How Open Mike Eagle Survived His Demons Through Anime

Life changes hit the rapper hard — and shows like ‘Tokyo Ghoul’ helped him process it all

Tirhakah Love
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8 min readFeb 16, 2021

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Since the ’90s, with Toonami curating anime for TV audiences and classics like Fist of

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Tirhakah Love
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African from Texas• Staff Writer at LEVEL • Black politics, Celebrity interviews, TV & Film Criticism • Previously: MTV News, San Francisco Chronicle