I’ve often thought about what the best anime is for introducing people to the medium. Many anime are great for people who hate anime. But what about those who are curious but find anime strange? What about those who find the tropes of anime and the jokes confusing? What is the best anime for them?…
Tag: Inuyasha
My First Anime Ends: Considering Inuyasha
Midnight. I trudge into the house after a longer-than-it-should-be workday, exhausted. Everyone sleeps, and the quiet is welcome. But I need time to decompress. I slump onto the couch and channel surf. MTV nonsense. Saturday Night Live. Not my cup of tea. Movies. Oh, what’s this? Cartoons on this late? I had stumbled across Adult…
Inuyasha: Final Cut–The End of an Era in Anime
Chris and I have different preferences and opinions when it comes to anime. One thing we do have in common is that Inuyasha is among the first batch of anime that we watched. Now that venerable series has finally ended, and along with it an era in anime history. At least, it felt like the…
Dragonball Z
As regular readers might know, I have my own corner of this site dedicated to Japanese Horror. Don’t get me wrong I like anime, just not as much as my brother does. Some of them are cool, and some have decent stories and memorable characters as well. Many of them though have a lot of…
Inuyasha
Inuyasha opens in feudal Japan. The half-demon Inuyasha attacks a village to steal the Sacred Jewel of Four Souls. The Jewel enhances the possessor’s powers and grants a single wish. Inuyasha seeks to use the jewel to turn himself into a full-blooded demon. He is stopped by Kikyo, a young priestess, who seals him to…
Omamori Himari
Take Inuyasha and cross it with a horny 13 year old’s dreams and you get Omamori Himari. I will go ahead with the disclaimer: this anime is full of anime nudity and sexual comedy mainly at the protagonist’s expense. It can be classified as harem or nearly echii. Wikipedia has the series labeled as shonen…