Saturday nights have never been this exciting! Well, actually every Saturday night can be exciting, but it’s even more exciting with D&A as well as Toonami! Grab your swords and get ready for a night of Edo madness as we bring you some awesome samurai anime titles, as well as our male and female Hall of Fame inductees. Looking for a samurai anime classic filled with everything you love about Feudal Japan? Then check out this anime movie (and 2003 series) known as Ninja Scroll! Wanna know who we’ve picked as our inductees for our Samurai Hall of Fame? Then you’ll have to check our male and female pages to find out!
On both our facebook and twitter pages we’ve mentioned that there is going to be a brand new page coming to our D&A Friday’s drop down menu. The name of that page is called Anime OVA of the Week, and it will make its debut April 7, 2017! Until then anime fans, get ready for some Samurai Jack as well as the rest of Toonami, as they celebrate 20 awesome years! ๐
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Punch Out of Work, and Get Ready For D&A Friday’s!!
Yep, we said it. It may be St. Patty’s Day, but on D&A Anime Blog it’s One-Punch Night! Celebrate more than just the Luck of the Irish tonight with some anime and manga titles that we bring straight from the web, to your screen! Wanna pack more punch into your day or night, then watch yourself some One-Punch Man! Are you in the mood for some action, fantasy, and romance? Then this little manga title known as Enchanter might be just what you need for that action-fantasy-romance craving that you have. Saturday night brings us another round of Jack, Samurai Jack, as we give this old school title the conclusion that it rightfully deserves. Don’t forget to like us and follow us on our Facebook and Twitter pages to keep up with all the updates and new info we’ve got goin’ on, right here on D&A Anime Blog! It’s a part of you! ๐
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!!
Are you green with envy? Are you on the hunt for some four leaf clovers? Well that just means that it’s St. Patrick’s Day, so bring out everything you own that’s green! (Even your hair if you’ve dyed it!)
While we’re celebrating everything that’s green on this lucky day, it’s time for some updates from your good ol’ boys from D&A! Today marks the 20th anniversary of Toonami, so in honor of the greatest action anime block that’s ever been created, we’ve (finally) updated the Toonami Timeline page under our Toonami: The Legacy drop down menu. April will be a busy month for us as we’ll be back on tour and heading to two different anime conventions; Nipponcon, and Zenkaikon! (Don’t worry, we’ll have highlight videos for those soon.) Starting at the end of this month we’ll be posting monthly update videos on youtube regarding what we’ve been up to, what new show’s FUNimation’s got coming, and what new features might be making their way to the blog. (The first one will be posted March 31st.)
We’ll be back in a couple of hours with our D&A Friday’s segment, so stay tuned! ๐
The 80’s Strike Back On Thursday Night!!
Hello once again anime fans to yet another Throwback Thursday night! This time around we return to a well known decade: the 80’s! Back then mecha anime titles were all the rage aside from other genres that were soon to become popular. (*cough* Magical girls *cough*) If you’re on the hunt for a classic anime title about robots fighting in an alternate universe that resembles that of King Arthur times, then check out a little series known as Aura Battler Dunbine! Looking for a series about a young boy looking for his lost mother? Then how about checking out this classic 80’s title called Belle and Sebastian.
Tomorrow will be St. Patrick’s Day, so make sure you bring out everything you own that’s green! (Including your underwear! *chuckles*) Tomorrow also marks the 20th anniversary of the greatest action-packed anime block there is. That’s right guys, Toonami will be turning 20 years old Friday March 17, 2017! Can you believe that it’s been 20 whole years since Toonami made its debut on our airwaves? who knows what Toonami Tom’s got planned for us this Saturday night.
Well guys, come back on Friday for our weekly D&A Friday’s segment as always. And remember, D&A is always a part of you! ๐
Pardon Our Dust…
If you’re wondering what we’ve been up to since our first (and last) winter storm, we’ve been doing some maintenance on the blog; making it both pretty and appealing to you guys, the fans! Spring is fast approaching (for real this time), so we’ve did another seasonal costume change as you’ll see when you visit the blog. There may be some future changes later on in the year, so be sure to swing back here for some updates on what’s coming soon, and what will be Archived on the site.
Coffee & Table Tennis: This is what D&A Mondays Are All About!
Many of us like to make that little trip to Starbucks or any coffee place of your choice every Monday morning, but why not spice it up with a lil’ bit of Jell-O? That’s right anime fans! It’s yet another Monday night filled with some lesser-known anime titles and some delicious Japanese snacks straight outta Tokyo! Love the sport of table tennis? Then check out this little series known as Ping-Pong! (Aaron Dismuke’s in it! ^.^) Wanna put a little spin into your Monday morning coffee? Then why not chug down some Coffee Jelly that you can find here, in Japan, or you can make right at home!
We’ve been doing a little brainstorming about what new segments we can bring to the blog to keep the fire and desire going. So far we plan on doing a new weekly youtube segment known as D&A Recap, where we recap some things that have taken place both on the blog and as well as what’s new at FUNimation and Crunchyroll (plus inform you on some new updates too). If there’s something new that you want to see on the blog, let us know on our Contact Us page! ๐
Samurai Jack…Is BACK!!!
Tonight is the night!! After a thirteen year hiatus the legendary samurai returns home to Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. during the early 2000’s Samurai Jack was one of the most popular shows on CN, and now it has returned home for its 5th and final season. For our Slash Saturday segment we’ve not only inducted Samurai Jack as our Hall of Fame inductee, but we’ve given him a slot in our Samurai Anime of the Week as our first Non-Anime title. We could go on all night about this Cartoon Network original, but we think it’ll be better if you just see it for yourself! ๐
D&A Fridays: Where Fridays are a Part of You!!
Ever since we started this little segment, we’ve been getting a lot of love from our fans as well as recommendations for anime and manga titles (both old and new) for us to give you a brief rundown on. For that we say thank you! Friday nights for us have always been exciting on the blog and we have you (the fans) to thank for that. As long as the two of us have limbs on our bodies we’ll continue bringing you guys some of the latest and greatest anime and manga title reviews to check out, and trivia to test your otaku knowledge on!
As we’ve mentioned a thousand times already, Saturday marks the season premiere of Samurai Jack! So to celebrate the upcoming fifth and final season of this Cartoon Network original series, we’re going to have a special Samurai Jack themed Slash Saturday segment! There will be more updates and more excitement coming to the blog soon, so stay tuned for us and keeping making D&A a part of you! ๐
Throwback Thursday: Kickin’ It Old School!
Anime has been around a long time, longer than any of us millennials have even been alive. (Or even born.) So on that note we can just say that there would be no new school anime, without those old school titles! One of those titles is known as one of the first anime superhero titles of the 70’s, and its name is quite familiar to both new and old anime fans. To see what we mean by this statement check out our 70’s Anime of the Week pick under the drop down known as Throwback Thursday!
Tomorrow is Friday once again so you know what that means, right? Full on anime and manga titles for you to check out and enjoy, plus some trivia on both sides to keep your otaku knowledge up to date. Saturday night is a BIG night for one reason only: Samurai Jack, is BAAAAAACK!!! Stick around for more updates and more fun, as we at D&A continue our trend of bringing you the latest and greatest in anime and manga, snacks from Japan, and so much more! ๐
D&A’s Fan Fiction 2017!!
It’s worth noting that one of the coolest things we like to do, is write fan fiction! So much so in fact, that we’ve already created a drop down menu for it so you (the fans) can check out what we’ve got goin’ on! Here’s what we’ve got in store for our 2017 fan fiction…
Sonic Danganronpa
Sonic Danganronpa, is an upcoming crossover fanfiction title and will be my first crossover title with Sonic the Hedgehog and Danganronpa! Sonic and Shadow are investigative agents who work for G.U.N. who helped fund the cost of having Hope’s Peak Academy built. During the tragedy that took place two years prior, the military has discovered the culprit who was the cause of the first mutual school killing, but has been unable to apprehend the suspect due to unforeseen reasons. The suspect’s name is Junko Enoshima.
G.U.N. sends Sonic and Shadow to Hope’s Peak Academy (disguised as Super High School Level students) to find and capture Junko Enoshima and bring her to justice, however the mission won’t be as easy as it seems. Fifteen other students have enrolled into Hope’s Peak in order to further enhance their superior skills, and various talents. There’s just one grim detail: in order for any of the students to graduate, they have to put another student in a body bag and get away with it. Sonic and Shadow become a part of a dangerous game of survival; as they not only have to deal with a sadistic yet psychotic remote control teddy bear (who’s the principal of the school), but they have to survive against the other students long enough to find Junko and put her out of commission!
Junko: The Ultimate Mastermind
Junko: The Ultimate Mastermind, is an upcoming fanfiction title and will be my first ever Danganronpa fan fiction as Cool November. Although the franchise is known for its suspenseful murder mysteries, strawberry milk blood, and court trials, this fanfic will take on the mind of an abridged parody. (Basically 25% serious, 75% dark humor and comedy with parody elements.) The setting you ask? It’ll take place in an AU after the events of Daganronpa 3’s Despair Arc.
An FBI-like federation known as the Federation of Ultimate Narcissism (F.U.N.) is known to capture high-level narcissistic criminals who pose a threat to the world as well as everyday citizens. One criminal however (named Enoshia Yamakato), has managed to escape the federation’s asylum and has asserted herself as the Ultimate Despair of the world, by stealing a specialized anime video that causes the viewers of it to go mad with despair, and initiate her own mutual killing game. In order for F.U.N. to handle a situation of this caliber they need a top-notch certified expert in the field of despair, and who better to handle a replica of the Ultimate Despair, than the Ultimate Queen of Despair herself? They may be screwing themselves dry by making a deal with the devil, but sometimes you’ve gotta fight fire with fire! A lot of OCs will be in this fanfic plus Monokuma’s back to cause more misery and despair! (Nuk-nuk-nuk!) So hold onto your butts cuz’ Junko Enoshima’s about to make her epic entrance!
Hyakka Ryoran: Samurai S
Hyakka Ryoran: Samurai S, is a crossover fanfiction title between Sonic the Hedgehog and Hyakka Ryoran: Samurai Girls. The story takes place after the first season of Samurai Girls in the wake of the final battle between Jubei and Gisen. A mysterious samurai from a land on the other side of Mt. Fuji appears on the grounds of Buou Academy. Unknown to the students or the Tokugawa Shogunate, the samurai is known across the land as Sonikku Sokudo (Sonic Speed); one of the Five Samurai Demigods of Great Japan. The anthropomorphic hedgehog samurai makes his way towards Yagyu Dojo when he suddenly hears a loud crash coming from inside the gates. Using his super sonic speed Sonikku leaps over the gate as he discovers that the outside courtyard has been destroyed, and looks over to see a group of girls alongside a silver-haired male. The girls themselves were fighting against another group of girls carrying various samurai weapons; making Sonikku assume that they were the ones who caused the destruction of the courtyard, and that the group of girls and the male were the ones trying to stop them.
Grabbing the hilt of his Shimo Daito, he glares at one of the girls who has headphones on her head before she looked in his direction. Sonikku demanded that they leave or he would be forced to fight them, an action that he’s trying to minimize as much as possible. The girl wearing headphones (known as Musashi Miyamoto) smirked at the samurai hedgehog before signalling to her girls that it was time to leave, but not before pausing just a moment as she felt the aura coming from Sonikku herself. The other girls that were with Musashi noticed the look in her eye, as she only gets that look whenever there’s an opponent stronger than her around. After their departure Sonikku approaches the group of girls alongside the male that was with them, as he gave them a foxy grin and introduced himself. That was the day that changed the lives of the master samurai that lived in Yagyu Dojo…
The post dates have changed a bit but these are the fan fiction titles that will be coming to the blog, as well as on Fanfiction.net! Stick around for em’! ๐
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