Author: Eric Barnhill

Edge of Tomorrow with Tom Cruise looks and feels a lot like an anime. This is partly because it’s actually based on Japanese manga property. Have you ever wondered what other Hollywood hits draw their inspiration from this Japanese art form?  

When we think of anime, we generally tend to think of the many long-running shows that fans have come to love over the years. But the genre isn’t exclusive to episodic series or shows, and there are a number of brilliant movies that have come out of the years. Many of these movies are often…

When it comes to animated shows, anime stands above the rest in delivering what fans really want. It is engaging, has fantastic characters, blows minds with awesome stories and twists, and often delivers on incredible action sequences that defy Hollywood.

Almost 40 years ago, western cartoon studios started taking notice of anime, and it wasn’t long before it influenced cartoons now regarded as classics. The Japanese animation style was becoming more familiar to audiences, thanks to dubbed TV shows, and they knew almost instinctively that it was going to be big.