Wotakoi: Love Is Hard For Otaku embodies a number of familiar anime and manga tropes, but in an uncommon setting: the workplace. By extension, the four main characters are somewhat …
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Go Nagai is a legendary writer and manga artist who has been in the business since the mid-1960s, and he was one of the first writers to be published in …
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Warning: The following contains spoilers for Sailor Moon, now streaming on Hulu, and Wedding Peach. The magical girl genre has been beloved for decades. It empowers young girls to take control of …
Premiering about a month ago, The Case Study of Vanitas is a new anime from Studio Bones. Adapting a popular ongoing manga series, The Case Study of Vanitas combines vampires, steampunk and …
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As dark and heavy as some of Gundam‘s war stories get, things can’t always be taken completely seriously, especially the names. Some Gundam names are puns, like Char Aznable being a …
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Dragon Ball Z ended with the sprawling Buu Saga, which had the Z Fighters facing their most powerful opponent yet. Eventually becoming the diminutive but impressive Kid Buu, Majin Buu is …
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Don’t Toy With Me, Ms. Nagatoro! is a short comedy anime series set in an ordinary high school with a cast led by the meek, artsy second-year student Naoto Hachioji. Naoto …
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WARNING: The following contains spoilers from the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga, by Koyoharu Gotouge, available in English through VIZ Media. As the long-awaited second season of Demon Slayer …
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No matter the direction Kantor takes, every work is well-rendered, crafted, and carefully-calculated before release to ensure a uniform experience is squared away and an enriching impression isn’t left out. …
Fruits Basket is the story of Tohru Honda’s quest to heal the cursed Sohma family, but if it were told all over again, Kyo Sohma could have been the star. Among …
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