When people think of Japanese stereotypes, samurais and ninjas must be the most disseminated ones in pop culture. Ninjas were spies and assassins, warriors said to possess the powers of ninjutsu, the ninja techniques, and the image of the ninja dressed all in black is a powerful one.
Samurais in their full armour are also a [...]
I was racking my brains over what to write for this blog entry: it’s too early to give a worthwhile run-down of what’s the best new summer show currently airing and wider-reaching topics such as the state of the industry have been done to death right across the anime blogosphere already. Looking at my own [...]
If you a veteran anime / manga fan, chances are you know who Osamu Tezuka is, or if you are a new to anime or manga and never head of him before, either way, this mangaká, director and animator led such a life, that the Japanese refers to him with two different titles – The [...]
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