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Catarina Claes and the Ultimate Harem - My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!

Catarina Claes and the Ultimate Harem - My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!

Mary Lee Sauder
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In Spring 2020’s Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta... (My New Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!), an unsuspecting girl is reincarnated into the world of her favorite otome game, Fortune Lover. Unfortunately, the body she now inhabits is that of the game’s villain, Catarina Claes, who is doomed to death or exile in every single route! So, starting from a young age, she sets in motion a plan to avoid this terrible fate... and somehow makes just about every character in the game fall in love with her. Let’s talk about how Catarina became a harem master without even knowing it!

6 Anime Like Kami no Tou (Tower of God)

6 Anime Like Kami no Tou (Tower of God)

Mary Lee Sauder
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Spring 2020’s Tower of God is the result of a historic collaboration between Korean webcomic platform Webtoon and Japanese anime studios, but it’s not just the unusual production that’s gotten viewers interested. Tower of God tells a fascinating story about a sheltered boy named Bam who enrolls in a terrifying tournament to ascend the titular tower so he can find his missing friend Rachel. The setting is filled to the brim with unique lore, the characters are well fleshed out and clearly have their own agendas, and the action and comedy moments are memorable. If you’ve been sucked into Tower of God’s world as much as we have, you might be looking for similar series to sink your teeth into, so we found six shows to try while you wait for the next episode to come out!

Top 5 Guilty Pleasure Horror Anime

Top 5 Guilty Pleasure Horror Anime

Mary Lee Sauder
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Sometimes what you need most in life is a few inebriating beverages with a trashy horror anime to wash them down. These five shows are no works of art, but they’re undeniably entertaining for their incompetent plots and gratuitous displays of sex and/or violence. Do you feel like marathoning an anime that seems like it was made by a group of deranged 13-year-old boys who only have ancient Playboy magazines and Saw sequels with which to entertain themselves? Then check these out!

Appare-Ranman’s Unique Take on the Meiji Era

Appare-Ranman’s Unique Take on the Meiji Era

Mary Lee Sauder
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Appare-Ranman is an original anime by P.A. Works that has a lot of promise—it takes the premise of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run, the main character of Dr. Stone, the steampunk technology of Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, and the pure chaos of that old Hanna-Barbera cartoon Wacky Races and ties them together with a distinctive style all its own. Fittingly, the story takes place in the early days of the Meiji era (1868 – 1912), which was characterized by an upheaval of traditional Japanese society and the integration of foreign concepts that would rapidly modernize and change the country for good. Let’s have a closer look at Appare-Ranman’s unique take on the Meiji era!

5 Best Historical Fantasy Anime

5 Best Historical Fantasy Anime

Mary Lee Sauder
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Historical fantasy is a fascinating genre where real-world historical eras are mixed with magical, supernatural, and/or modern elements to create a sort of alternate timeline fantasy world. It’s difficult to pull off effectively because of the extensive research required, but classics like Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and even this season’s Appare-Ranman have hit it out of the park with their colorful settings based on recognizable time periods from our world’s history. Let’s check out some of the best historical fantasy anime out there!

Tower of God’s Unlikely Journey Toward Becoming an Anime

Tower of God’s Unlikely Journey Toward Becoming an Anime

Mary Lee Sauder
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Spring 2020’s big breakout hit, Tower of God, has an unusual backstory. Instead of being adapted from a manga, light novel, game, or other Japanese media, it’s actually based on a Korean webcomic hosted on the platform Webtoon. We’ve seen the occasional French or Canadian co-production and Chinese animation studios regularly adapt their country’s most popular comics, but how did this peculiar arrangement happen? Let’s delve into Tower of God’s unlikely journey to become an anime!

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