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‘Fruits Basket‘ concluded its penultimate season in 2020 with a lot of highs, lows, and exposition regarding some of the characters. The show is based on Furūtsu Basuketto manga written and illustrated by Japanese author Natsuki Takaya. The show is produced by the Tokyo-based TMS Entertainment, with Funimation doing the English dubbing. This review will…
Fan-favorite manga series ‘One Piece‘ reached an incredible milestone when it published its 1,000th Chapter in the Japanese magazine Weekly Shonen Jump. Created by iconic writer Eiichiro Oda, the series has been running since 1997. For those unfamiliar, the story follows the rubber-powered Monkey D. Luffy, captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, seeking to become…
My Dad is the special guest in this video. You might be asking, what’re they doing? The answer is simple. My Dad had never sat down and watched an anime. He may have seen one here or there when I was watching TV, but never has he seen one. Gathering trailers for ‘Fruits Basket,’ ‘Attack…
‘The Idhun Chronicles‘ is a Spanish fantasy animated series that is based on ‘The Idhún’s Memories‘ novels by Laura Gallego, who co-developed it with Andrés Carrión. Maite Ruiz de Austri directed the show and Netflix released the first five episodes internationally after Zeppelin TV released it in Spain. This review is based on the English…
‘Toradora!’ is a high school “slice of life” romantic comedy anime that ran from 2008 to 2009. The show was created by J.C.Staff, running on TV Tokyo and dubbed by NIS America. It based on the manga by Yuyuko Takemiya. This review is based on the dub. Ryuji Takasu (Erik Scott Kimerer) is a high…
In the “Tournament of Power” saga in Dragon Ball Super, Goku faces off against some of the most powerful opponents from across the various universes. Japanese music artist Akira Kushida’s “Ka Ka Kachi Daze” appears in the final round. Jonathan Young covers the English version “Ultimate Battle.” Jonathan Young does a good job of bringing…
‘A Whisker Away‘ is the English title for the Japanese anime film ‘Nakitai Watashi wa Neko wo Kaburu’ (‘Wanting to Cry, I Pretend to Be a Cat’). It is directed by Junichi Sato and Tomotaka Shibayama, being produced by Studio Colorido. Its English dub was done by Netflix, who released the movie internationally. This review…
Based on the manga light novel Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash, A-1 Pictures brings us “Grimgar, Ashes and Illusions.” The English dub was produced by FUNimation Entertainment and Madman Entertainment. Haruhiro (Ricco Fajardo) wakes up in a strange world filled with goblins, magic, and knights. He is drafted into the “Volunteer Knights” to defend the…
In the fourth season of My Hero Academia, student Kyoka Jiro and the rest of the Class of 1-A put on a music concert for their fellow students where they sing “Hero Too.” Jonathan Young turns this pop song into a rock song. At this point in the show, the heroes-in-training have been through the…
Interested in anime, but don’t know where to begin? Here is a list of interesting, thrilling, sometimes dark, sometimes dramatic series with English dubs to get you started. It is easy to get lost, so hopefully, this will provide an easy to follow guide. Check out the episode below: Did you know that Megaman has…
From Japanese animation company Studio Trigger comes BNA also known as BNA: Brand New Animal. The anime was dubbed by Spliced Bread Productions Inc. and released internationally on Netflix. In an alternate 21st Century, humans live with the Beastmen, creatures that can morph from humans into bestial forms of all kinds. These creatures live separately…
Comic book legend Stan Sakai announced that his iconic Samurai rabbit title Usagi Yojimbo will be its first-ever solo CGI animated adaption from the Netflix streaming service. “I’m excited to announce the first-ever Usagi Yojimbo TV series,” he wrote on Twitter. “Thank you for all your years of patience and support.” “It is a pleasure…
‘Africa Salaryman‘ known in Japan as ‘Africa no Sararīman’ (literally African Office Worker) is a 2019 comedy series based on the Shojo manga of the same name by Gamu. It was serialized in ‘pixiv Comic’ magazine and was adapted by Hotzipang. Funimation developed the English dub. The meek Lion (Cris George), also called Big Cat,…
‘Steins;Gate 0‘ follows an alternate timeline than the first series based on the video game franchise. The series is directed by Kenichi Kawamura and written by Jukki Hanada. It was produced by the Japanese entertain company White Fox and dubbed into English by Funimation. The plot diverges from the first series at the moment Rintaro…
‘Snow White with the Red Hair’ had a final season in 2016 produced by Studio Bones with the English dub released in the United States by Funimation. The series is directed by Masahiro Andō and based on the LaLa manga serial ‘Akagami no Shirayukihime.’ Prince Raji (Todd Haberkorn) of Tanbarun begins to feel guilty about how…
Based on the Grimm Fairy Tales characters Snow White and Rose Red, Studio Bones and director Masahiro Andō brings ‘Snow White with the Red Hair,’ an adaption of the LaLa manga serial ‘Akagami no Shirayukihime.’ The English dub is rendered by Funimation. Shirayuki (Brina Palencia) is a herbalist with beautiful red hair living in the…
Known in Japan as ‘Eien to jidou shuki ningyou’ and directed by Haruka Fujita and Taichi Ishidate, ‘Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll‘ is a spin-off from the anime television series Violet Evergarden. The movie premiered at the AnimagiC 2019 convention in Germany and was released widely in Japan in September 2019. SDI…
Fans of the popular anime series ‘Inuyasha‘ got some good news when it was announced that Viz Media formally announced a new spin-off of the show titled ‘Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon.’ Japanese company Sunrise Inc, who animated the original series, is returning with manga series creator Rumiko Takahashi and episode director Teru Sato of Inuyasha, according…
‘Violet Evergarden’ is an anime television show from Kyoto Animation based on a series of light novels written by Japanese author Kana Akatsuki. The series was dubbed into English by SDI Media and released in the United States by Netflix. Violet Evergarden (Erika Harlacher) was raised as a child soldier in the midst of war.…
‘Cells at Work!‘ is an anime series adapted from a manga known as ‘Hataraku Saibō’ from Kodansha’s shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Sirius. Season one brought lots of laughs as we saw cells presented as humans living in a body that appears to be a city to them. After a successful dubbing of the first…
Based on the Kodansha manga written and illustrated by Akane Shimizu, ‘Cell at Work’ is Japanese anime that anthropomorphizes cells in the human body. The comedic series is created by David Production and dubbed into English by Aniplex, the show presents the world of the human body as a city where cells work to keep…
Unlike other Gundam series, Mobile Fighter G Gundam had Martial Artists pilot the frames via skin-tight “flight suits” that mimic their fighting abilities. Every four years, the colonies would host a “Gundam Fight” to determine which nation would control Earth and their Space Colonies. In the 13th tournament, the five main protagonists are battling the…
The slice-of-life anime reboot Fruits Basket from TMS Entertainment was a surprise hit with viewers thanks in part to its elements of drama and fantasy. Funimation provided the English dubbing for the show and it is returning for a second season. Who would have thought a sweet, kind girl like Tohru could melt the hearts…
Known in Japan as ‘Boku no Hīrō Akademia THE MOVIE: Hīrōzu: Raijingu,’ Funimation did the English version of My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising, directed by Kenji Nagasaki, produced by Studio Bones, and released through the Toho Company. Heroes-in-training and UA class 1-A students are transferred to Nabu Island to work as temporary heroes after the…
Steins;Gate The Movie: Load Region of Déjà Vu is a 2013 follow-up to the anime series Steins;Gate, which itself is based on a video game. The movie is directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki, Takuya Satō, and Kanji Wakabayashi and written by Jukki Hanada. This review is based on the English dub released via Funimation in 2017.…
