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Hollywood productions have long portrayed Aztec and Mesoamerican cultures very differently than, say, Greek or Roman ones. More often than not they are reduced to one of two things: either a desolated, mystical place deep in the jungle and filled with treasure, or a savage and bloody civilization whose only pastime is to cut people open and take out their still-beating hearts as sacrifices to the gods. Thankfully, the new anime-inspired show  Onyx Equinox tries to change all that. The show, which is streaming on Crunchyroll, is about a young boy named Izel who is chosen to be humanity's cha...

Onyx Equinox begins when the Aztec god of the underworld, Mictlantecuhtli, levels a Zapotec city after stealing blood sacrifices from the other gods. This prompts god Quetzalcoatl to close the gates to the underworld. However, he can’t due do this due to said gates being made of obsidian, which is toxic against the gods. So instead he makes a bet with Tezcatlipoca: he will find a human, “the lowest of the low”, and crown one his champion so they will close the gates before the equinox, when Tezcatlipoca will kill off humanity. The chosen is young Izel, who is forced to discard his apath...