animation
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New Japanese TV Drama About Manga Fan Who Loves Shipping
Baki The Grappler is a manga (and anime, pictured) about dudes beating the crap out of each other in an underground material arts tournament. In 2019, sociologist Junko Kaneda wrote a book about viewing it through a Boys’ Love lens. It’s now being adapted into a live-action TV series in Japan.
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How Studio Ghibli Helped With The Latest Evangelion Film
Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno has a history that goes way back with Studio Ghibli — before it was even founded. One of the first big jobs he got in the industry was working on Hayao Miyazaki’s 1984 classic Nausicaä.
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Floette Carries A Terrifyingly Powerful Flower, Swings It Around Like An Idiot
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Floette!
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Robots Really Hate Humans in the Teaser for Netflix’s Original Anime, Eden
Netflix already has a lot of anime on its service, not to mention plenty more on the way based on existing IP. But today there’s a tease of a brand new original anime, and it seems right up our alley.