As of Monday, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) announced that it had completed its acquisition of Crunchyroll through Funimation Global Group, LLC. The $1.175 billion purchase was initially announced in December of last year. Crunchyroll is one of the largest anime-oriented […]
With this no-good terrible year coming to a close, it is time to look back at the anime that offered some small bastion of escapism amidst the dire circumstances. Although production was understandably affected by COVID, there was still an […]
Masaaki Yuasa has earned a reputation as one of the most exciting creative voices in the anime industry, routinely helming projects that transcend the many cliches and ingrained assumptions that frequently define the medium. His latest project, Keep Your Hands […]
While superhero fiction has arguably reached an over-saturation point, Studio Bones’ adaptation of My Hero Academia has consistently stood out through incredible animation, strong battle shonen trappings, and an abundance of heart. The series’ latest film, My Hero Academia: Heroes […]
As we hurtle forward into a new decade, it seems as good a time as any to take stock of the previous year’s standouts in televised Japanese animation. As per usual, there was probably way too much anime released, with […]
Summer is over and with it the latest batch of Japanese cartoons. While there were a few disappointments, this last few months was mostly defined by excellent shows that managed to improve over the course of their runtime. We had exhilarating […]
Since its founding in 2011, Studio Trigger has gained a reputation as the trailblazing punks of the anime scene. Their style, largely defined by studio co-founder and director Hiroyuki Imaishi, utilizes punchy, manic, and creative animation to deliver a particular […]
Spring is here, which is almost unfortunate given the great crop of shows from the previous anime season. I’ve been watching seasonal anime for the last few years, but due to the exceedingly high quality of several shows, and one […]
This list only accounts for the shows available in North America as of 3/10/19. From the rise of live action and CG reboots of Disney films to the ascent of Pixar and similar studios, it is clear that 2D animation […]
It’s that time of the year again. A new batch of anime is here to entertain, disappoint, and to sometimes even baffle. While the Winter crop doesn’t quite seem to have the same great range of material as the previous […]
While webcomic writer ONE is probably best known for his extremely popular series One Punch Man, he is also the author of another slightly lesser known story, Mob Psycho 100. From a cursory glance, the two are very similar, both […]
In a world dominated by Attack on Titan and Sword Art Online’s there exists another which has spawned a franchise and as early as 2019, 3 shows will exist within it’s shared universe. That’s right, an anime that has a shared universe […]
Anime gets a bad rap, and sometimes deservedly so. The medium is largely insular, with specific tropes perpetuating themselves through the imitation of other anime. According to a translation of an interview with the Japanese website the Golden Times, the […]
Anime tends to be perceived as a medium that usually deals with the fantastic in some form, from the laser blasting martial arts of Dragon Ball, to the gargantuan human eaters of Attack on Titan. In a lot of cases […]
Ah, it’s that time of the year again. As the seasons turn the Fall crop of anime is upon us, and to label its premieres as promising would be an understatement. For those who are unfamiliar with how anime seasons […]
Anime films that extend ongoing Shonen Jump properties tend to feel sparse at best, and cynical cash-grabs at worst. Since the writers of the film can’t guarantee that their audience will watch the optional extension of the universe, it’s tough […]
WARNING: Spoilers for the Attack on Titan Anime Attack on Titan is one of those few monolithic anime that has a great deal of global cache, capitalizing on the inherent widespread appeal of its post-apocalyptic premise. Due to this it […]
Okay, bear with me for a second. What if one of the most prestigious anime writers around, Gen Urobuchi (Psycho Pass, Madoka Magica), teamed up with a team of Taiwanese puppet animators to make a Wuxia TV show (Chinese fantasy […]
In a move that will prove popular amongst gaming’s anti-political correctness brigade, digital distribution platform Steam has confirmed that they will not stop games from being listed on the store unless they are explicitly illegal (or specifically designed to troll […]
