Is Gatekeeping Anime Actually Bad?

Gatekeeping is often looked down on and frowned upon in the anime community. But what if it were necessary to maintain an anime fandoms integrity?

This question has been posed time and time again, and yet – it’s now my turn to add to the long-standing debate. Is gatekeeping in anime fandoms actually a bad thing?

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If Betrayl were an Anime – Good Night World Review

Good Night World mixes the horror of being trapped in a virtual reality with real-life inner turmoil and grief. Can the Akabane Family save their beloved virtual world from a virus?

If betrayl were an anime it would be Good Night World because wow, did this show have so many unexpected plot twists.

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Another Weak Hero – Solo Leveling Ep 1 Review

Sung Jin Woo is the lowest ranked hunter in a society that now fights monsters for a living. Will he be able to level up after surviving a mystery dungeon?

The long-awaited anime adaptation of the popular Korean webtoon Solo Leveling is here! So, does it live up to the hype? Let’s talk about episode one together!

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Buddhist Statues in Anime Are Interesting

Taking a look at Buddhist statues, the legend of the Dragon Kings, and how they relate to popular Japanese works like Asura’s Wrath and Tokyo Revengers.

Buddhist statues and the Shinto religion are often entrenched in Japanese media such as anime and video games. Here we take a look at the iconography of The Dragon Kings and Daibutsu, or giant buddha statues.

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Leave the World Behind??

Did it really take President Obama’s film Leave the World Behind to awaken the sleeping masses to the existence of predictive programming in film and tv?

I’m sorry – but did it really take the chief snake himself Obama to make people realize that predictive programming is a very real thing? And it always has been?

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