If I had a nickel for every show I’ve seen that follows a strong spirited blue-eyed heroine who lost her mother at a young age to a fire that can be linked back to colonial violence and who seeks revenge for that but who is also strongly associated with water and the colour blue, who travels with her close companion who happens to be a a bald and childlike yet oddly wise individual with traits both physical and emotional that line up with association of air and the colour grey, who eventually fight and then travel with a stubborn fighter who has never lost a battle before encountering them and is associated with earth and the colour green, as well as a fourth character that represents fire and the colour red and who is a royal/noble trying desperately to ensure control over her own destiny for the sake of freedom and power and who very much acts as a narrative foil to the water/blue character, and one of the former two characters is obsessed with honor to the point point that they are willing to actively aid their enemy just so that they can personally be the one to bring them down and are also sporting one half of a whole haircut for reasons also associated with honour and humiliation, and all this takes place in either east asia or an east asian inspired setting with both plenty of nuance and entertainment value to be found, then I’d have two nickels… which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice, right?
Looking for Cartoons to Watch? Need a Guide for Animated Shows? Are you a Beginner or a Pro in watching TV shows? THIS ARE ALL THE ACTION / SUPERHERO CARTOONS I RECOMMEND!
About Each Section:
WATCH THIS: Shows I think are a MUST Watch for anybody getting into cartoons
NEW CARTOONS: Ongoing shows premiered in the past 2-3 years
STILL RELEVANT: Older shows / Already finished shows that still get a lot of attention nowdays
BONUS MENTIONS: Other Shows I havent watched that much of or arent as widely known as the others above
STORYDRIVEN: Fully serialized shows with lot of conitnuity
SEMI-EPISODIC: Shows with an ongoing story but also have self contained arcs
EPISODIC: Shows with minimal continuity, you can watch basically any episode
DISCLAIMER: I tried to limit myself to only 1-2 shows of each IP, UNLESS each of them feels too different from one or another (Like The Looney Tunes Show vs the classic Looney Tunes Cartoons) or you need to watch all shows together to get the full narrative (Ben 10 -> Alien Force -> Ultimate Alien -> Omniverse)
TW: IMPLIED CHARACTER DEATH, BLOOD
"I'm not ready, you can't leave me yet."
"c'mon... you know I'll always be here with you. I love you."
Out on a mission, Sagi (leo calls him that) got really hurt. Leo was too distracted fighting, and got there too late...
Video on my Tik Tok account!! even more heart wrenching than this one!! <333 (go here)
Tried a new style, I might actually stick with it
First ⇆ second ⇆ third
Mizu is like. Im pretty sure canonically 19/20. Im leaning towards 20, cuz im choosing to believe fowler meant 20 years literally n the white men came to japan also during the spring. Its just a very literal n simple read of the scene but yh im choosing that. Mizu is a spring bby :'))
Ringo, as carefree and unburdened as he may act, he is not a child or even a man-child, hes an adult man who's just very very sweet n cute. Imo? He's like. 23. Hes just infantilized a lot by his father n others that he seems way younger
Taigen is only a few months older than Mizu imo. They seemed basically the same age as children, but i think taigen is justtt a wee bit older, n yes he does use that against mizu when he finds out. Im votingggg a november bby. Between autumn n winter
Akemi i can only see as being 21/22 for some reason. Idk if its even logical i just see that. I need to research more into what edo period japan thought was normal for when a woman should beat children, but i think it was young, like maybe around the 18 years of age. It also depends on how old do those men think a woman needs to be before shes barren or smth. I do think akemi is 22, more because its obvious she is still young, but not a teenager.
For funsies i think takayoshi is like. Between 25-27. Im still undecided. But he is a few years older than akemi. I dont think hes older solely cuz hes the younger brother, n im just going off of what i see in their mother, but if she had the eldest son at 18, and i hc her as being around 45-50, then i think he has to be (the older brother) around 27-32. She probably had the two sons n they went "thats good enough, anyways", n left it at that.
#1. Teacher - Student: Jack teaches her the ways of the samurai. She learns how to attack, to defend herself, and to "jump good"
#2. Father - Daughter: He takes care of her as if she was a child of his own. He always gives food, shelter and comfort to the little creature
#3. Besties: Mai is a 8 year old whose life was devoid of any (positive) social interactions and Jack is a 25 year old who spent his whole childhood and teenage years on training to be a warrior. When they're together they just share 1 braincell that goes play
Mai: can we play-
Jack: yes
*proceed to play*
Extra: There have been instances where #2 is inverted. Something happens to Jack and Mai's the one who becomes all motherly and takes care of him 😭❤️
Dani talking about what it was like to be injured right after winning his 125cc title.
Interviewer: What was it like to go from maximum joy to the accident? How did you feel?
Dani: Well, winning the championship after seeking it for so long... Seeking it, working hard and being excited about it... Right when it happens and you start to reap the fruits... It's over. Three days and out. Actually, I think there were five days. It was over. I fell and I hurt really bad. It was the first time that I hurt myself and I was far from home... Well, it was a new situation. I didn't understand why, if you do things well, with humility, work, effort, without cheating, always with respect... That is, following the right path. Then why? It didn't match up. I didn't understand. Why did I have to be punished? I always looked for the meaning of what was happening to me.
He’s SO polite! Usagi has exquisite manners, after all he is of an excellent pedigree and was trained at the Courtly level. He is of Noble breeding.
It’s easy to forget, since we majority get to see him as he his now, a vagabond do-gooder, but he was and still is honorable and charming enough to be welcomed into the inner circles of Lords.