Shows like Attack on Titan and My Hero Academia are tense and keep us on the edge of our seat, but they wouldn’t exactly be fun places to live. Constantly living in fear of being eaten by titans or killed by supervillains? No thanks! So it’s nice to know that some anime like to slow down a little and take us down the peaceful, scenic path.
If you ever wondered what would happen if your favorite cute monster girls were forced to fight to the death in the Hunger Games, then spring 2018’s Killing Bites is right up your alley! ...And you also have an unhealthy imagination.
But as dumb as it sounds, this anime about scantily clad girls (and guys) with animal powers is absolutely worth watching for its kickass battles that show off just how hardcore the natural world can be. And when the human/animal hybrids range from lions and tigers and bears to less traditional contenders like geckos, pangolins, and the almighty honey badger, the brutality goes off the charts. So let’s sharpen our fangs and tear into the top 10 most vicious fight scenes in Killing Bites!
To say that Pop Team Epic is weird is a massive understatement. This winter 2018 anime, based on the four panel manga of the same name, is so strange that it feels like your brain is melting as you watch it. It stars two foulmouthed chibi schoolgirls named Popuko and Pipimi, who get up to all kinds of bizarre shenanigans in the short skits (rendered in many different styles, like retro video game graphics or intentionally terrible animation) that make up each episode.
Hyakkaou Academy is a school only for the most fabulously wealthy teens in Japan. But here, only one thing determines your true worth – your skills at gambling. When they’re not in classes, students challenge each other to high stakes games with far more than just cash on the line. If the loser can’t pay up, they’re reduced to a “house pet” and treated like a slave until they can return the staggering amount of money they owe.
Overseeing all of this madness is the Student Council, which is stacked with the best gamblers in the whole school. And at the very top is Kirari Momobari, who leads the council with cold precision. But when new transfer student Yumeko Jabami suddenly starts beating them one by one at their own twisted game, they become determined to cut her down.
As manager of Café Stile, Dino is responsible for making sure everything runs smoothly. Unfortunately for everyone who works for him, he’s a big dork and frequently needs their help to get the job done. Nonetheless, he’s a kind-hearted young man who genuinely tries his best to make people happy.
Nothing is as it seems in Doki Doki Literature Club. While this game pretends to be a stereotypical anime dating sim on the surface, it wouldn’t have wormed its way into the zeitgeist if that were all it had to offer. Once you play through it for a little while, you’ll soon realize that it’s a horrific deconstruction of everything you thought you knew about visual novels, right down to the game’s controls and internal files.
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