Peace is power: pacifism in shonen
When the Soul Eater manga came to an end in 2013, it took a bold stance and chose to have a win for peace, with no fists or weapons pointed at the enemy. Instead, weapon [...]
From the New World
From page to screen: our top five anime based on novels
There’s nothing quite so transportative as getting lost in a good book. Whisked away to a land of magic and intrigue, shadows and subterfuge or sheer heart-hammering [...]
Violent, cute and everything in between
What does anime mean to you? I ask because I finally started watching the Enter the Anime documentary on Netflix. I say started because I didn’t get more than a few minutes [...]
Poem: Divine intervention
God-like and fragile, the boy Shungave his lips to man and woman,whose touch he knew but couldn’t grasp. Spectral in darkness in wait,him awake and slumbered, living [...]
All for love: five heroic queer couples in anime
Some loves show us the kind of acceptance we should display to everyone; selfless and open-hearted, without fear or pride. As two people who have each been afraid to express [...]
The ‘greed’ of Grell and bisexuality in anime
Grell Sutcliff, the supposed Burnett butler who unveils his true sexual identity in a brilliant red rush of flamboyance, would probably be considered gay by most. That is, if [...]
Fear of children in From the New World
So binary is our design, that in order to quell the innate anger, aggression and violence at the centre of our species, a failsafe was written across the infinite tides of [...]
