In a quiet, rustic kingdom where magic is accepted as a fact of life, Coco longs to become a witch, but everyone knows that only people born with special talent can wield magic. So she works at her mother’s out of the way tailor shop …Read more »
Easy Rider There are very few series in the history of anime as simultaneously gentle and violent as Kino’s Journey. The 2005 anime series and its film and OVA counterparts adapted Keiichi Sigsawa’s light novels with a heavier eye to the former, though never truly undercutting …Read more »
It’s a gutsy thing to saddle any Gundam movie with the initials “NT” in clear allusion to the Newtypes at the core of the mythos, let alone a movie meant to serve as a direct sequel to Gundam Unicorn. Newtypes have always symbolized the next …Read more »
In a world without oceans or seas, humanity survives in settlements scattered across a vast wasteland, eking out an existence through trade and mutual cooperation assisted by a network of dirigible airships that transport essential goods among the outposts of civilization. But in this arid, …Read more »
What’s Your Sign? Ask any shojo fan that hungrily devoured anime and manga in the 2000s what one of the greats is, and you’ll undoubtedly get the same answer: Fruits Basket. Natsuki Takaya’s emotional roller coaster of a shojo series quickly became one of the …Read more »
Everything turns upside down Stories of time travel and time manipulation are a mainstay of sci fi and fantasy. In the 21st century they’ve become practically mainstream, to the point that bringing fresh content to the genre requires stepping outside the concept itself and using …Read more »
Love can often bloom in the most unexpected places. It’s a trope that romance fans know all about, how the meet-cute between two protagonists at a café or some sort of once-in-a-lifetime event transforms into a beautiful love story. It becomes clear the couple in …Read more »
© Gou Tanabe 2016-2017 However you feel about horror writer H.P. Lovecraft and his highly xenophobic and racist views, the influence of his work is hard to escape. From traditional pen-and-paper RPGs to harem anime, Lovecraft’s atmospheric settings and cosmic creatures have seeped into every …Read more »
Way Out Truth be told I was a late convert to the church of anime director Kunihiko Ikuhara, and even now consider myself something of a skeptic. While I’ve since come to appreciate his unbridled artistry and technique as well as his utterly unique narrative …Read more »
A rather rude awakening Hitoshi Iwaaki’s disturbing science fiction horror series Parasyte took quite a long time to receive an anime adaptation, with the manga debuting in 1988 and the anime series beginning its first run in 2014. Dubbed Parasyte: The Maxim, it follows a 17-year-old student in …Read more »
© Asumiko Nakamura 2008 Some yaoi manga series focus on hot and heavy relationships that move faster than the speed of light. Others take it slow. Classmates: Dou Kyu Sei is content to remain somewhere in the middle, moving quickly when the story calls for it, then …Read more »
© SHINJI KAJIO / KENJI TSURUTA 2008 Japan, 1967. Heading home from school, a lonely college student takes a 17-hour ferry ride to Kyushu, reading a science fiction paperback along the way. On the crowded ferryboat, he ends up seated next to “this hippie chick,” …Read more »
World’s End and Apricot Jam: © Rila Kirishima / Kodansha Ltd. Teenage Hina, whose family manages an apartment building, is fed up with the noisy, unseen occupant of apartment 304. Breaking in to investigate, she smashes the keyboard of an adorkable guy named Anzu and …Read more »
Totally chill There is a Spanish animated show that has aired in English-speaking countries around the world called David the Gnome, which some of you may have heard of. It is mostly famous for its heart-wrenching ending (the show was made for literal six-year-olds) and …Read more »
Short and sweet Your first anime is a magical experience. It opens your eyes to the wonders of the medium, lays the groundwork for what you’ll enjoy going forward, and remains a perennial favorite years after you’ve consumed hundreds more hours of series. It’s a …Read more »
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