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Clowns as a horror device are relatively new. You can thank Edgar Allen Poe, Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci opera, and actual clown serial killer John Wayne Gacy for planting the seed and of course, Stephen King's It for nurturing it to get what we have now. You'll be hard pressed to find a person who actually likes clowns.  Anime, like other modes of popular entertainment, has also created its share of sinister jokers, jesters, and pierrots to give audiences the heebie-jeebies. 1. Buggy (One Piece)  You're sailing the high seas in search of treasure while building long-lasting friendships with your rough-and-tumble crew when, all of a sudden, you're ambushed by pirates!  But these pirates aren't the bearded, peg-legged types. No, these circus freaks of every kind answer to a hyper-sensitive clown.  Buggy's sensitivity is tied to his round, red nose. Yes, his schnoz isn't ornamental, it's the real deal, and he's been known to slau

In this world you can find teachers and lessons to learn often in the most unexpected places, and for those who haven’t realized just how good of a teacher anime can be, it can often be the most unexpected place.  However, anime isn’t always so obvious about the lessons it tries to teach its audience, but a powerful proxy for doing so is the veritable “Sensei”. Teachers and other sensei-like figures in anime not only teach the other characters something valuable like via dropping a knowledge or life bomb on them, but in turn they teach the audience a similar lesson. However, not all teachers are good teachers. You have your homeroom teachers that often aren’t rewarded a face, personality, or even a name, and you also have teachers that have more flair, but are often unclear about the lesson they want to teach. 18. Franken Stein from Soul Eater At his first appearance, Franken Stein seems like a terrible teacher, what wi

The opening sequence to an anime is often a decent indicator of if you will like the show or not. It sets the pace and mood for the anime, as well as typically having a more upbeat song to PUMP YOU UP!!! for what is to come.  However, an extremely common trend these days is to add little tidbits into the opening that actually spoil what is going to happen in the show.  Thankfully, most OPs are subtle enough to not ruin the series at episode one, since most people have no idea what they are seeing. Unfortunately, there is that awkward middle moment when you are familiar with the characters and pick up on the symbolism. So what anime openings have some serious spoilers in them? Note: Oh-so-many-spoilers. Obviously. 1. Future Diary The first opening of Future Diary is absolutely riddled with spoilers for the series, but you won’t really get them without prior exposure to the series. Essentially, you watch either the weapons or prized items

When dealing with a large issue as a group, one tends to notice there will always be people that do not pull their weight or actually seem to be dragging the whole team down. This does not make them a bad or annoying person. It just helps you realize that you really don't want to depend on them when a serious moment comes. This is not only seen in group projects for school but also in anime. There will always be characters that may be there for comic relief or as a plot device but they don't seem to do that much or accomplish anything major in the story, at times disappearing completely throughout half of the series. Despite this, they brag constantly, show up only to sit around while everyone is fighting or struggling and don't care much about what is really going on. Here is our list of most useless characters in anime. 1. Excalibur from Soul Eater Excalibur has immense power as a weapon, yet decides to be so high maintenance he becomes utterly useless

As the old saying goes, "good artists copy, but great artists steal." That's why we see so many damn remakes, reboots, and sequels these days. Sometimes you don't even know when a movie is based on something else. Anime has served to be a huge inspiration for several big Hollywood films over the years. Here is list of 9 Anime Films That Were Ripped Off By Hollywood. 1. Inception = Paprika Christopher Nolan's story of operatives invading and stealing from a person's dream was one of the most original Hollywood blockbusters in years. But Inception owes some of that credit to the Japanese film Paprika, based on a novel by the same name. The stories differ, but Paprika was also built on the idea of misusing dream technology, breaking into patients' minds as part of a dream therapy. Nolan admitted the anime was used as inspiration for his film, even if it didn't go quite so far in bending reality.   2. Pacific Rim = Neon Genesis Evangelion In the 19