It's easy for shonen manga authors and anime studios to borrow major tropes or character designs from one another. It's ...

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Passionate about films, anime, TV shows, video games, and manga, I love exploring stories across all these worlds. Sharing my favorite moments and experiences makes it even more special—especially ...

Based on Masashi Kishimoto’s long-running manga series, Naruto follows a misunderstood adolescent ninja working to clear his name and polish his powers. First hitting screens in 2002, the series has ...

Childhood friends of Bryan Kohberger, who pleaded guilty Wednesday to stabbing four University of Idaho students to death in November 2022, have tracked his murder case from afar and said they felt ...

Ryan Cortero was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, the home of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and The Boys. He's passionate about all types of movies and shows, especially reality TV, superhero ...

Fridous used to be a film critic at whatkeptmeup. She had never imagined she would become an anime fan, and the first series that got her into anime was Demon Slayer. What started as a casual ...

Naruto, as a series, is defined by flashy ninjutsu, great hand-to-hand combat, and the ever-present Talk no Jutsu, and with all of that in mind, of course, the series features no shortage of ...

I have binged the entire Naruto saga more times than I can count, so trimming thousands of minutes into ten essentials felt like defusing explosive tags with my teeth. My litmus test is simple: I ...

Naruto Shippuden fights are some of the best in the entire franchise. The Naruto franchise as a whole is a narrative behemoth that earned millions of fans’ hearts over the past decades. Although none ...

Jiraiya is one of Naruto's most beloved characters, and as a fan favorite, he left anime lovers with a lot of wise quotes to ponder. As a Toad Sage and one of the Legendary Sannin, Jiraiya holds an ...

Lucas Kloberdanz-Dyck is a writer for Collider. He grew up creating lists, stories, and worlds, which led to his love of anime and video games. He attended Sheridan College where he earned an Honours ...