A Man, Too Passionate to Have a Sane Conversation About Anime

Previously on A Healthy Dose of Anime... Griffin: "The next post will be on the Pokemon Showdown stuff I've been working on." also Griffin: "The next post will be on the Top 10 Most Influential Pokemon." Hi, my name is Griffin Yamada and this post is about Boruto. *Insert live studio audience laughter here* Alright, I promise I will write what I said I would write. It's just that while I was watching a Crunchyroll trailer for Boruto last night, I realized something incredibly important to the way that people view Boruto. Here's the context. Naruto and Naruto Shippuden together make one of the greatest Shonen manga/anime series in history. With them, Masashi Kishimoto cemented his name next to Osamu Tezuka, basically the grandfather of Japanese pop animation, and Akira Toriyama, creator of the Dragon Ball series. And what did he do after finishing the series? A. He took a well-earned break and admired his work B. He wrote a bunch of spin-of...

Hey everyone, it's Griffin and I'm back and ready to talk about the Top 10 Pokemon ever created. Now you might be wondering, what am I basing "Top 10" on? Is it Top 10 of a certain type? Is it Top 10 of Generation 1? Is it Top 10 Legendaries? Or one of the most favorite, Top 10 Starter Pokemon? (Because people have to have someone tell them which Starter Pokemon is the best to pick to start your game.) I'm going to get off track right here, but look at Red and Blue. Everyone wants to pick Charmander. I mean it's basically a dragon without being a dragon. It's freaking popular. Everyone wants to be popular. Other people want to pick Bulbasaur. That's cool too, because Bulbasaur can heal itself with its moveset, and it has a good type pairing. And you might think, nobody wants to pick Squirtle. I mean, I get it, Squirtle cannot even get past Lt. Surge on its own. But lots of speedruns of Gen 1 have been done with Squirtle as the starter pokemon, ...

Yo, what's up everyone?!! In this post, I'm going to give my opinion on the difference between being an otaku and being a weeb, and why the difference is important. An otaku is someone who is passionate to the point of obsessed about something. It's more common to see military history otaku, or model plane otaku, or old movie otaku in Japan. A weeb, which is short for weeaboo, which is what 4-chan changed wapanese to, is someone who is more than obsessed with Japanese culture. They are obsessed to the point of annoying and not enough to the point of respect. The way in which they appropriate Japanese culture without subtlety and respect rubs many people the wrong way. An otaku can see manga and anime for what it is and can respect it. A weeb can only respect certain manga and anime, and will only accept animations made by Japanese companies. More importantly, they tend to recognize only the entertainment aspects of Japanese culture to be interesting. Avatar: The Las...

Hi there, this is Griffin Yamada signing in. Welcome to my blog about mostly: manga, anime, Nintendo, and Square Enix. I know self-deprecation doesn't have that much comedic value anymore, but I'm not that interesting. The way I'll be presenting my topics will likely be boring, even though I said I won't be sane enough to have an understandable argument. I mean look at this welcome post, my original idea was to be totally sarcastic, be a jerk, ask future readers to call me out on my bullshit, and end with calling all of you top percentage Pidgeys (if you haven't played Pokemon, it's an insult). I apologize, because I want to demonstrate how much I value my readers. From now on, I'll just write the truth. If I think that genwunners are scum, I'll write it, and if I think that Bleach is a cesspool of unoriginality and the worst part about battle manga/anime, I'll write it. Listen to me readers, you are top percentage Pidgey. Jokes aside, when I p...