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Anime's Woodstock
Forty-three years ago today, cartoons morphed from entertainment into lifestyle.
Money!!!
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Anime's Dumbest Argument
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Money, money, money — First Impressions: The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited
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Anime's Big Freaking Week!
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Anime's Most Controversial Squirrel
Known as the W3 incident, Space Boy Soran would go down in history as the first case of industrial espionage in the anime industry, but is there more…
1978: Anime's Greatest Year?
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Anime's Most Historical Year!
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Pokemon’s Problem
Note: This was written literally days before the announcement of the Sinnoh Remakes and Legend of Arceus. Some information might be out of date, but as these games…
Gurazeni: Money Pitch
Gurazeni: Money Pitch (Crunchyroll) is my favorite new anime series for 2018. This is an engaging, smartly-written seinen sports story with sympathetic believable characters. This is not your…
Sonny Boy Anime's Ending Explained
If Shingo Natsume's series about a classroom drifting through space-time left you confused, don't worry. It's a series meant to start conversations. Join us as we tug at…
Funimation's Mouthflap Problem
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The Gridman Problem
Looking back a few years to SSSS.Gridman. What can we observe about it when we incorporate context for the original series it draws from? And how much of…
The Drinking Problem
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The Big 3: Anime's Biggest Lie
The Big Three are One Piece, Naruto and Bleach. But have you ever asked why? Since the mid to late 2000s the history surrounding this name has been…
A Conversation With Anime's Western Godfather
Meet William Chow, also known as King of Smut 95. I’m happy to have him on the show to break down what it was like growing up as a…
The Haida Problem | Aggretsuko
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Jujutsu Kaisen's Biggest Problem
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The Problem With Satoko
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The Problem With Bleach
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The Problem With Isekai
With every passing year, it seems like we're getting more and more isekai shows. Most of them aren't even good and keep flopping so I took it upon…
Making Money Moves (Update Post)
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Synduality: Noir – 06 – House Money
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The Story Behind Anime's Most Overhyped FAILURE
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The Chainsaw Man Anime's Style Feels Off
You can't have the written and thematic storytelling of Chainsaw Man without the visual storytelling of Chainsaw Man—and unfortunately, the anime doesn't have that.
You Missed Anime's Best (And Only) Musical
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The Problem with SPY × FAMILY
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Sparking Zero's One Big Problem
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Anime has a curation problem
Over the past year I’ve seen an ever increasing amount of critics and viewers who are angry that anime is still spurned by those outside of the medium…
The Problem With New Anime
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The Problem With Anime Girls
Whether its a Best Girl, Waifu, Oneesan, Okaasan, Imouto or Loli - Anime Girls are at the center of anime discourse no matter where you go on the…
Anime Has a Villainess Problem
In this existential crisis of a cooking class/video essay, I explore why there are so few memorable female anime villainesses compared to male villains. If you haven't organically…
Crunchyroll's Union Problem Got Worse
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In/Spectre’s Problem of Atonement
The last episode of In/Spectre S2 unveiled a fascinating moral problem. The episode stands outside of the other story arcs, so all the spoilers below only relate to…
This Slice of Life Anime's Music is INSANE...
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Anime's 3-Episode Rule: Is It Still Valid?
You've heard it before. "Give it three episodes and see what happens." It's considered tried-and-true advice before dropping an anime, but is still useful?
OtakuGeneration.net :: (Show #689) Gurazeni: Money Pitch
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Fate Coin – Money doesn’t remove misery
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Case 44 – Death By Money Gun
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The 15-Year Hunt For This Anime's Strangest Mystery
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The One Problem With Sand Land
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The Problem of the Phantom Parlor
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Elise: The Problem With The Ingenue
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Steins;Gate and the Trolley Problem
Note: this post contains heavy spoilers for the original Steins;Gate anime. If you had the power to change the natural course of things for the better, would you…
Japan’s Wild Boar Problem Keeps Growing
As the hunters who would normally hunt them get too old, Japan finds itself under attack by an onslaught of wild boars.
The Central Problem with Idol Anime
Really, I just have some serious problems with how Ensemble Stars was handled.
The Problem With Best Anime Lists
Have you read all those best anime of the year lists that have been coming out? What do you think of them?