Anime has introduced countless influential characters, and many series have ... In the right context, they enhance the story, but around kids, they are simply bad influences.

The 2000s was something of a transitional period for anime, at least among international audiences. The nostalgic period of the 1990s was over, yet the current craze for the medium hadn't yet begun.

A Japanese artist named Nagano created this character. It went viral as a web comic in 2017. In 2022, it was adapted into an ...