Evangelion is one of the biggest names in anime, and the studio that created it, Gainax, is almost as well-known. Gainax has produced several other incredibly influential anime works, but …
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While Frieza is one of Dragon Ball‘s most prominent, fearsome villains, one who’s has gone from interstellar tyrant to unlikely ally and back again over the course of Akira Toriyama’s shonen …
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Over the past few years, the universe of the highly influential 1982 film Blade Runner, based on Phillip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, has grown. The futuristic world has been …
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Warner Bros. Japan dropped a new trailer for Girls’ Frontline (Dolls’ Frontline in Japan), an anime adaptation of SUNBORN’s popular mobile game of the same name. The news of a new trailer was originally …
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WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Sonny Boy Episode 4, “The Great Monkey Baseball,” now streaming on Funimation. Baseball episodes in anime have a history of being weird. BNA: Brand …
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Fantasy anime Ascendance of a Bookworm will be returning for its third season next spring! The third season will adapt the second half of the original light novel series’ Part …
Anime is home to many trends, conventions and traditions, from the “cute witch girl” type to shy library girls to the unofficial isekai genre. Another long-running tradition is giving a …
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WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S Episode 5, “Together With You (Well, If We Get Along),” now streaming on Crunchyroll. In Episode 5 of Miss …
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Hailing from New Zealand, enigmatic producer Cymbol has quickly risen to prominence in the dance music industry, specialising in melody-laced, beat-driven dance music that has etched his name into local …
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Playstation 4’s Persona 5 put Atlus’ visual novel JRPG series on the map more than ever, making the once-niche franchise officially mainstream. Despite the game’s widespread acclaim, its anime adaptation — Persona …
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