
One of the huge differences between western cartoons and anime is the use of drugs. Turn on adult swim on any given night and you’ll be hard pressed to find a show that doesn’t have a drug reference every five minutes. Well, maybe, King of the Hill, but let’s not forget that they had an […]

How the Yakuza Warped the Way Tattoos are Viewed in Japan Tattoos in anime are not something that we see every day. Sure, there are pretty iconic anime characters that sport tattoos, but they are very far and few between. A lot of it has to do with the way tattoos are viewed in Japan’s […]