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The Cartoon That Inspired 'Wander'
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The Movie That Inspired Banana Fish
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASH LYNX! Banana Fish is mostly known from its 2018 anime adaptation by MAPPA but the Banana Fish manga by Akimi Yoshida actually began publishing way back…
Samurai Jack (Season 5) // First Impressions
In the fifth and final season of Samurai Jack, produced by Williams Street and Cartoon Network Studios, 50 years have passed since where we last left off. The…
The Coke ad that inspired Nier: Automata
NieR: Automata (other wise just Nier or Nier automata) was a 2017 RPG game released by Square Enix and developed by Platinum games, and almost immediately became a…
The Manga that Inspired Yu-Gi-Oh!
A look at the various anime and manga that inspired Kazuki Takahashi's Yugioh manga! Edited by @1000stupidwords https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv1AOy3iSlSFGMdvXBitHuw ________________My Links_________________ My Twitter: https://twitter.com/MercuryFalcon My Patron: https://www.patreon.com/MercuryFalcon My Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/mercuryfalcon
How They Painted ‘Samurai Jack’
Plus: the secret history of the Tootsie Pop commercial (and global animation news).
The Cult Classic That Secretly Inspired The Game Industry
Ico by Team Ico headed by Fumito Ueda is a super influential and important and foundational game for the gaming industry. Although, despite this its nowhere near brought…
Arcturus: The Korean RPG that Inspired Trails in the Sky
This is a video about the Korean RPG Arcturus: The Curse and Loss of Divinity where I overview the game, talk about its history and how it influenced…
Makoto Shinkai Talks Suzume and the Earthquake that Inspired It
The acclaimed anime director discusses the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on his latest work and what sort of stories he's considering for the future.
The Anime That Didn’t Make Us #21 – Mecha Doc, Armoured Police Metal Jack
The show everyone is calling TATDMU returns with new co-host Gary Hedges! This week our trip down someone else’s memory lane takes us the 1984 car tuning anime…
Episodes that Stand Out - Samurai X
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Anime Like The Elusive Samurai
In the year 1333, the Kamakura shogunate government is toppled after the betrayal of Ashikaga Takauji, a once-trusted retainer who was responsible for
Golden Kamuy, Hells, Rurouni Kenshin, The Elusive Samurai, The Heike Story
How the Film Influenced Anime: The Seven Samurai vs. Samurai 7
Seven Samurai is one of the most influential movies ever made, yet its anime adaptation continues to languish in relative obscurity. We take a look back at both…
“Soon may an anime come that we can all agree upon.” — An Anime-Inspired Sea Shanty
Sea Shanties have been all the rage lately, and even if they’ve died down in the way that so much of internet culture quickly does, I still love…
#10 - "I Went Back, Back to the Past" - Ryan Recaps Samurai Jack Season 5
Ryan gives you his final thoughts on the long awaited finale to Genndy Tartakovsy's Samurai Jack. Enjoy the show! This is an archived episode of Borderline Podcasts. Look for our podcasts…
9 Samurai Anime About The Shinsengumi
In the simplest terms, the Shinsengumi were a paramilitary force charged with keeping the peace in Kyoto during the turbulent Bakumatsu period of the 1860's.
Gintama, Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom (2010), Peacemaker, Rurouni Kenshin, Samurai Jam-Bakumatsu Rock
Firechick's Anime Reviews: The Elusive Samurai
Rating : 61/100 Comedy is purely subjective by its very nature, and different people have their own preferences in regards to what makes them laugh. Some people like…
Assassination Classroom, Belladonna of Sadness, The Elusive Samurai, Tsukigakirei
8 Romance Anime Inspired By Fairy Tales
A good number of romance anime use fairy tale motifs to quickly establish characters – a dashing prince, a beautiful princess, an evil queen. Sometimes they
Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Melody, Princess Tutu, Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts, Snow White with the Red Hair
Jack And The Sonorama
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The Bright and Shining Idea That Inspired Digimon Adventure 02 THE BEGINNING Director Tomohisa Taguchi
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Digimon: Digital Monsters, Digimon: Digital Monsters 02, Digimon Adventure 02 The Beginning, Idea
What inspired Nagatoro?
Don't toy with me miss nagatoro (other wise known as nagatoro-san, nagatoro, ijiranaide nagatoro san, miss nagatoro, or simply ijiranaide) was an anime adaptation of a manga written…
The 1960s Graphic Designer Who Inspired Your Favorite Anime OPs
SPY x FAMILY, Cowboy Bebop', Great Pretender, and more anime openings use a specific visual style. But where did that aesthetic come from, and how did it become…
The Gymnastics Samurai episode 1 anime review
It’s fair to say I didn’t come away from The Gymnastics Samurai feeling inspired by feats of physical mastery. Is The Gymnastics Samurai good? The Gymnastics Samurai is…
The Elusive Samurai
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Jack and the Beanstalk (1974)
So here we are again at the end of another especially difficult year for a lot of people. Like most people I can’t wait to see it go,…
What inspired Chainsaw Man?
In an interview, Tatsuki Fujimoto said that Chainsaw man was inspired by the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (which was in turn inspired by the real story of Ed Gein). Source:…
What Inspired Gurren Lagann
It was never just a love letter to Super Robot anime. 00:00 Intro 02:24 Part I 21:33 Part II 43:47 Part III 1:02:52 Part IV 1:23:29 Part V 1:53:23 Outro SAUCES: Ken Ishikawa fan illustration: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/1205898 Imaishi Forbes…
Neon Genesis Evangelion, Tomorrow's Joe, Daicon Opening Animation, Getter Robo, Gurren Lagann
Music that makes the Anime that makes the Music!
Yup, it would! Sometimes an anime is made perfect by their opening or closing song. There’s just something about the melody, the rhythm, the lyrics that the anime…
Anime Review #133: Samurai Champloo
My best friend is a man of many technical abilities and quite knowledgeable about various outside subjects. When I first met him, he was a young, recently-graduated man…
English Cast Announced for The Gymnastics Samurai Anime
The English cast has been announced for The Gymnastics Samurai anime: Christopher Wehkamp is Jotaro Aragaki Jill Harris is Rei Aragaki Brandon McInnis is Leonardo Austin Tindle is…
[Links] 25 September – 1 October 2019: Female Samurai, Moto Hagio, and Michael B. Jordan’s Naruto-Inspired Fashion
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Anime REvisited: Hyakka Ryoran: Samurai Bride – Samurai Girls S2 Episode 2!
Welcome back guys! It’s time for another anime episode review from our Anime REvisited pick; which is the second season of Samurai Girls! This one’s more of a…
Anime REvisited: Hyakka Ryoran: Samurai Bride – Samurai Girls S2 Episode 1!
Title Logo Sup! Anime REvisited has returned to its original format and we’re reviewing titles that have already been released in the past 5, 10, or even 20…
Anime REvisited: Hyakka Ryoran: Samurai Bride – Samurai Girls S2 Episode 6!
We have returned with another episode review from our Anime REvisited pick; Samurai Bride! Guess what? Another new character joins that party, so let’s get it started! Right…
Anime REvisited: Hyakka Ryoran: Samurai Bride – Samurai Girls S2 Episode 4!
Hey-hey! We have reappeared with another episode review from our Anime REvisited pick known as Hyakka Ryoran: Samurai Bride! Someone from the past has returned, but who is…
Anime REvisited: Hyakka Ryoran: Samurai Bride – Samurai Girls S2 Episode 5!
It’s time! Well…for another episode review of our Anime REvisited pick known as Hyakka Ryoran: Samurai Bride. We’ve hit another swimsuit beach episode, but this time we get…
Anime Throwback – Samurai Champloo: More than a Hip-Hop Samurai Adventure
Don’t get me wrong, the hip-hop theme is amazing.
Anime REvisited: Hyakka Ryoran: Samurai Bride – Samurai Girls S2 Episode 7!
So we have arrived at another episode review of our Anime REvisited pick; Samurai Bride! The real Jubei Yagyu is back, but there’s a problem. To make matters…
Anime REvisited: Hyakka Ryoran: Samurai Bride – Samurai Girls S2 Episode 3!
Hey! Welcome back! It’s time for another review from our pick that is the continuation of our previous pick; Samurai Girls! This one’s all about one character in…
Anime REvisited: Hyakka Ryoran: Samurai Bride – Samurai Girls S2 Episode 8!
Hey, it’s time for another episode review from our Anime REvisited pick that you already know as, Samurai Bride! With less than a week before the battle against…
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Rating : 63/100 I had no idea this movie even existed until I found out Eleven Arts was putting it out. Blue Thermal is a movie based on…
Blue Thermal, exception, NiNoKuni, Ouran High School Host Club
Review: BLACK JACK
Once again it's Old School Month, and I can't believe it's taken me this far into the pandemic to talk about this particular series. BLACK ...
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If you were to tell a Pokemon fan before the 2020s that Ash would finally be booted out of the Pokemon anime in 2023, theyd probably think you…
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Rating : 70/100 Shoujo stuff tends to get the short end of the stick when it comes to getting ported to the US, but in some circles that…
Berserk, Dear Brother, Smart-san, Lady Georgie, Rose of Versailles
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Rating : 82/100 Man, it seems like the yuri/shoujo-ai genre is going through some kind of renaissance, what with so many of those titles being ported to the…
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Not only is Discotek going to Otakon to make big announcements tomorrow, they even prepared a pre-made Twitch stream thatll air around the same time as their panel!…
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Man, I am just zipping through Lady Georgie, to the point where I only have 11 episodes left to watch. Be on the lookout for a review of…
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Rating : 48/100 Man, my first review of 2024, and its for...this. I only heard about this manga through TVTropes, and seeing as its complete, I thought Id…
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God, these Spotted Lanternflies are getting on my nerves. They are practically covering the top half of my house, and with every one I kill, theres a bunch…