“I thought it would be a failure”: Katsushiro Otomo Had No Faith in ‘Akira’ Anime Adaptation
Few anime films have had as much cultural impact as Akira. The 1988 cyberpunk masterpiece shaped the sci-fi genre and influenced countless filmmakers, animators, and storytellers. Based on Katsuhiro Otomo’s…
“He was not the director I remembered”: Emilia Clarke Hated Every Second With ‘Game of Thrones’ Director in One of Her Worst Ever Movies
Hollywood is full of behind-the-scenes stories, some amazing and others downright disastrous. The latter is how Emilia Clarke felt about working on Terminator Genisys, where she teamed up with director…
‘The Dangers in My Heart’ Broke an Unbelievable Pattern That Defied the Rules of Anime Adaptations
Anime adaptations rarely outshine their source material. After all, how can the essence and intent not only be perfectly replicated but exceeded? It doesn’t seem possible, but it does happen.…
‘The Beginning After the End’ Deserved a Better Anime Adaptation Than ‘Solo Leveling’
Listen, I completely understand why Solo Leveling created the amount of buzz it did—the action sequences were phenomenal, not to mention Jin-Woo’s transformation from an unlikable bum to a total…
‘Wind Breaker’ Season 2’s Animation Might Give ‘Demon Slayer’ a Run for Its Money
Don’t judge a book by its cover can be best said for Wind Breaker. When the anime first came out, people were hesitant. They feared it would become yet another…
‘Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End’ Became the Best Modern Shonen Anime By Breaking Its Most Important Rule
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End has written its own trail in the anime industry. It is a shonen anime that subverts every expectation that fans might have from it due to…
‘The Apothecary Diaries’ Has One Great Character Who Sadly Gets Almost No Screentime
The Apothecary Diaries has plenty of great characters, but a handful of them are simply adorable. These characters make fans want to pinch their cheeks and protect them at all…
“not to be a d*ckriding DBZ meathead”: New Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Update Has Fans Frothing at the Mouth for the Next Installment
powered by Dotifi & WWW.ADNG.NG Dragon Ball fans have been waiting impatiently for the upcoming game Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero for a long time now. One of the fans has…
“From now on it will be a dead end”: Gundam Creator Yoshiyuki Tomino’s Warning Against Disney-fication of Anime Sounds Even More Devastating Ahead of Netflix One Piece Remake
Mobile Suit Gundam was made by hand-drawn animation and became one of the greatest anime in the mecha genre. Yoshiyuki Tomino dedicated his time to creating the perfect drafts that…
“That Is Not the Point”: Yoshiyuki Tomino Believes ‘Gundam’ Is Slowly Losing Its True Meaning
In the industry of manga and anime, only a few names hold the weight of Yoshiyuki Tomino, the visionary behind the iconic Mobile Suit Gundam franchise. For many years, Gundam…