A new trailer has dropped for the second season of Netflix’s Bastard!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-. The trailer, which is available on the official Netflix Anime YouTube channel, indicates that Bastard!! Season 2 and feature a myriad of intense action and heart-pounding music. The clips provide viewers with some insight into what the story has…
In Japanese anime, the characters may find various ways to improve or even reinvent themselves as fighters, working professionals, and human beings. If someone transforms themselves for the better and has something to show for it, then they have experienced a glow-up, which can change the entire story. Some of the most famous and exciting…
It’s never a coincidence when two things in a work of fiction share a name. In real life, many people share names, but fictional stories can preserve the names of each person, place, or thing unique. It usually implies that one thing is called after another; for example, a bridge named after a local hero…
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is a multi-decade series with a huge cast of characters. It’s been a popular manga since the 1980s and found its place as a popular anime by the 2010s. Although there are several storylines to the JoJo franchise, they all share one thing in common: epic, high-stakes battles with increasingly bizarre combat…
Honor can be defined in several ways, and it’s often treated on a “you know it when you see it” basis for both fictional and real people, including Japanese anime. Dishonorable characters might lie or manipulate others, break a promise, or even fight dirty. An honorable character could never bring themselves to act so dishonestly….
It’s strange that Misty ever caught Psyduck, let alone made it her signature Pokémon. The anime had this happen by accident, but that doesn’t explain why it occurred in the first place. Misty’s primary Pokémon in the games has always been Starmie. She never had a Psyduck until after she caught one in the anime,…
Deku’s dear friend Katsuki Bakugo remains in dire straits in recent My Hero Academia chapters, with his very life hanging in the balance for a second time. Bakugo nearly died defending Deku from Tomura Shigaraki’s anger in the anime’s sixth season and recovered, but he could die this time – which would be bad for…
It often feels like there are unlimited possibilities in anime and the storytelling medium continues to evolve in groundbreaking ways that can frequently transcend language barriers. Anime accessibility is greater than ever before, and it’s incredibly encouraging to see niche properties receive international translations and appear on mainstream streaming services. English anime dubs have come…
Numerous Japanese anime shows show a regular human being transferred to or reincarnated in an other world, typically a fantastical one. This is the isekai subgenre, one of anime’s most popular diversionary techniques. Some anime viewers ponder what they’d do if they were isekai’d somewhere, as isekai protagonists can escape the monotonous grind of real…
At first glance, Gege Akutami’s Jujutsu Kaisen seems like just another copycat striving to live up to the Shonen Big Three, but looks can be deceiving. It certainly shares common settings and themes with its predecessors, but Jutusu Kaisen has a unique presence all its own that allowed it to forge a new path. Alongside…