Approximately 10% of people are left-handed. That’s 1 in 10 people! But does this 10% translate over into anime? Well, it certainly is easier to stick to characters being right-handed to streamline the production process where possible. Because of this it’s likely that characters that we know are left-handed, are left-handed because it’s written into
Ryuko’s birthday is September 22, she is aged 26, she’s 166cm tall, her blood type is A, and she was born in Okinawa. Ryuko is also said to love shiny things (most likely a reference to the tales of dragons having hordes of gold and gems). Ryuko’s name contains the kyujitai and shinjitai versions of
First impressions can really be make or break for some people – with some willing to watch a few episodes before dropping an anime and others not wanting to gruel through an hour before a series gets better. An anime that many fans seem to think starts of slowly is Steins; Gate – where there’s
Tokyo Revengers is a manga series written and illustrated by Ken Wakui. It has been serialised in Weekly Shonen Magazine since March 2017. There is also a live-action adaption released in Japan in July 2021 and a stage play that ran from August 6 to August 22, 2021 in Tokyo, Osaka and Kanagawa. There is
In flashbacks Overhaul as a child is voiced by Caitlin Glass in the dub, who also voices Mina Ashido. Overhaul was only labelled as a B-rank Villain. Overhaul’s surname contains the symbols for ‘govern, regulate, administer’ (治(ち) chi), ‘promontory, cape, spit’ (崎(さき)saki). His first name contains the symbols for ‘revolve, return, curving’ (廻(かい)kai). Overhaul is
Our ‘favourites’ are often dictated by what we have an emotional connection to. It’s a complex idea that doesn’t have much explanation – but really the idea is that something that aligns with our tastes and has the most emotional impact upon us is our favourite of something. My favourite Studio Ghibli movie is Howl’s
A good ending leaves us satisfied. Instead of walking away with questions, confusion, or annoyance about loose ends that weren’t tied up, character arcs that weren’t completed or thrown away or poor writing – a great ending completes our watching experience. Anime with multiple seasons have a habit of showing a time-skip in a series
When adapting a manga (or video game) into an anime series there’s a lot that goes into the adaption. The major issues that usually arise include pacing, cutting or changing arcs, or changing the ending. Examples that come to mind is how the Fullmetal Alchemist adaption was poorly received, and then was re-adapted into Fullmetal
Twice’s birthday is May 10, he is 178cm, and smokes cigarettes. Twice’s preliminary design was very similar to his current – the main difference being that his costume has four eye openings instead of two. Twice is currently the villain who had the quickest raise in villain ranking – moving from C to S in
A lot of anime characters don’t wear make-up. And fair enough! It’s a lot of work for the studio! I would do the same. But sometimes there are characters that make-up, usually consisting of eyeliner, eyeshadow and/or lipstick. Some characters have eyeliner as part of their ‘natural’ design because they’re not human too – but
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