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Spring 2014 Anime Preview: Now With More Robots
As meager rays of sunshine struggle to warm lands blasted by endless winter, the spring anime season has come upon us, sporting a full complement of new shows to warm our frozen hearts. From the...
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Netflix’s First Original Anime Series Knights of Sidonia Is Mechas in Space
Netflix is upping the ante on its original programming, going from beloved cult shows of yesteryear (Arrested Development) and new cult darlings (Orange Is the New Black) to anime—specifically, a...
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Sailor Moon Reboot’s New Opening and Transformation Sequence Leaked
July seems to be the month for anime—in addition to Netflix’s original series Knights of Sidonia, the Sailor Moon reboot will premiere on July 5! Ahead of the new series, both the new theme song and...
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Trailer Revealed For Studio Ghibli’s New Film, When Marnie Was There
This summer, Studio Ghibli will release its latest film, When Marnie Was There, a haunting (literally) tale of two girls whose sweet friendship is only slightly complicated by one of them maybe being...
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Summer 2014 Anime Preview: In the Name of the Moon!
As summer reaches its sweltering peak, what better reason to stay indoors with the A/C on than a new season of foreign cartoons? With a packed schedule of both new and returning shows, the summer...
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Is Studio Ghibli Actually Closing or Just Restructuring?
After Hayao Miyazaki announced his final-final retirement in February, fans of Studio Ghibli were understandably worried about the animation studio’s future. Unfortunately, half-formed rumors and...
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Fall 2014 Anime Preview: Symbiotic Alien Hands Don’t Make Good Pets
Time rolls on and it’s fall once again. You could go out and enjoy the changing leaves, or carve a jack-o-lantern, or try to block out all the inexplicably pumpkin spice-flavored products that...
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Anime Year in Review: The Ten Best Shows of 2014
As 2014 draws to a close, it is once again time to look back, reflect, and reduce all our experiences into ranked “best of” lists. Whereas often the year is dominated by one major blockbuster, 2014...
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Scarlett Johansson to Star in Live-Action Ghost in the Shell Movie
A live-action adaptation of Mamoru Oshii’s celebrated anime Ghost in the Shell may finally be happening—mostly because now a big star is attached. Variety reports that after some deliberation,...
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Winter 2015 Anime Preview: Season of Sequels
It’s still plenty chilly outside, and what better reason to stay inside with a fluffy blanket than a new season of anime? Actually, calling winter a “new” season is a little misleading: with the...
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Afternoon Roundup: It’s Dangerous to Go Alone! Take This Caffeine Boost
Welcome to the first-ever Afternoon Roundup! Right around the time you’re flagging and getting your afternoon caffeine fix, we’re here with more great links from around the Web. And once you have your...
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Afternoon Roundup: Left Shark Was Always Our Destiny
Forget hoverboards and self-lacing sneakers—Back to the Future Part II really did know what was going to happen in 2015! Credit to @FilmmakerIQ for recognizing Left Shark the Super Bowl dancing shark...
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Morning Roundup: All Hail Spock!
BoingBoing shared a gallery of Star Trek comics covers, which were posted by Tumblr-user AstroDevil as a memorial to Leonard Nimoy. They’re all pretty fabulous, but after a bit of debate, we voted for...
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Afternoon Roundup: Margaret Atwood Gets an Eyeful
Never doubt that Margaret Atwood doesn’t keep up with contemporary stories, as evidenced by this great photo of her reading up on Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky’s Sex Criminals. For that, you can...
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Spring 2015 Anime Preview: The Hellish Life of a Pizza Delivery Boy
Spring is in the air and we all know what that means…that’s right, new cartoons! In addition to the return of a few favorites—Fate/stay night UBW begins its second half and cynical school comedy My...
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Never Trust a Red-Eyed Robot
ClickHole, which always knows us so well, has drawn a comparison we never considered: Cylons, the Terminator, and HAL are all different stages in the same terrifying robot evolution. We should’ve seen...
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Summer 2015 Anime Preview: There’s No Such Thing As Too Many Princes
Summer anime is upon us at last, but while temperatures in the northern hemisphere are inching upward, my feelings about this season’s offerings are lukewarm at best. While we’ve got a few notable...
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Let This Fan Poster Convince You Why We Need a Hawkeye TV Series
With Matt Fraction and David Aja’s Hawkeye run over, the Internet has a little hole in its heart for how this team envisioned the amazing rapport between Hawkeyes Clint Barton and Kate Bishop. (Not to...
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8 Ways the Military Deals With Magical Powers
Fantasy readers are accustomed to a classic depiction of wizards as lone combatants, marshaling the power of the world and changing the direction of history itself with a determined gnashing of their...
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Anime? More Like Animeta
One of the recent treasures on Imgur was a gallery, posted by Imgurian AnOstrichBitMeOnce, of key moments in which cartoons and animated series got scarily self-aware. Bart and Lisa wonder at their...
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