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Jump into Feudal Japan with Inuyasha

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Studio: Sunrise  |  Released: 2000  |  Duration: 193 Episodes + 4 Movies  |  Streaming on: Crunchyroll , Funimation , Netflix, Hulu Inuyasha - An Anime Review Hi Everyone, If you have seen some of our other posts, this one in particular , then you will probably already have a pretty good idea of how much we love the anime Inuyasha. Like it might just be our favourite anime series of all time, that’s how much we love it. So when we were thinking about which anime to showcase for our Lazy Lion YouTube channel’s one-year anniversary, it had to be Inuyasha. You can check out our full review video here , or you can continue scrolling down where we will discuss some of the themes found in Inuyasha along with some other tidbits. So first off, what is Inuyasha all about? Inuyasha is an adventure fantasy shounen anime based on Rumiko Takahashi’s incredible long-running manga series. We would also classify it as an Isekai story since one of our main charact...

Why You Shouldn't Turn Your Nose Up At Escaflowne

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Studio: Sunrise  |  Released: 1996  |  Streaming on: Funimation Anime Review - The Vision of Escaflowne Hey Everyone, today we thought we'd talk about the anime The Vision of Escaflowne! Aside from InuYasha, another favourite of ours, the Vision of Escaflowne was one of the first Isekai animes we ever saw. But instead of travelling back in time like the former, our main protagonist Hitomi Kanzaki gets accidentally transported to a completely different planet called Gaea by a mysterious boy named Van Fanel, who just so happens to be the next King of a country called Fanelia. No “oh I learnt about this in history class” moments to help you here. So less Timeless and Outlander, and more Wizard of Oz. Granted Gaea isn’t much different from Earth in appearance, and neither are the main inhabitants who look exactly like earthlings, but its fauna and other inhabitants sure look different, seriously what is this? Porpoise Man? We love it! The creators of T...