Anime. Manga News & Features
As the fourth person to join Luffy’s Straw Hat crew in One Piece, Vinsmoke Sanji serves as a chef for the band of misfits known as the Straw Hat Pirates and makes up one-third of the monster trio. Alongside Luffy and first recruit Roronoa Zoro, Sanji possesses deadly strength. Alongside his fearsome speed, reflexes, and…
It is not enough to simply make the audience laugh to create a successful and outstanding comedy anime. Like any other genre, comedy relies on memorable, vibrant, and appealing characters to carry its story and get the viewers emotionally attached to the narrative. Many anime series excels at creating compelling characters with multifaceted personalities and…
One way in which anime has made its mark from its animated peers is the wealth of unique genres that are specific to the medium. Anime never has a shortage of comedy series, but these silly shows often push boundaries more than the medium’s other genres. Comedy is subjective material that often splits its audience,…
In anime, romance is frequently used to spice up plots and help build investment with characters. Oftentimes, one person’s connection to another can also be a great driving force to further the narrative. However, some couples are so forced that they would ultimately not be realistically compatible. Instead, they are cobbled together due to plot…
Some say that twins share a sort of special bond that other siblings just do not have. While the intensity of that bond may vary from family to family, there’s no shortage of interesting twin sibling dynamics in the realm of anime that makes viewers feel like they’re seeing double. Some twins are so identical…
Love triangles in anime have been one of the more popular romance dynamics for years. Due to this, they have a surprisingly large presence in non-romance shows — especially shonen anime. Love triangles in shonen anime are some of the best due to their compelling circumstances entrenched in typical shonen action. Although there are various…
In the futuristic setting of My Hero Academia, talented boys and girls can get an education at schools like U.A. and Shiketsu to learn the hero’s ways, which means risking their lives fighting villains for a living. Many of Class 1-A’s students have faced villains in mortal combat, including not just Izuku, but supporting characters…
Many viewers would not want to be like Sasuke for a laundry list of reasons. Sasuke has one of the most tragic backstories in Naruto, allows vengeance to consume his mind, and cuts off his bonds with his friends. On top of all this, his personality has several flaws. Following the Uchiha massacre, Sasuke’s heart…
In anime, a villain’s laugh is usually intended to reflect their evil. The more hearty they bellow, the greater pleasure they’re likely to derive from their enemies’ suffering. Such a phenomenon is especially true of antagonists with no redeeming qualities. As a result, there have been a number of great and memorable evil laughs over…
Anime characters often find themselves in unexpectedly dangerous circumstances along their respective adventures. Though encounters with villains or hostile creatures quickly set protagonists up for a bad day, danger sometimes provides protagonists with essential information to use later on. Situations that appear deadly can resolve themselves thanks to the convenient presence of nearby allies. Anime…