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 […]
Why Does Marvel Kill Characters and Bring Them Back? The Real History of How Death Stopped Meaning Anything in Comics.
Why Does Marvel Kill Characters and Bring Them Back? The Real History of How Death Stopped Meaning Anything in Comics. Jimigrimm You’ve seen it happen. A character you care about dies. The story commits to it. The funeral happens. The other characters grieve. You grieve. And then, six months later, maybe a year, maybe five […]
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, […]
You Grew Up Watching Anime on Cartoon Network. Your Parents Had No Idea What You Were Actually Watching.
You Grew Up Watching Anime on Cartoon Network. Your Parents Had No Idea What You Were Actually Watching. By Jimigrimm Your mom thought it was cartoons. She heard the TV on in the living room after school, glanced at the screen, saw bright colors and spiky hair, and went back to making dinner. Maybe she […]
Yu Yu Hakusho Was Created by a Man It Nearly Broke. It Became One of the Greatest Anime to Ever Air on Toonami.
Yu Yu Hakusho Was Created by a Man It Nearly Broke. It Became One of the Greatest Anime to Ever Air on Toonami. By Jimigrimm If Dragon Ball Z was the show that built Toonami’s audience and Gundam Wing was the show that proved that audience would stay up late, Yu Yu Hakusho was the […]
Tenchi Muyo! Showed Up Between Dragon Ball Z and Gundam Wing and Proved That Anime Could Make You Laugh, Think, and Feel Things You Didn’t Sign Up For.
Tenchi Muyo! Showed Up Between Dragon Ball Z and Gundam Wing and Proved That Anime Could Make You Laugh, Think, and Feel Things You Didn’t Sign Up For. By Jimigrimm Between the power levels and the giant robots, there was a show about a teenage boy who accidentally released a space pirate from a cave […]