I love a good OP. It’s not necessary but I think when obvious time and effort has been put into creating an interesting opening sequence, it’s a good sign that the creators care about their audience and love their work. When done right, these little creations are small works of art in and of themselves…
Hello, one and all. It’s been a while since I’ve done a fun little Top 5 character post. I actually really have fun writing these. This week, I have a ton of disclaimers. First, like the title says, these are “top” only in the sense that it made me think I should try to rock…
Like with most of my lists the term “top” here is not to be taken too seriously. In this case, it actually means top characters with a sword I either find attractive or I remember seeing in really cool fights. I actually know of anime swordsmen who are much more popular and arguably more impressive…
I promised myself I would take some time to admire anime on technical merits and then promptly forgot all about it. It’s not that I don’t want to. I just started watching these really fun and endearing shows (Gurren Lagann and Cells at Work), that slowly develop characters by giving them benevolent but challenging foils…
In general, end sequences tend to be less impressive than opening ones. This makes perfect sense since they are so much easier to skip and in our new world of streaming content sometimes get auto-skipped whether we want to or not, so I can’t blame studios for prioritizing the intros but once in a while…
***True story – I had just finished putting this post together when Karandi published her weekly in case you missed it post and I found out 3 other bloggers had the same idea that week….I’m going to wait a bit before publishing this*** I love a good OP. It’s not necessary but I think when…