Between the invention of lesbians and the McDonald’s McGriddle, anime is obviously the best thing mankind (or Japan rather) has Ever made. Period. But these days you wouldnt know with a all the moe-blob & shounen bullshit running around these days (although there have been some pretty good shounen lately). I find myself asking if anime has done “everything” in regards to new genres and stories, but no, indeed it hasn’t. In the broad sense, you could argue it has, but in a defined sense, no, it hasn’t. I rarely care about movies and watch them even less these days, but there are some that REALLY make me ache to see what could be done with them in an Eastern capacity. You know what I’m talking about? For example, Death Note and Dexter are so incredibly similar it’s not even funny. They’re both “evil” people caught trying to exercise justice, both who wear masks, and most importantly dodge the hand of the law. Watch both these series and you’ll see very little differences. An intellectualism abounds in these shows none have seen before. Now these shows arent related, but what IF this could be done again? I’ll try to keep this short since I tend to Ramble, but I have 5 personal favorites I’d love to see an anime borrow from. Ok let’s start! 5. The Breakfast Club: Teenage angst was a thing to really get big in the 80s and this movie put it on the map. The show ...
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