Legendary creator of Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama died on March 1st of a subdural hematoma (when blood collects between the skull and brain). In 1981 he won the Shogakukan Manga Award for best Shonen manga with Dr. Slump. His first manga series, Dr. Slump sold over 35 million copies. The series follows a perverted professor, … Continue reading Akira Toriyama, Creator of ‘Dragon Ball,’ Dies at 68
Kid Buu (Majin Buu) Buu has multiple forms with different personalities and goals. They basically function as individuals and are given distinct names to represent the difference. Between Dragon Ball games and how Buu changes after absorbing someone, Majin Buu has about 14 different forms. Kid Buu is the best in my opinion. The best … Continue reading My Top 5 Favorite Dragon Ball Z Characters
Anime characters often sport wild hairstyles. However, most hairstyles are usually long or spikey. Some characters wear Afros. Generally, this style is a large, rounded style created by combing one's hair from the scalp with a pix. The hairstyle is more common with characters of African descent, however, in anime hair texture doesn't matter. Here's … Continue reading Top 5 Anime Afros
The Sailor Scouts Parental Abandonment It's common for heroes to have no parents. They're either dead, strangely not mentioned, or abusive. Everyone is "conveniently an orphan." This often avoids the question of why would someone allow their child to leave home alone? Even if the parent didn't care it would still be parental neglect. Furthermore, … Continue reading Top 5 Anime Tropes I Hate
The shinigami from Death Note The Shinigami (Death Note) The Shinigami in Death Note exists to kill humans. It's required for them to survive. Ryuk deliberately drops his Death Note into the human world out of boredom. He takes joy in Light Yagami's mass-murdering but largely doesn't care about their death because it's all part … Continue reading Top 5 Amoral Groups or Races in Anime
Anyone that watches anime knows that one of the trademarks of the genre is the hair. In anime, a character's hair is very important. Often weird-looking, physics-defying, oddly shaped, and/or strangely colored, hair allows characters to stand out. Anime feature all kinds of hairstyles and even hair effects. For example, there's the Ahoge or Idiot … Continue reading The Top 5 Bald Anime Characters
Mob Psycho 100 Promotional art Mob vs Koyama When Koyama tries to capture Mob for Claw, he mistakenly kidnaps Ritsu. Mob intervenes to save his brother. Koyama brutalizes Mob with his Telekinetic Helix. Eventually, Mob reaches 100% Animosity, due to the violent abuse that Koyama inflicted on him and his brother. Despite Mob dominating him … Continue reading Top 10 Anime Hero Beatdowns (Pt.2)
Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug promotion images Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug opens where most Dragon Ball movies do, with Piccolo meditating in front of some natural environment. This time its a waterfall. At this point it clear that Dragon Ball movies follow a template. Open with Piccolo, enter the villain set on finding the dragon ball's, he gets his … Continue reading Dragon Ball Z Movie: Lord Slug
Brock finally gets a girlfriend 5. Brock Brock is the Pewter City Gym Leader. He raises his 9 siblings after his parent abandon them. Brock hopes to become a Pokemon Doctor. As anime perverts go, Brock is G rated. He's obsessed with woman, although he's always ends up heartbroken. He particularly "loves" Nurse Joys and … Continue reading My Top 5 Anime Perverts
5. Ryoka Invasion (Bleach) Manga Chapters 70 - 178/Anime Episodes 21 - 63 The Ryoka Invasion was a conflict between the Ryoka and Gotei 13. The Ryoka, Ichigo Kurosaki, Uryu Ishida, Yasutora Sado, Orihime Inoue, and Yoruichi Shihoin invade Soul Society to rescue Rukia. Set to be executed, Rukia's friends caused conflict among the Gotei … Continue reading My Top 5 Anime Arcs
The Tree of Might growing on Earth (image from dragonball.fandom) Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might is the third Dragon Ball Z movie. As Bulma, Krillin, Oolong, and Gohan are camping something falls from space. The object crashes into the forest causing a massive fire. Gohan and Krillin rush to save the animals from … Continue reading Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might, Recap, and Review
One of the issues that writers face when trying to establishing a power system is how strong should your character be. It's a balancing act. If your main character is too strong they'll have no challenge. If they're too weak how can they win? If you want to have a series that's entertaining you need … Continue reading Top 5 Story-Breaker Powers in Anime or Manga
The first thing I noticed about The World's Strongest is how similar its opening is to Dead Zone. Like in Dead Zone, Piccolo is training alone, in so far off part of the world. This time it's the frozen Tsumisumbri Mountains, not a wasteland. Meanwhile, the villain, Dr. Kochin manages to summon Shenron. I found it interesting that in … Continue reading Dragon Ball Z: The World’s Strongest Review
10. Mob vs Suzuki https://youtu.be/1R5A3wwdrtw Mob attempts to talk things out with Suzuki. He's not interested. Threaten, he attacks Mob. Suzuki almost kills Dimple, and tries to incinerate Reigen. Finally, disgusted, Mob enters 100 % rage. Mob levitates the Culture Tower into the sky. To keep up with Mob's power, Suzuki slowly increases his Power … Continue reading The Top 100 Anime and Manga Battles of All Time (10 – 1)
As the decade comes to a close, I figure that I would join in on the best decade listing. I was born in the late 80's so many of the anime I grew on are from that period. I decided to combine the two decades. Looking back at the anime on the lists, I would … Continue reading Top Ten Anime from the 80’s & 90’s
Important Note: I haven't been blogging recently due to the fact that I got a job working for USPS. It's a temporary holiday job that will end in late December. I work overnight from midnight to 8:30 AM, six days a week. As you can image, I don't have much time left if I include … Continue reading Why are shonen anime characters so stupid?
10. Neon Genesis Evangelion - $16.3 Billion Neon Genesis Evangelion was created in 1994 by Hideaki Anno and Gainax. An apocalyptic mecha series that focused on the military organization NERV as they fight beings called Angels, to save humanity. Primarily an anime series, Evangelion has expanded to include, merchandising, karaoke, music, manga and Pachinko. It's … Continue reading The Top Ten highest grossing anime or manga media franchises (Part 1)
To celebrate my 900th blog post, I decided to make my top ten anime of all time lists. When coming up with the top ten I focused on series that had the most impact on me. At the same time I also choose anime that can and have stood the test of time (even from … Continue reading My Top Ten Anime of All Time
10. Naruto Total Worldwide box office gross: $147,064,005 Number of films: 11 Average of films: $13,369,455 Highest-grossing film: Boruto, Naruto the Movie ($39,500,00) 9. Yo-kai Total Worldwide box office gross: $159,151,900 Number of films: 4 Average of films: $39,787,975 Highest-grossing film: Yo-kai Watch: The Movie ($69,698,865) 8. Neon Genesis Evangelion Total Worldwide box office gross: $184,343,170 … Continue reading The top ten Highest-grossing anime film franchises and film series
