#samurai legend

[kyotodreamtrips]

Miyamoto Musashi, born in 1584 in Japan, is renowned as one of the most legendary and skilled swordsmen in Japanese history. His multifaceted achievements have left an indelible mark on martial arts and cultural history.

[pomplume]

Opening cinematic for Musashi: Samurai Legend, animated by GAINAX | 2005

[coolcomicbookcovers]

[food4dogs]

Thrilled I managed to track this down secondhand.

[swdefcult]

by jiro taniguchi

[theoutcastrogue]

Hey, we've seen some fantastic animated series lately. If you haven't already, run right now and check out

Arcane

Blue Eye Samurai

Scavengers Reign

Chainsaw Man

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Tear Along the Dotted Line

Love Death + Robots

Arcane and Blue Eye Samurai compete for the best animated series I've ever seen, of all time, and they're both ongoing. That's wild. What gorgeous animation. Scavengers Reign is a wonderful sci-fi series that's actually original, and I'm sad to say that's a rarity. It shouldn't be! I'll let you discover the rest. Just a reminder that Love Death + Robots is an anthology, and as usually this entails hits and misses. But the hits are SO good.

Other good series that are not groundbreaking or anything in terms of animation (which is generally on purpose: most of them aim to emulate a specific established style, and succeed), but they still get the job done, and are fun to watch:

Castlevania (and Castlevania: Nocturne)

Star Trek: Lower Decks

Invincible

The Legend of Vox Machina

Dragon Age: Absolution

Good stuff!

[ben-talks-art]

Animated shows with some "Hot Damn!" action scenes

These ten shows might actually be peak action scenes if we're not counting anime.

(Feel free to prove me wrong though...)

[sweetbunanarchy]

Put a little something for Black History Month with my favorite black characters❤️💚💛

[nuclearbleu]

A lonely rider stalks the hills of Barovia

Do not confront him, he is far past Redemption

[obscene-beans]

I will always love and cherish hand-drawn 2D animation which is pretty much defunct now (at least from Disney and Dreamworks)

But I’ve noticed a rise in this flavor of animation since The Dragon Prince (maybe earlier!) that’s somewhere between computer and hand drawn and 3D, and I really, REALLY love it but my question is what do we call it??

[kyotodreamtrips]

Miyamoto Musashi, born in 1584 in Japan, is renowned as one of the most legendary and skilled swordsmen in Japanese history. His multifaceted achievements have left an indelible mark on martial arts and cultural history.

[boomerak3]

Melee roster done, I actually had a lot of fun with these ones, NOW! Onto the brawl cast

https://twitter.com/nicklauerart/status/1066004184389091329 Credit to the original designs

[animangapolls]

[animefeminist]

Anime Feminist’s Top Picks for 2024

It’s that time of year where the staff puts their heads together to pick the shows that made them think, imagined better futures, or provided a breath of fresh air during a hard year.

How did we choose our recs?

Participating staff members picked five titles and ranked them. The only rule was that the series or season had to be complete as of December 2024 or been on the air without a break for over a year. This meant that split-cours and ongoing shows that began in 2024 and are still airing (like DAN DA DAN) were NOT eligible. They’ll be rolled onto any 2025 lists.

We always want to emphasize that our recommendations are not meant as a rubber-stamp of “Feminist Approval.” Rather, we aim to highlight shows we found valuable and think might appeal to our readers as well, with any content warnings or caveats that might apply.

How are they ranked? 

They’re not, really. We’ve highlighted our “top picks” that received the most staff member votes, but otherwise they’re just organized alphabetically. The team has varying tastes, as do our readers, and we didn’t want to try to put those tastes in a hierarchy.

Hey, you didn’t list my favorite show!

That’s okay! Like we said, we limited ourselves to a Top Five, and everyone has different tastes. If there’s something that slipped under our radar and you think it’s a series other feminist-minded viewers would enjoy, please let us and your fellow readers know in the comments!

Read it at Anime Feminist!

[waywardstation]

MY SHOP IS NOW OPEN!

Keychains, Stickers, and buttons are all up for preorder until 6/26 at 11:59 PM PST — that’s two weeks!

Check out my FAQ page for information and possible answers to questions!

I offer deals on sets, and free add-ons for spending a certain amount!

WANT POKÉMON LEGENDS ARCEUS OR SUBMAS MERCH?

➡️CHECK OUT MY SHOP NOW!⬅️

I’m quite new to this whole shop thing and still learning a lot about it all; I’ll do my best to help with anything if anyone has any questions, and the site may change as I go!

(MASSIVE thanks to @cecilioque for helping me out with this, I wouldn’t have any of this up if it wasn’t for their help!!!! Thank you!!!! Go check out their own shop for awesome submas and pokemon themed merch!!!!)

[holyprncess]

honestly im on twitter all the time i can make the most delicious twt links for all my girlfriends in any fandom i like