Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress May Help Fill That Attack on Titan-Sized Void in Your Life (Review) The latest from Wit Studio and Tetsurō Araki is a gruesome, action-packed series featuring human-devouring monsters and steampunk samurai. Nov 7, 2016
Trailer Alert: Makoto Shinkai Returns With Your Name The film follows a boy and girl who find themselves inhabiting each other’s bodies. Sep 20, 2016
Erased Is a Satisfying Blend of Time Travel, Murder Mystery, and Coming of Age Melodrama (Review) Tomohiko Itō’s latest anime is rooted in tragedy, loss, and a search for restoration and redemption… and time travel. Sep 12, 2016
My Favorite Macross Mecha Forget about characters and plot. My favorite aspect of “Macross” has always been its amazing mecha designs. Sep 3, 2016
Random Nerdery: Macross, Star Wars, Voltron, and Thunderbirds Are Go Transforming mecha and the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage” make everything better. Aug 29, 2016
Tsutomu Nihei’s Blame! Manga Is Coming to Netflix (and the Trailer Looks Good) Tsutomu Nihei’s dark cyberpunk manga will be a “Netflix Original Film” in 2017. Aug 26, 2016
Why is Scarlett Johansson’s Ghost in the Shell casting so problematic? The latest instance in Hollywood’s long history of casting white people as non-white characters. Apr 19, 2016
Revisiting Silverhawks, Mighty Orbots, Kidd Video & Other Classic Cartoons Time may not be kind to all of these cartoon series but my inner twelve-year-old still loves them. Apr 9, 2016
The Final Scene in Studio Ghibli’s Only Yesterday Is Perfect The ending of Isao Takahata’s masterpiece leaves me choked up every time I watch it. Feb 20, 2016
Hideaki Anno’s Neon Genesis Evangelion Turns 20 Even after two decades, the classic mecha anime series still casts a long shadow over the anime medium. Oct 4, 2015
Watch This Lovely 3D Tribute to Hayao Miyazaki (and Preorder This Miyazaki Blu-ray Collection) Paris-based filmmaker “dono” condenses everything that’s good and golden about Miyazaki’s work into three minutes. Aug 1, 2015
Knights of Sidonia’s Second Season Is a Huge Disappointment (Review) Knights of Sidonia’s second season sacrifices nearly everything that made its first season so interesting and refreshing. Jul 17, 2015
Knights of Sidonia Season 2 Is Coming to Netflix in July In a little meta twist, the new season will also include an adaptation of Tsutomu Nihei’s ‘Blame!.’ Jun 4, 2015
The Diverse Genius of Yoko Kanno I’ve compiled some of my favorite Yoko Kanno compositions to showcase the remarkable diversity and flare that typifies her music. Feb 7, 2015
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness Promises A “Behind the Scenes” Look at Studio Ghibli Now that Studio Ghibli seems to be in a twilight stage of its existence, I’m doubly interested in Mami Sunada’s documentary. Nov 28, 2014
Exploring Anime from a Christian Perspective This may be the only anime article you’ll read that mentions Bertrand Russell in a review of Attack on Titan. Nov 21, 2014
Now It Makes Sense Why Space Captain Pirate Harlock Makes No Sense The high-profile animated film is currently streaming on Netflix in a heavily edited and diminished form. Sep 29, 2014
Tsutomu Nihei’s Knights of Sidonia Is Coming to Netflix This Summer This has the makings of something more than just your typical, run-of-the-mill mecha series. Apr 12, 2014
The Simpsons and Hayao Miyazaki, Together at Last The Simpsons pay tribute to the animation master. Jan 9, 2014
An Anime Primer, #5: Tokyo Godfathers and Some Honorable Mentions A poignant holiday tale of redemption, plus several other anime movies and series worth checking out. Dec 6, 2013