Imagine this: Same orange jumpsuit. Same ramen obsession. Same chaotic energy.But Naruto Uzumaki… born as Naruto Uchiha? Yeah — the Naruto we know would’ve been completely different. And no, I don’t just mean he’d have cool red eyes and moody fanboy energy.We’re talking full-on rewrite of Konoha history, the Akatsuki saga, and maybe even Sasuke’s …
Okay, real talk:What if I told you Demon Slayer broke all the unspoken rules of shonen… and got better because of it? No 500-episode filler marathons.No power-ups that require five flashbacks and a lecture from a ghost. And definitely no protagonist screaming “I’ll never give up!” for the 84th time while bleeding dramatic anime blood. …
Wooper: Now that the calendar has rolled around to June, I’m starting to think about our next season preview, but with a different perspective than usual. I often view new batches of anime as welcome distractions from the disappointments of the previous crop – but even though some of these spring shows aren’t meeting my …
It’s funny how things we now see as cliche, generic, or overdone were once novel and completely new. Such was the case for a little game called Lunar: Silver Star Story. Previously released on the Sega CD as Lunar: The Silver Star, the game was famous for its litany of 2D anime cutscenes, amazingly adapted …
Wooper: Now that we’re more than a month removed from our first impressions period, the shine is starting to come off some of this season’s offerings. Don’t get me wrong – I still think there are lots of worthwhile shows airing right now, but the longer an anime goes on, the more opportunities it has …
Wooper: We’ve cycled through all sorts of names for these check-in columns over the years, but the most appropriate one for this week’s post might be “catch-up,” as I watched three episodes of some of these shows in an effort to get current with the spring season. That’s a lot for an old man who …
