You name it, and anime has probably produced an irreverent show about demure girls with that unexpected hobby. While we’ve seen plenty of musical anime like K-on!, Bocchi the Rock!,…
Read more Finally, a Brutally Honest Anime About the Forbidden Love of Fighting GamesAmazon is never going to win awards for promoting its exclusive anime titles, and I’m not the first or last person to point that out. It completely dropped…
Read more The Plot of ‘The Darwin Incident’ Is Bananas, But I’ve Gotta See What This Monkey Does NextOne of the things that gives me pause is that we’re only two years out from the year in which manga creator Masamune Shirow’s massively influential cyberpunk series,…
Read more I Really Hope the New ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Anime Keeps the Major’s Manga GoofinessAll You Need Is Kill might sound like a punch-you-in-the-face-titled new anime film brought to the U.S. by GKids to the average moviegoer, but to those in the…
Read more ‘All You Need Is Kill’ Director Felt Destined to Tackle the ‘Perfect’ Sci‑Fi Epic’s Anime AdaptationWe were just touting 2025 as a huge year for anime, but 2026 is poised to repeat that—and it’s coming out of the gates swinging with some big…
Read more There Is Almost Too Much Anime to Watch This MonthChainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc released this year. We loved it a normal amount. And ever since it hit digital platforms, Mappa’s adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s…
Read more The Small Details in ‘Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc’ That We Can’t Stop Obsessing OverThe year 2025 was jam-packed with must-see genre entertainment. io9 covered an extensive range of pop culture across film and television, including major releases from Marvel Studios, DC…
Read more Our Favorite io9 Stories of 2025If the question of whether anime is mainstream was still on anyone’s lips, 2025 emphatically etched the medium in stone as an emphatic hell yes. Still, despite the…
Read more Anime Movies Faced a Defining, Precarious Theatrical Crossroads in 2025If you can believe it, Neon Genesis Evangelion is nearing its 30th anniversary. To celebrate, Studio Khara has announced a return of sorts for the seminal “get in the…
Read more ‘Evangelion’ Will Briefly Return Again for a New 30th Anniversary Short FilmTurns out, we’ve got even more Godzilla to look forward to—in addition to the upcoming Minus Zero and Godzilla x Kong: Supernova, there’s a new anime coming where the King of the…
Read more A New Godzilla Anime Turns a Boy Into the Iconic MonsterIn a world where celebrated creatives tend to take influence from Mœbius and Giger, Mamoru Oshii’s Angel’s Egg feels right at home in the latter camp. Yet, somehow,…
Read more ‘Angel’s Egg’ Still Embodies Anime’s Wonderous Ability to Move Without WordsWhy were Mexican “Generation Z” protesters flying an anime flag featuring a straw-hatted skull and cross-bones on Saturday? Protests erupted in multiple cities in Mexico this weekend. Reuters…
Read more The ‘De Facto Flag of Gen Z’: What the One Piece Flag Is Doing in Mexico During ProtestsWith rare exceptions like Star Wars: Visions and Love Death + Robots, anthologies have become a dying breed in anime. Gone are the days when studios—seemingly already at the…
Read more ‘Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26’ Is a Joyously Unhinged Look Into the Young Mind of Manga’s Wildest AuteurAnime of the late ’80s has an undeniable impact that extends beyond the medium into movies, TV shows, and video games. Many of the homages are to 1988’s…
Read more Why Gainax’s ‘Gunbuster’ Pose Is More Than Anime Rule of Cool Reference FodderStar Wars: Visions‘ third “volume” hit Disney+ this week, delivering nine shorts from a bevy of talented Japanese animation studios, each delivering their vision of what Star Wars can…
Read more The Most Incredible ‘Visions’ Volume 3 Short Is ‘Star Wars’ at Its Absolute BestJapan’s anime industry reached an all-time high in 2024, climbing to JPY3.84 trillion ($25.25 billion) in total market value, according to data presented by the Association of Japanese…
Read more Japan’s Anime Market Hits Record $25 Billion, Driven by Global Boom, AJA Report FindsStar Wars: Visions, the Lucasfilm anthology series that hands over the keys to the galaxy far, far away to animation teams from around the world to create whatever…
Read more ‘Star Wars: Visions’ Volume 3 Is Worth It in the EndHere’s what you need to know about Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc. Photo: Tatsuki Fujimoto/Sony Pictures/Everett Collection This article originally ran on October 24. This weekend…
Read more Another Anime Movie Conquers the Box Office This Weekend‘Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc’ captures studio Mappa in full bloom at the apex of the anime medium as we know it. Isaiah Colbert Source link
Read more ‘Reze Arc’ Is ‘Chainsaw Man’ Polished to Explosive, Lush, and Unhinged PerfectionGrowing up, Owen Duffy says anime and different aspects of Japanese pop culture were integral to his childhood, from playing Final Fantasy to enjoying Dragon Ball Z. Though…
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