Hanime on Anime

Hello, fabulous peoples!  Welcome to my final installment of my month of countdowns, although it’s not a countdown.  Regardless, Character of the Month is a Hanime on Anime tradition, and as such, I can’t really break that.  And this month’s character was worth the title!  In fact, this one has deserved that title for a while, and not just because he’s one of my favorite characters.  So, enough of me talking and let’s talk about this month’s Character of the Month: Naraku (no need to say the show he’s from.  Y’all know.) Naraku is the main antagonist of both Inuyasha series.  Originally the severely injured bandit Onigumo who sold his soul to a hoard of demons, Naraku’s main objective is to collect the shards of the Sacred Jewel, and is willing to sacrifice anyone or anything to do just that.  Notoriously known for never being directly involved in his own schemes, Inuyasha and the gang often find themselves in horrible, even soul-crushing situations thanks to him.  Yeah, Naraku nee

Greetings, fabulous peoples!  Welcome back to my final countdown of September as I look at some of my favorite transformations in anime.  They’re a staple in the world of anime.  Some are pretty stereotypical while others are awesome, or just plain weird.  Transformations in anime are unique to say the very least.  And of all the transformations, I picked ten of my personal favorite transformations. That’s right people!  Balls to the wall!  Last countdown of the month and I’m going all out with a top ten.   In fact this was the first countdown I had written down on paper.  One quick note, I based these choices on the appearance and relevancy to their respective show’s overall plot .  Oh yeah, there will be spoilers too.  And so, without further adieu, let’s take a look at my top ten anime transformations! #10: “I am a Ghoul” ( Tokyo Ghoul ) Starting off my list is one particular transformation that many of you could say is cheating.  And you’re probably right.  But if you’ve e

Greetings, one and all!  Welcome to part two of my month of countdowns.  As I said last week, I’ll be continuing with my top five favorite performances.  Now I know what you’re thinking, why even discuss this?  Subbed and dubbed anime have often sparked debate amongst otakus on which is better.  Of course, if anyone has read my blogs regularly, I’ve made it pretty clear that I honestly don’t care.  But there are some awesome dubs out there.  And these dubs are especially graced with some great voice actors.  In fact, it’s because of a good dubbed performances that make some select anime characters of my favorites. And that’s what this countdown is looking at: those dubbed performances.  So, without further adieu, let’s take a look my top five favorite English dub performances. #5: Paul Dobson as Naraku ( Inuyasha )   Starting off my list is one of my all time favorite characters from a not-so talked about show.  Having watched Inuyasha a dozen times, I can say that it’s not

Greetings, one and all!  Welcome to my first post of September!  Why am I making such a big deal about it?  If you’re new around here, I do annual event for the month of September to celebrate my birthday.  For this year, I’ve decided to do a month of posts dedicated to something that I’ve wanting to do on Hanime on Anime for the longest time now: countdowns!  And in the first of these countdowns you’ll be reading this month, I decided to start off with something simple.  Last year, I dedicated the month of September to my favorite characters in anime.  Based on that list, I decided to rank my top five absolute favorites of all time.  And believe me when I say that was no easy feat.  I also want to note that while I could have done a top ten list, I thought doing a top five would be an easier start-writing wise anyway.  And so, without further adieu, let’s take a look at my top five favorite anime characters of all time! #5: Cynthia ( Pokémon ) Starting off this list is one