Two influential media franchises from the ‘90s, Twin Peaks and Evangelion, both came to an end within the past few years. While these two series may not seem to have many obvious similarities, with one being a live-action murder mystery and the other a mecha anime, there are several parallels between the franchises. Each starts out resembling a standard work…
As a child, Murao Junpei is captivated when a male ballet soloist takes to the stage at his sister’s ballet recital. A passion awakened in him, Junpei asks his parents if he can start doing ballet. His father – a stunt coordinator for films – suggests he tries something “manlier”…
Sports anime and manga are not uncommon in Japan. Football, basketball, volleyball,…
Slow Loop, an adaptation by Connect of the manga by Uchino Maiko,…
Two influential media franchises from the ‘90s, Twin Peaks and Evangelion, both came to an end within the past few years. While these two series may not seem to have many obvious similarities, with one being a live-action murder mystery and the other a mecha anime, there are several parallels…
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As a child, Murao Junpei is captivated when a male ballet soloist takes to the stage at his sister’s ballet recital. A passion awakened in him, Junpei asks his parents if he can start doing ballet. His father – a stunt coordinator for films – suggests he tries something “manlier”…
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Sports anime and manga are not uncommon in Japan. Football, basketball, volleyball, baseball, figure skating and even badminton have popular stories that aim to make the sport, as well as the characters and their narrative arcs, interesting to both fans of the sport and complete newcomers. Related reading: If you…
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Slow Loop, an adaptation by Connect of the manga by Uchino Maiko, aired as part of the Winter 2022 anime season. Ostensibly, Slow Loop is the archetypal cute show about cute girls doing cute things – in this case fishing. Soft character designs, rounded linework, gentle but vibrant colours, the…
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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is a strangely triumphant production. By rights, it shouldn’t even exist. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is a 2022 anime spinoff of the 2020 video game Cyberpunk 2077 from Polish game developers CD Projekt Red, itself an adaptation of Mike Pondsmith’s 1988 pen and paper role playing game Cyberpunk (later Cyberpunk…
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Netflix has shared the debut teaser and key image for the forthcoming Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime, and announced that it will premiere in September 2022. The Netflix original series is a partnership between CD Projekt Red and Trigger, an animation company. It takes place in the same interpretation of Cyberpunk as…
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JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure has a long, rich history spanning manga, anime, live-action films, and video games. It started with the manga back in 1987; the manga is now going into its ninth arc! The story’s setting is a world similar to our own, but with supernatural forces. The next video…
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Square Enix’s Mana series is on its way to a television (or computer monitor, let’s be real) near you courtesy of Warner Bros. Japan. Announced about a year ago and set to air this year, Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal is an anime based on The Legend of Mana…
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