As one of the few fighters to beat Goku in a World Martial Arts Tournament, Tien Shinhan is among the strongest warriors in the entire Dragon Ball franchise, rivaling Krillin …
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WARNING: The following contains spoilers for My Hero Academia #310, by Kohei Horikoshi, Caleb Cook and John Hunt, available now in English from Viz Media. My Hero Academia has quickened its …
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Mamoru Oshii is best known for directing the 1995 hit Ghost in the Shell, but what most anime fans don’t know is that he also directed what is considered the first …
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Bleach‘s most eccentric supporting character, Kisuke Urahara, is far more than he initially seems in his Season 1 debut. Kisuke is presented as a candy shop owner who happened to …
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The average mecha or giant robot functions in a formulaic way: the pilot gets in the robot, takes hold of the controls, and operates the war machine like one might …
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Throughout Bleach, fans follow Ichigo Kurosaki as he grows and learns about his latent supernatural abilities. Thanks to his father’s former Shinigami rank and his mother’s pure Quincy blood, Ichigo is …
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WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Yasuke, now streaming on Netflix. In Netflix’s Yasuke, the grief-stricken Black samurai has a dangerous quest to see through: taking the godlike Saki to …
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Dragon Ball Z began to incorporate additional science fiction elements into its narrative for its third major storyline while looking for inspiration from the original Dragon Ball anime series. What …
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Dragon Ball Z‘s opening story arc, the Saiyan Saga, made it abundantly clear that the anime series was far more violent and serious than its immediate predecessor Dragon Ball. However, it …
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WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Shadows House Episode 4, “Watchers in the Night,” now streaming on Funimation. Episode 4 of Shadows House deals with the fall-out of the scorch …
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