Anime & Manga

What's Up with Anime Characters in Fighting Games?
Whether they’re original properties such as Guilty Gear or Arcana Heart, or they’re based on established media franchises such as Fist of the North Star or Melty Blood, there is...
What's Up with Anime Characters in Fighting Games?
Whether they’re original properties such as Guilty Gear or Arcana Heart, or they’re based on established media franchises such as Fist of the North Star or Melty Blood, there is...

Thai Songs in Anime: Anyamaru Tantei Kiruminzoo
The country of Thailand is not a terribly common subject in Japanese pop culture such as anime, manga, and games. While it pops up from time to time, such as...
Thai Songs in Anime: Anyamaru Tantei Kiruminzoo
The country of Thailand is not a terribly common subject in Japanese pop culture such as anime, manga, and games. While it pops up from time to time, such as...

Beautiful Tomboy Idol: Love Live! Rin Hoshizora...
Whether her fans come to know her through the music, the anime, or the mobile game, one look at Rin Hoshizora establishes firmly her role in Love Live! as “the...
Beautiful Tomboy Idol: Love Live! Rin Hoshizora...
Whether her fans come to know her through the music, the anime, or the mobile game, one look at Rin Hoshizora establishes firmly her role in Love Live! as “the...

Shidare Hotaru from Dagashi Kashi Fascinates Me
Shidare Hotaru from Dagashi Kashi is one of my favorite new anime characters. I love her sheer intensity and deep-seated fondness towards snack foods, to the extent that she might...
Shidare Hotaru from Dagashi Kashi Fascinates Me
Shidare Hotaru from Dagashi Kashi is one of my favorite new anime characters. I love her sheer intensity and deep-seated fondness towards snack foods, to the extent that she might...

The Big/Little Sister of Love Live!: Umi Sonoda...
At first glance, Umi Sonoda from Love Live! School Idol Project and Love Live! School Idol Festival is not an unusual character. Serious to a fault, one can even draw parallels...
The Big/Little Sister of Love Live!: Umi Sonoda...
At first glance, Umi Sonoda from Love Live! School Idol Project and Love Live! School Idol Festival is not an unusual character. Serious to a fault, one can even draw parallels...

Myriad Colors Phantom World is Like a 90s Anime
Kyoto Animation’s latest anime, Myriad Colors Phantom World (also known as Musaigen no Phantom World) is deceptively different from their past works. The studio behind popular hits such as The...
Myriad Colors Phantom World is Like a 90s Anime
Kyoto Animation’s latest anime, Myriad Colors Phantom World (also known as Musaigen no Phantom World) is deceptively different from their past works. The studio behind popular hits such as The...