100 Days of Anime 2018 100 Days of Anime: Day Sixty – Naruto 10 Aug 201811 Aug 2018 As a kid, Masashi Kishimoto loved anime and developed a serious fixation on the works of Akira Toriyama. He watched Dr. Slump and played Dragon Quest. He couldn't afford Weekly Shōnen Jump, but a friend let…
100 Days of Anime 2018 100 Days of Anime: Day Fifty Nine – One Piece 9 Aug 201810 Aug 2018 Once upon a time in 1996, Eiichiro Oda was working as an assistant to Rurouni Kenshin creator Nobuhiro Watsuki. He had been recruited into the world of Weekly Shōnen Jump when his work earned…
100 Days of Anime 2018 100 Days of Anime: Day Fifty Eight – An Even Briefer History of Weekly Shōnen Jump 8 Aug 2018 In 1968, the world of shōnen manga was the domain of two competing weekly magazines. Kodansha had their Weekly Shōnen Magazine, and Shogakukan had their Weekly Shōnen Sunday. Shueisha's monthly Shōnen Book was just…
100 Days of Anime 2018 100 Days of Anime: Day Fifty Seven – Ghost in the Shell 7 Aug 20187 Aug 2018 Back in my school days, when free and unstructured summer came, I became a nocturnal creature. Sleep was for mornings and even afternoons. The late night hours were for reading,…
100 Days of Anime 2018 100 Days of Anime: Day Fifty Six – Stock Character Sample Pack 6 Aug 2018 We're quickly reaching a point in this blog where the road ahead is clear and concise. I know what I have left to write and when I plan to do…
100 Days of Anime 2018 100 Days of Anime: Day Fifty Five – Sakuga 5 Aug 2018 I have been a casual fan of anime for over a decade, most of my life. I have been listening to and reading other people's thoughts and insights on the…
100 Days of Anime 2018 100 Days of Anime: Day Fifty Four – Key Frames #6 4 Aug 2018 Anime and manga are deeply interconnected media. I don't think this needs much more explaining from me. That in mind, I thought it'd be worth the time to discuss a…
100 Days of Anime 2018 100 Days of Anime: Day Fifty Three – Honorifics 3 Aug 2018 Honorifics are not an unfamiliar concept in the West. We use "Mr." and "Mrs." and "Dr." in every day life. Other words like "coach" (where I'm from, just about every…
100 Days of Anime 2018 100 Days of Anime: Day Fifty Two – Dragon Ball 2 Aug 2018 If you were an American kid in the late '90s or early '00s, the Dragon Ball franchise was, at the very least, something in your peripheral vision. The original anime adaptations…
100 Days of Anime 2018 100 Days of Anime: Day Fifty One – Key Frames #5 1 Aug 2018 Today we're going to cover a few more anime directors as we did in the first Key Frames post. Key Frames #5: Animators Hideaki Anno Born: May 22, 1960 Age:…