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Are you intrigued by the unknown? By a world that you can’t see, sense, or otherwise confirm the existence of? Then the supernatural genre of anime might be one of your favorite genres.  While this broad genre corrals everything for the unbelievable to vaguely strange, if you are interested in ghost, spirits, or other supernatural beings, you have a wide array of anime series to choose from. Whether your interest lies in creepy Japanese ghost stories to action-packed spirit fighters, there is a series to fit your every desire. 19. Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day Anohana is the anime that many fans turn to when they need a good cry. It is about a group of childhood friends that drifted away from each other after the death of their shared friend, then when that dead friend comes back as a ghost, feelings are laid bare.  Although its realistic characters and superb script carry this anime, it only has one ghost, and it is a pretty cut

Everyone needs a little love in their life, but even if you do have someone that warms your heart, romance anime can keep those good feelings of love flowing.  You see, love is addicting and some people just can’t stop themselves from falling in love over and over again. That is exactly what romance anime does, it lets you experience the characters falling in love over and over again with each new series. If you’re a hopeless romantic or just a love junkie, try getting swept away with these romance anime recommendations. They will make your heart soar without all the worry of STDs from your string of one night falling in love stands. 1. Nana What could possibly top Kimi ni Todoke as number one on this list? Nana. This may seem like a strange choice, but if you give Nana a chance, it can blow you away.  One of the major reasons this takes the cake is because one of the Nana’s is as addicted to falling in love as you are. Howev

Mafia, Yakuza, No-Good-Nicks – They all mean one thing, gangs. Everyone loves a good gang story. It has the camaraderie and the good times of a group of people that follow no man’s rules but there own, but you also know the inevitable stabbing betrayal is coming at some point. Typically gang anime stories are an excellent mix of fast-paced gun or fist-fighting action all wrapped up in a blanket of noir-style darkness. So while you tip on the Al Capone fedora and threaten to cut off your subordinate’s finger tip off with your old tanto blade, here are a few gang-related anime recommendations to set the mood. Gungrave The first part of Gungrave is more of a classic mafia story. Two young orphans rise up the street rat ranks on the mean streets of the city, but eventually they fall on the radar of the major syndicate in town. As they both rise up through the ranks of organized crime, an eventual betrayal  shatters their friendship. However, after that, things start to

If you are an anime fan and a fan of romance anime in particular, then there is little that is more relatable than a romance series about otaku. Let’s face it, even if we aren’t obsessive about anime to a true otaku level, we all want to be loved for who we are and what we like. Of course, being obsessive about something – games, anime, books, or whatever – leads to a number of funny situations, which in its own way can make otaku romantic comedies highly amusing even if you aren’t in it for the romance. And You Thought There Was Never a Girl Online? Who hasn’t looked for love in their online MMOs at one point or another and got burned by it? This is the starting premise for this series about a boy who thought he found love in his MMO and the character turned out to be a man playing or girl character, or at least that’s what they said. After giving up on it, he soon finds out that the girl that is overly attached to him in t

If there is one tried and true recipe for making a likable main character, it is to make them as lazy as many of the fans watching the series, but also make them a secret badass. Sure, they can’t be assed to go save the world when their favorite show is on, but during the commercial break, they can take care of it with their super OP natural abilities. While there isn’t much room for physical character growth, on occasion this can be a good vehicle for some emotional growth OR they could just throw character growth out the window and add some flashy lights instead. Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop Although Spike spends the majority of his time actively hunting down bounties, it’s not like he wants to or anything. If it were up to him, he’d do one really pricey bounty, then feast on meat and coast through the galaxy. Unfortunately, every time the Bebop crew gets a large bounty, something goes horribly array when it comes to collecting the reward so, like the rest of u