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Re-watching Hunter x Hunter and a number of other shonen anime I really find myself noticing interesting parallels between them. Namely the transformations of Zazan (Hunter X Hunter) and Zarbon (Dragon Ball Z). Zazan being a scorpion inspired Squadron leader of the Chimera Ant Queen's Army, she's vain, pompous, has massive tits, and is prone to turning her enemies into subservient mutated slaves. The impotence in the story at large is rather significant in a indirect, given the fact that it was through her capturing Pokkle leading to the chimera ants gaining a general knowledge of the nen system. As a character she has many parallels to Zarbon from Dragonball Z, vain and obsessed with his appearance. Who is Stronger?  However if there is one thing I feel Zarbon definitely has over Zazan is his plot significance and overall understanding of Intergalactic commerce. Both Zazan and Zarbon have transformations with similar abilities. Both increase their stamina...

I read an A.N.N (Anime News Network) article listing out the cinematic favorites of Masaaki Yuasa. A man whom I consider to easily be one of the best directors of the past decade and my favorite in T.V. anime. Now much can be said about the likes of Hiroshi Hamasaki the creator of Steins:Gate Technolyze and the current running Blade of the Immortal. All of which have an ambiance that's geared towards my taste in many ways.  Like the bizarre and surreal tone of the first few episodes of Steins:Gate, cut with photography and other elements to solidify itself as being a cross between Horror and thriller. A style that proliferates in Texhnolyze and Blade of the immortal, one of which is an agonizing watch (not for it's bad writing) but how he perfectly displays the pure nihilism of the world in which the characters inhabit. Through downtrodden backgrounds, to very interesting changes in the art style that all serve the purpose of drawing those emotions out.  Yuasa while he...