Out of the 26 eligible films submitted for the Best Animated Feature Oscar this year, six come from Japan. Six is also the number of anime films that have been …
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WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Season 4, Episode 12 of Attack on Titan, “Guides,” now streaming on Crunchyroll, Funimation, Amazon Prime and Hulu. The final season of Attack on Titan has …
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Love him or hate him, the Kaitou Kid is here to stay in the world of Detective Conan. Portrayed as Conan’s arch-rival and one of the few criminals who routinely manages to …
Cowboy Bebop and Alien have very few things in common other than they both take place in space. Cowboy Bebop is about bounty hunters traveling from planet to planet looking for a big …
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Warner Bros. Japan has released a video of the first 90 seconds of anime movie Gintama: The Final! The movie hit Japanese theaters on January 8 and is still being …
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Episode 31 of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, now streaming on Crunchyroll. In That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, …
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Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira helped pave the way for modern anime when the adapted film debuted in 1988, not only in Japan but internationally. It was one of the most ambitious animated …
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WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Season 4 of Attack on Titan, now streaming on Crunchyroll Funimation, Amazon Prime and Hulu. Attack on Titan‘s shonen hero has always been Eren Yeager, …
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Every shonen hero needs a mentor or two, and in My Hero Academia, Izuku Midoriya has several — from All Might and the elderly Gran Torino to his homeroom teacher, …
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An iconic entry in the library of animated films from Studio Ghibli, Spirited Away is transforming into a whole new medium to bring its mystical energy to the stage. Toho …
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