Tag Archives: Anime

Voltron: Defender of Nostalgia

Voltron is bound to spark nostalgia in many but for some around the world it’s a little different.

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Golgo 13 and my brief history with anime

I spent a year or two of my life pretending to be an anime fanboy. It didn’t stick but one thing did: Golgo 13.

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Learning How to Bend: Some Avatar Observations

When I was asked to write about the Avatar cartoon this week I was a bit hesitant, but I’m not one to back down from a cartoon challenge. While the other guys are touting their Avatar love loud and proud with deep thoughts, what you’re going to get from me is a view from the [...]

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5 Reasons Why Avatar Is An Anime

We’re right in the middle of Too Much Avatar Week here at Toy-TMA, and while Gus started the week with a look at the 5 darkest episode of the cartoon and I took an advance look at The Promise Part 2, today I’m ready to really stir up some ire. One of the biggest complaints [...]

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Top 5 Darkest Episodes of Avatar The Last Airbender

Welcome, fellow readers. We at Toy-TMA cordially invite you all to Too-Much-Avatar Week. In preparation for the official premiere of Nick’s new Avatar series, The Legend of Korra, coming this Saturday morning, we will be posting new Avatar articles every day this week. Later, I will be sharing my Favorite episodes of all time. Also [...]

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The Best of Christopher R. Sabat

Today we commemorate yet another outstanding achievement of achievement in the world of entertainment. What Nolan North is to videogame voice overs, the man we are speaking of today is to English anime dubs. A voice that makes the sounds of Eric Stuart and Steve Blum seem unique and foreign by comparison. A man who’s [...]

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The Avatar is Back Baby! A Review of The Legend of Korra Premiere

Today, I’ve got some good news and some more good news. The good news is one of my highest 2012 TMA Resolutions has already come true: Nickelodeon’s new Avatar series The Legend Korra now has an official release date. Ladies and Gents, Badgermoles of all ages, set your calendars and DVR’s for Saturday April 14th, [...]

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The Second King of Anime: Naruto

I have never watched Naruto, and never plan to, so it is very unfair for me to make any assumptions about his character. But this is what I have been able to pick up from the general synopsis. Naruto is characterized as rash, impulsive, and aggressive. He purposefully looks for a fight and runs into [...]

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And Yet Another 10 DBZ Plotholes

You just can’t keep a good plothole down, can you? I still love Dragon Ball Z, no matter how much I complain and how much I moan about it, but I’m compelled to continually find problems with the story, the characters, and the progression of the series. I consider a plothole anything that isn’t readily [...]

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The 2012 Too Much Awesome Resolutions

Today, we at Toy-TMA bid farewell to the fond memories of 2011 and look forward to a whole new year on the horizon. 2012, Year of Democratic elections, Disaster predictions, and the Dragon (gotta love the dragon). Will the year be dramatically dangerous, or disappointingly dismal? I don’t know. But in the mean time, it [...]

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