I always get a real thrill out of being included in any blog community event. So you can imagine how ecstatic I was about finally being recognized as a hottie! It cheered me up to no ends… What do you mean that’s not what this is? Tagged Michel over at Raistlin0903 (or Raist as I…
As I mentioned last week, even though there is a Tolkien level amount of detail surrounding Nen in the universe of Hunter x Hunter, I was often a bit disappointed by the abilities themselves. They are often not particularly well defined and some have changed quite a bit throughout the series. Seriously, how did Hisoka…
I have always been a little ambivalent towards Hunter x Hunter’s Nen system. On the one hand, it’s really nothing more that classifying superpowers and I love classifications but for all the detail and structure available, the actual dividing of powers is rather imprecise with a lot of the categories being very similar. The execution…
By now you may have realized that I have some pretty defined views on what constitutes a villain and because of that this week was a bit more challenging than I first expected.
Genre: Supernatural, action, drama, comedy Episodes: 12 Studio: Bones It’s hard to be god. Or more precisely, to be A god. Yato might have fallen on some hard times, largely forgotten by all and abandoned even by his own regalia, he scrapes by best he can without even a single shrine to his name but a…
Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon? Genre : Adventure, Fantasy Episodes: 13 Studio: J.C.Staff Poor Hestia, things are looking rough. She’s not exactly the most renown goddess around. Her shrine is in disrepair, other goddesses snicker behind her back and her familia is down to a single member. But that’s…
There are a LOT of favorites on this list. Hunter x Hunter has roughly a gadgillion characters and I’m not entirely sure which ones can be called “supporting” so I’m just going to assume it means anyone who’s not part of the fab four. How did you find HxH? Favorite main character Favorite supporting character…
Just like every other person in the world, I recently finished playing Dream Daddy and it got me thinking about dads in general. I’ve mentioned before that I have a soft spot for father characters in anime, especially good dads, and since I don’t have the patience to wait until June 17, 2018 (that’s father’s day here),…
Genre: Crime drama, Procedural, Dystopian Episodes: 22 Studio: Production I.G This is going to be a challenging one, I might need your help on this cause we got a lot of ground to cover… In a not too distant future alternative Japan, Akane Tsunemori is getting ready to start her new job as an Inspector of…
Genre: Crime drama Episodes: 12 Studio: Shuka A classic tale of murder and revenge set in the grim world of organized crime in America at the beginning of the 20th century. On a soft winter evening just like many others, 11-year-old Angelo Lagusa bids good night to his best friend Corteo and goes back in with his…
Reborn Genre: Shonen, Comedy, action, supernatural Episodes: 203 Studio: Artland Tsuna is not having a good day. Not only has his lack of both academic and physical prowess earned him the nickname of loser Tsuna and he is making zero progress with the girl he likes but now, all the sudden, he is apparently…
Genre : Sports!, Comedy Episodes: 126 Studio: Madhouse, Production I.G Eijun Sawamura, a young man struggling with undiagnosed hyperactivity disorder, is offered a scholarship at a prestigious baseball high school (?) where he joins the team with the boundless ambition of becoming an Ace pitcher. A lot of you may be surprised to learn that I actually…
Genre : Comedy, slice of life, Japanese Folklore Episodes: 12 Studio: TMS Entertainment A lonely young girl amuses herself by playing the popular Meiji period divination game Kokkuri-san by herself and is soon visited by the incarnations of the traditional Japanese folklore figures believed to inhabit the game: ko 狐, foxes – the divine kitsune spirit, servants of the Shinto deity Inari(link); ku 狗, tengu, the…
Genre : Historical, comedy, palace intrigue, bishonen brochette Episodes: 12 Studio: Bridge Heine Wittgenstein, a man often mistaken for a small child, has been summoned to the royal palace of Glanzreich by the king to act as the royal tutor to the four younger princes—Kai, Bruno, Leonhard, and Licht– so that he may mold them…
Genre : Sports, Feelings Episodes: 25 Studio: Kyoto Animation, Animation Do An autistic orphan, who swims real good, has to figure out a way to earn a living after he graduates high school. Meanwhile, his old friend and rival – frival – Rin, a mutant shark boy, returns to town after years abroad, stirring up old memories….