Anime Pulse

(Second time's the charm, hopefully.)

I cannot seem to recall any AMV's of recent note, but Andrew's GIF on the OP with Araragi reminds me of Nisemonagatari and one of its openings (Platinum Disco)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zNa6qDnaBQw

It doesn't really count, but there it is.

There are quite a number of "crapsack" worlds in Anime that most folks would hate to wind up in. I could name several, from Tokyo 3 of Akira, to the world of Desert Punk. But if I had to choose one I would personally dread, it would be the world of Hellsing, where mortals don't really stan...

There are a lot of animals that play critical parts in Anime. One that immediately springs to mind is this adorable character: https://topdogtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Most-Awesome-Dogs-in-Anime-5.jpg Ein from Cowboy Bebop, A "data dog" that is actually a member of the crew. (I co...

Ah, the famous Okabe's dilemma... https://avvesione.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/steinsgate-08-ruka.jpg http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/285/653/765.jpg http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w7cdow5L0vk/VFZD8Ykk9zI/AAAAAAAAAjk/xMV2R8Z-LhM/s1600/okabe3.png { :? I have no answer myself. It's a para...

I mentioned in answering the "real world" counterpart to this question (see here http://www.anime-pulse.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=35132#p38327 ) that I was more interested in the fictional locales of anime, and so now that we are discussing it in this follow-on topic, I will reiter...

(Wow, haunting the forums right when Andrew is posting a new topic. So...) First response! Seriously, though... the first quirk I think of is the one where a character with glasses pushes them back up on their face, from a position slightly lower down their nose. It is a trope that once seen, you ca...

I would LIKE to think E3 is and can remain relevant, but I have the niggling concern that it might be going the way of other such conventions and trade shows. The reason for this would not be particularly due to a fall in consumer/gamer interest — because I think gamers in particular are still quite...

How about an action RPG in the world of Nausicaa? You get to fly steampunkish flying machines and fight giant bugs in the Poison Forest. Perhaps the apocalyptic giants would be too OP. Similar to this would be a flight combat sim and RPG based on the world of Last Exile? Flying machines, dreadnaught...

Of course, I love Studio Ghibli, even when I feel their character designs are more nostalgic than modernized (It still fits well their material, so it is forgiven.) But everything else in their animation is always stunning. Having said that, I tend to adhere to individual directors and lead animator...

While visiting Japan is on my bucket list, few of the RL locations there would be on my Anime tour list (I'd visit Tokyo and Mount Fuji regardless of their role in Anime.) Rather, most of those at the top of my Anime location list are fictional, and some outright fantasy. Fuyuki City (from the Fate ...