Sage Ashford

2 days ago | cbr.com | Sage Ashford

These days, it's easier to get into anime than ever. Even outside Crunchyroll, multiple streaming services have their own anime libraries, with some of them boasting their own exclusives. However, sometimes it's even easier than getting a streaming service, with some anime being available to view for free on YouTube. Anime on YouTube isn't just restricted to series that are available illegally because the series is too old for anyone to care to take it down.

1 week ago | cbr.com | Sage Ashford

Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account Given the length of some of the longest-running anime series, it wouldn't be unreasonable to believe their creators never work on anything else. After all, who needs to create something else after making something like Bleach or One Piece? Yet some creators like Rumiko Takahashi or Hiro Mashima are particularly prolific, and manage to create either new anime, or new manga that become anime, and maintain their usual level of quality. These...

1 week ago | cbr.com | Sage Ashford

When people think of fantasy, they generally think of grand, sweeping epics or stories with lots of political intrigue. Yet in anime, most fantasy series never quite get to last long enough to reach epic status. It's a simple truth that most anime simply aren't going to be popular enough to last as long as something like One Piece or even Dragon Ball Z. The unfortunate part of this is, over the decades there have been plenty of fantasy anime that desperately needed another season.

1 week ago | cbr.com | Sage Ashford

The 2010s were a great decade for anime, full of series fans regard as classics today. Whether it's Hunter x Hunter or Attack on Titan, there's a good chance every anime fan has at least a few favorites from that decade. However, one thing remains consistent in every decade: there will always be plenty of great series that wind up being forgotten. Some anime series flew under the radar even while they were on the air, while other anime got all the exposure.

1 week ago | cbr.com | Sage Ashford

Published 20 minutes ago Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account Certainly in the West, there are very few franchises as well-respected as Dragon Ball. It's easy to understand why; Dragon Ball Z is responsible for getting a ton of anime fans into the medium at all. On top of that, it's been a lasting franchise, still getting new series long after the original series ended in the early '90s. That said, Dragon Ball isn't the only long-running franchise deserving of respect. The...