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Welcome to Toon Talks!!

Chapter 1

Welcome to Toon Talks!!

    As a new blog, I wanted to take this first post to tell anybody reading about myself as well as what we'll be doing in this blog. 

    I've been watching cartoons, like most, since I was a kid. I never quite outgrew that medium and as I grew older I began to appreciate it more as a medium. Things like anime, adult animation, and most cartoons in general have always been a big part of my life. Anime specifically has become quite popular since COVID here in the States, but I've been a fan since before I can even remember. Some of my earliest memories are my Dad having me watch Dragon Ball and Naruto on our little box TV in the living room. 

    I not only find animated shows to be interesting, but I also find good storytelling and writing to be particularly interesting. Writing has always been a hobby of mine and I love to dissect the stories that I interact with for deeper themes, characterizations, and inspirations. This, in conjunction with my love for animation, led to the creation of this blog! I hope anybody that stumbles upon it enjoys it!

How this blog will work

    As you can probably tell by the description of the blog (unless I changed it), I'll be reviewing and discussing hot animation each week. So every week you can expect a post from me talking about what I've binged for the week or maybe just want to discuss. I've seen most mainstream anime at this point of my life, so don't expect blind reactions for big names. However, whatever I do talk about is what I spent the week watching so even if I have already seen it, I will be diving deeper into certain elements of the story and details I might've missed the first time I watched it. 

    The blog posts will be divided into these different sections with a rating at the end...

Overview

    In this section I'll go over the general idea and summary of the story. Think what you'd tell someone if they asked you what a show was about. This is also where I'll include my thoughts about the show and how my experience was watching it.

The Big Idea (This will have a cool little name unique for each show)

    In this section you can expect for me to go over what I believe the big theme of the show and by extension what message the author(s) want you to take away from it. There can be multiple themes to a show, this is really just my room to play around with exploring different elements of the shows actual writing without necessarily saying what I think of the show.

Why should you watch this?

    This is where I really go in on the strengths of the show, as a show. Things like the soundtrack, animation, comedy, emotional moments, things of that nature. Overall, if I mention something here that piques your interest, it might be worth checking out.

Final Thoughts 

    This is the last section and will just include anything that I missed and a summary of what I wrote about. This is also where you can find what I rate it out of 10 like this...

10/10

Till Next Time!

Thank you for checking out my blog! Comment any recommendations and I look forward to writing for whoever is reading again!




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