August 2018

When I first watched Yu-Gi-Oh! on American television for the first time, I was perplexed that the people in charge of programming at 4Kids Entertainment had approved such a weird show. Not only was the name of the anime series bizarre, its storyline was seriously messed up and even after the first two episodes, I…

Few franchises are as popular in the world as Star Wars is. From its scintillating films to video games, Star Wars is internationally adored. Hardly can a day go by before you run across an article, a short video on Star Wars or run into someone wearing Star Wars memorabilia. The series created by George…

Spirited Away is not only an academy winner, it put its creator Hayao Miyazaki on a pedestal and made him an international superstar. Japan’s highest grossing movie of all time, Spirited Away captured the hearts and souls of people from all walks of live around the world because of its enchanting storyline. With a very…

Spice and Wolf is one of the most renowned light novel series-cum-TV series-cum-video game. The series, unlike many other manga series which focus on fantasy such as swords and magic, focusses and addresses more pertinent issues affecting the society which are economics, trade and peddling. This is perhaps the reason why the series was very…

I sometime thank nature for letting me exist at just about the same time with Power Rangers. The original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers came into my life at just about the right time- when I was about 11 years old and this gave me an allowance to be obsessed with it and even carry some…

Here at Mtglion.com, we have always been fans of Pokémon. Ever since it graced our televisions back in 1997, we have always been ardent fans of Pokémon and have religiously followed every iteration of the game. We watched it grow to become a popular video game, watched it spawn into a TV show, a trading…

Magic: the gathering is arguably the best and most played trading card game in the world. The extensive multiverse game is full of stories, different characters and hidden treasures which even the most seasoned of players are yet to discover. There are thousands of planes that are yet to be explored and this only makes…

CardFight!! Vanguard is an international popular trading card game which was published by Bushiroad back in 2011. Although it made a relatively late entry into the already saturated market of Trading Card Games, CardFight!! Vanguard has done pretty well attracting millions of players globally. Originally created by Mangaka Akira Itou, the game has become an…

Many people believe that Cardcaptor Sakura rode on Pokémon’s success in America to get the big breakthrough it needed. Having made a debut on American television and becoming a hit, Pokémon prompted other networks to go to Japan and look for similar anime series to compete with Pokémon and this is how Cardcaptor Sakura was…