Pedrito and Alicia: what animes do they see in “Back to the neighborhood”

Back to the neighborhood”Has won the affection of the public who have been hooked on América TV programming every night for four years when it began to air in May 2017. Although, at the beginning it was located in the 70s and 80s, with the arrival of the pandemic, the fourth installment was delayed and the production had to change the setting by placing it in the current era, something that caused the characters, especially the youngest, to interact with the experiences according to their generation.

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Such is the case of Pedrito Bravo and Alicia, who in several of the episodes of the hit series have shown themselves to be anime fans. Let’s not forget, the time when both, in addition to Michelle, cosplayed Tanjiro and Kanao from “Demon Slayer”, unleashing madness in the otaku community. Or the other chapter when Pigeon’s son became a jerk the moment his best friend talks to him about the common tastes they have regarding anime, mentioning the Boruto letters he bought at the newsstand or Tokyo Revengers.

As a result of the interesting conversations that these adolescents have every time they are in the San José neighborhood, we will tell you what animes are those who see and are so excited. So pay close attention.

The day Pedrito and Alicia cosplayed Tanjiro and Kanao from “Demon Slayer” in “Back in the neighborhood” (Photo: América TV)

WHAT ARE THE ANIMES THAT PEDRITO AND ALICIA SEE ON DVAB?

Although the list of anime can be long, so far, these characters have talked about three of them.

“DEMON SLAYER”

By February 2021, the manga "Demon Slayer" It has 23 published volumes and 150 million copies in circulation, including digital copies, thus becoming one of the best-selling manga series in history (Photo: Ufotable)
By February 2021, the “Demon Slayer” manga has 23 published volumes and 150 million copies in circulation, including digital copies, thus becoming one of the best-selling manga series in history (Photo: Ufotable)

“Demon Slayer” (“Kimetsu no Yaiba” in its original language) is based on the manga of the same name by Koyoharu Gotouge. It is an anime that follows the adventures of Tanjiro Kamado, a teenager who becomes a demon hunter after his family is killed by one of these beings.

The series was originally released in Japan in July 2019 and soon reached the rest of the world through platforms such as Crunchyroll. Due to the success achieved, the story continued with the film “Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train”, which broke box office records in its home country and achieved more than encouraging numbers in the rest of the world since 2020.

Developed by Ufotable, the second season of “Demon Slayer” was confirmed as an adaptation of ‘Entertainment District Arc’ (‘Arc of the District of Entertainment’ or ‘Arc of the District of the Red Light’), the eighth arc, and one of the most amazing ones, from the original manga, which will be released in December 2021.

“BORUTO”

Unlike the manga, which began as a retelling of the Boruto movie, the anime begins as a prequel before Boruto and his friends become ninjas in a later story arc that has therefore also been written a series of novels. light (Photo: Shūeisha)
Unlike the manga, which began as a retelling of the Boruto movie, the anime begins as a prequel before Boruto and his friends become ninjas in a later story arc that has therefore also been written a series of novels. light (Photo: Shūeisha)

As a spin-off of “Naruto”, “Boruto: Naruto Next Generations” tells the adventures and training of Boruto Uzumaki, the son of Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyūga, and his friends and rivals, the new generation of ninjas from the Hidden Village. of the Leaf, whose seventh Hokage is Naruto.

The story begins years after the Fourth Great Ninja War. Naruto Uzumaki has fulfilled his dream of becoming the seventh Hokage, a position from which he oversees a new generation of ninjas. Not only that, since he has married Hinata Hyūga, with whom he has two children: Boruto and Himawari, the former is part of the ninja team, led by Konohamaru Sarutobi.

Boruto feels that he lives in the shadow of his father, who is considered the great hero of the village and therefore has a strong desire to overcome him.

“TOKYO REVENGERS”

The story of "Tokyo Revengers" It is inspired by the author's own life, which belonged to a real gang called Black Emperor (Photo: Crunchyroll)
The story of “Tokyo Revengers” is inspired by the author’s own life, who belonged to a real gang called Black Emperor (Photo: Crunchyroll)

“Tokyo Revengers” tells the story of Takemichi Hanagaki, an unemployed person who at 26 years of age feels that he has achieved nothing in life. One day someone pushes him onto the train tracks, but he doesn’t die. Instead, his mind travels to the past (2005), just places him in his days as a high school student, a stage in which he tried to become a gang member, although he failed.

As a result of this episode, Takemichi discovers that he can travel between the past and the future at will and, with this, he gives his life a purpose: to change history so that Hinata Tachibana or simply Hina, the girl he was dating, do not die in an incident of gang-related violence.

It is at this stage that he meets Mikey and Draken, leaders of the Tokio Manji gang, which in a period of twelve years will become a crime syndicate investigated by the Police. He swears that he will change the future and manage to save his girlfriend and all his friends.