Paranoia Agent Was Built From Ideas That Didn’t Fit Into Satoshi Kon’s Films. It Was His Only TV Series.
Paranoia Agent Was Built From Ideas That Didn’t Fit Into Satoshi Kon’s Films. It Was His Only TV Series. By Jimigrimm Between 1997 and 2006, Satoshi Kon directed four films. Perfect Blue. Millennium Actress. Tokyo Godfathers. Paprika. Each one was a different genre. Three of the four explored what happens when the line between what’s […]
In Darker Than Black, Every Superpower Comes With a Cost. One Character Has to Break His Own Fingers After Every Use.
In Darker Than Black, Every Superpower Comes With a Cost. One Character Has to Break His Own Fingers After Every Use. By Jimigrimm One character has to smoke cigarettes after every use of his power. He hates smoking. Doesn’t matter. The remuneration is mandatory. Another has to drink beer, and she’s the rare Contractor who […]
Samurai Champloo’s Soundtrack Was Built by Four Hip-Hop Producers. One of Them Died at 36.
Samurai Champloo’s Soundtrack Was Built by Four Hip-Hop Producers. One of Them Died at 36. By Jimigrimm The record needle scratches across a scene transition. A sword fight breaks out and the choreography matches the beat. Two guys who hate each other sit in a teahouse while a lo-fi instrumental plays underneath the rain outside, […]
The Big O Was Cancelled in Japan After 13 Episodes. It Was So Popular in America That Cartoon Network Helped Fund the Other Half.
The Big O Was Cancelled in Japan After 13 Episodes. It Was So Popular in America That Cartoon Network Helped Fund the Other Half. By Jimigrimm Roger Smith lived in a city that had forgotten everything. Paradigm City lost its collective memory forty years before the show begins. Nobody knows what happened. Nobody knows why. […]
Why Is Anime So Long? The Real Reason One Piece Has 1,100 Episodes and Western Shows Have 8.
Why Is Anime So Long? The Real Reason One Piece Has 1,100 Episodes and Western Shows Have 8. By Jimigrimm A season of Western television is 8 to 10 episodes. Maybe 13 if the network is generous. A season drops, you watch it in a weekend, and you wait a year for the next one. […]
Why Do Anime Characters Yell Their Attacks? The Real Reason Behind the Weirdest Thing in Anime.
Why Do Anime Characters Yell Their Attacks? The Real Reason Behind the Weirdest Thing in Anime. By Jimigrimm “KAMEHAMEHA!” “RASENGAN!” “GETSUGA TENSHO!” “DETROIT SMASH!” If you’ve watched any anime, you’ve seen it. A character stands in the middle of a fight, screams the name of their attack at the top of their lungs, and then […]
Sub vs Dub: The Oldest Debate in Anime. The Real History of Why It Exists and the Honest Answer Nobody Wants to Hear.
Sub vs Dub: The Oldest Debate in Anime. The Real History of Why It Exists and the Honest Answer Nobody Wants to Hear. By Jimigrimm The first time someone told you “subs are better than dubs,” they said it like it was a fact. Like there was an objective answer and you just hadn’t learned […]
Trigun Was Bigger in America Than It Ever Was in Japan. The Man Who Created It Was Selling Apartments When He Drew the First Page.
Trigun Was Bigger in America Than It Ever Was in Japan. The Man Who Created It Was Selling Apartments When He Drew the First Page. By Jimigrimm You remember the coat. Long, red, impossible. It moved like it had its own personality. You remember the sunglasses and the goofy grin and the way Vash the […]
Outlaw Star Was Made by the Same Studio as Cowboy Bebop, Released Months Earlier, and Got Completely Overshadowed. The Fans Who Found It on Toonami Never Let Go.
Outlaw Star Was Made by the Same Studio as Cowboy Bebop, Released Months Earlier, and Got Completely Overshadowed. The Fans Who Found It on Toonami Never Let Go. By Jimigrimm You probably discovered Outlaw Star by accident. Maybe it was the show that came on after something else you were watching. Maybe a friend mentioned […]
Marvel Just Lost the Team That Designed the Way the MCU Looks. The Real Story Behind Why It Happened Is Bigger Than Marvel.
Marvel Just Lost the Team That Designed the Way the MCU Looks. The Real Story Behind Why It Happened Is Bigger Than Marvel. By Jimigrimm Every Marvel movie opens the same way. The logo forms, and as it builds, concept art flashes across the screen. Painted illustrations of Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Black Panther, […]