![]() ![]() Maybe it’s because clowns are just that damn creepy. ![]() That’s such a typical shounen villain action, but somehow Hisoka pulls it off without it being hackneyed. It’s particularly creepy to hear Hisoka so calmly dissect Kastro’s fighting technique while gripping his severed arm. I hate to rag so much on one (albeit jarring) element, because the fight is otherwise decent. I can speak only from the standpoint of a dork who’s thinking way too hard about how his silly cartoons depict a clown’s arm being severed. It’s been far too long since I was one, so I probably don’t have the proper perspective. To be fair, though, that sort of thing might matter less to kids. Maybe it’ll be fixed on DVD/Blu-ray, but putting out something that silly and jarring seems too damaging. Preemptive strike: Haven’t read the manga, but I assume Madhouse goes for that basic composition because that is how Togashi does it in the manga. That combines to create something that looks quite silly, although I’m not sure if it’s more or less goofy than the black holes of censorship in Deadman Wonderland. There is also, of course, the increasing trepidation toward bloody violence in anime lately. It seems odd to me that the creators would go in such an overtly violent direction when it’s been made obvious again and again that this is a more kid-friendly version of Hunter x Hunter and would likely be altered with that in mind. However, that approach is preferable to the sparkly arm rocket. The execution is admittedly not perfect - the pacing is hurried to the point where Kastro chopping off Hisoka’s arm seems more like an accident than a crucial point in a battle. What’s interesting about those types of scenes is that time seems to make them more violent and bloody in one’s mind. There’s nary a drop of blood, too, which surprised me. The camera doesn’t linger on Hisoka’s arm at all no, it’s simply lopped off, and then the match continues toward the conclusion you all will see in the next episode. It’s actually startling how quickly the scene concludes. (It’s in the beginning of ep41 if you’re curious, but don’t stray much further than that, because most of that episode deals with stuff that hasn’t happened yet.) The original takes the Psycho route of close-ups and quick cuts to make the scene seem much more violent than it actually is. It slipped my mind how the original dealt with this, so I went back and watched that part. Read on for our recommendations, and the live-action titles that pair nicely with them, if you’re unfamiliar with the cartoons themselves, and find yourself something worth watching.Hisoka’s arm is a rocket powered by Twilight on its way to the moon. ![]() We’ve done our best to peregrinate through anime’s genre and age brackets in an attempt to create as broad a picture of collection as possible, while highlighting the merits of each title. In our updated list below, we’ve evaluated and recommended the 30 best anime series on Netflix. The library’s simply grown too large to navigate for anyone who values their time - or hasn’t spent all their time watching anime. But Netflix sees its billions spent as a worthy investment, and whether you’re into action, romance, trippy fantasy, or cyberpunky sci-fi, its anime as a category isn’t diminishing in importance, even as individual titles shuffle on or off of the service. Netflix is heavily invested in the anime space, to the point where it’s gotten difficult to keep track of just how many anime titles it’s producing or licensing - especially when juggling between the long-running franchise hits like Pokémon and the single-season gems like Ouran High School Host Club. This article is regularly updated as more titles join or leave Netflix. Photo-Illustration: Vulture Photos Courtesy of Netflix
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