‘Demon Days’ is the Anime & Comics Lovechild You Didn’t Know You Needed In Your Life

The nerds took over the 2010s. Movies based on comics have steadily put in work since Superman blew the doors off possibilities in these caped out movie streets. TV shows always had a lil’ something for the kids and animation fans, but comics and anime tho?! Naaa that was going a little too far for the general public. And while the same may be true today, I gotta keep it 100 and admit I ain’t never seen a come up so severe as the way comics and anime have popped off and terraformed today’s pop culture.

Yeah, I said terraformed because the X-Men (shouts to Hickman!) have blown the doors off their previous limits and terraformed Mars, and it was gloooooorious! Stars like the Samuel L. Jackson, Wu Tang, Tarantino, Michael B. Jordan and Megan Thee Stallion cosigned anime heavy in the decade before COVID hit and the genre never looked back. Anime on the Rise (*97 Mase voice*) It may be hard for kids these days to imagine it, but it took a lot to set up anime for the success it’s having. Longstanding fans of Gundam, DBZ, Sailor Moon, Cowboy Bebop and more made this happen. Ariana Grande coming through with the Chihiro love on 1000 got Spirited Away fans even more emboldened in their love! Keanu Reeves wanting to play Spike before that ship crashed and burned upon take off did this. Kanye brazenly declaring much of his life’s creative inspiration comes from the greatness of Akira raises awareness. The seeds have been planted. People finally found time to see what anime was all …