Apart from the obvious parallels including police spinners, neon umbrella rods, and replicants with red reflections in their pupils, the Blade Runner: Black Lotus anime appears to contain
During the late 1990s and early 2000s Japan’s manga and anime fan community became infatuated with a figurative and literary concept called “moé.” Although the term partially referred
Although the modern variation of the “isekai” trope has existed within manga and anime since the early 1980s, the concept of a character swept away to a life
Question: In your opinion, how is it that certain ideas in anime can last generations without becoming stale while others fall by the wayside? What separates something like
The romantic comedy and the sitcom of misunderstandings are global literary staples. The idea that opposites attract is a universally recognized trope. And the concepts of the “sukeban,”
Question: Don’t know if you recently watched Netflix’s Yasuke (it could have been better) which was created by LeSean Thomas who also had notable projects in Legend of
Yuki Fumino’s subtly complex, resonant, and heartfelt dramatic manga series I Hear the Sunspot premiered in 2013 and has sporadically extended into five ongoing collected books. The touching
The first episode of Non Non Biyori Nonstop doesn’t show a character’s face until nearly two-minutes into the episode. This sort of emphasis on atmosphere and tone was
I’ve observed Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, Smile Down the Runway, Akudama Drive, Moriarty the Patriot, and Somali and the Forest Spirit as the best new anime series
The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic affected Japan’s anime industry as it did everything else in the world, resulting in a potentially contracted spring broadcast season and a number of
Last unboxing video for this year, at least. And it includes some word about forthcoming plans to fund the AnimeNation forum & blog for another year, which I’ll
If you’re curious to see what odds, ends, and even curiosities I acquired for myself in my latest large purchase of anime goods from Japan, here’s a video
For a while I’d been thinking that the anime production industry had become a bit stale. I haven’t seen a lot of dramatic technical or tectonic evolution in
While the traditional Japanese literary concept of living a lifetime in another world may date back to the Japanese Urashima Taro fairy tale, the modern provision of the
