animated series worth its salt will know how …
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Crunchyroll has announced 18 new and eight continuing anime simulcasts for the Spring 2021 season. Highlights of the line-up include new seasons of hit series like My Hero Academia, Fruits Basket and Zombie …
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WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Episode 191, “Stray Dog,” now streaming on Crunchyroll. The Boruto anime has done a great job of fleshing out Sumire, …
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While Dragon Ball Z introduced a whole race of gods that presided over the universe, the sequel series Dragon Ball Super went one step further by introducing an even more …
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The story of Food Wars! follows Soma Yukihira, who, despite being a chef rather than a fighter, fits nearly all the shonen protagonist’s requirements. Soma is noted for his can-do …
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Funimation announced the premiere date for My Hero Academia‘s upcoming season. Season 5 of My Hero Academia debuts on March 27 on Funimation’s website. In the U.S., the anime’s newest season will also …
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Western culture has embraced and celebrated the achievements of anime and manga for decades. It’s influenced popular films like The Matrix and Inception along with cartoons like Steven Universe and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Though arts and culture from the eastern …
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Shogakukan’s magazine Big Comic Original announced in a press release that manga artist Rumiko Takahashi will be publishing a new one-shot called “Mukashi no Onna” (The Woman From the Past) …
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With the release of Sweet Home and Noblesse on Netflix and the accessibility of apps like Webtoon, Korean comics have seen an increase in popularity. Known as manhwa, they are similar to Japanese manga, with …
Recently, Weekly Shonen Jump asked its readers which of the magazine’s manga characters they’d be interested in seeing become VTubers. For those who might not be familiar with the term, VTubers are much …