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tears of dog
Apr. 15, 2024
The Bluey Method of Reducing Grown-ups to Tears In its most disarming episodes, child and adult experience blend into something beautiful — and sob-inducing — in under seven minutes.
vulture lists
Apr. 1, 2024
vulture recommends
Mar. 29, 2024
The Best Berserk Adaptation Is Finally Available Again The dark fantasy that inspired Elden Ring , Castlevania , and a ton of heavy metal returns.
i’ll be your guide
Mar. 21, 2024
The Boy and the Heron Will Poop on Streaming SoonThe freshly crowned Oscar winner is coming home … eventually.
to me my childhood
Mar. 20, 2024
X-Men ’97 Will Validate Your NostalgiaWas Gambit always this shirtless? (No complaints!)
essential episodes
Mar. 15, 2024
15 Essential Episodes of X-Men: The Animated Series Ahead of X-Men ’97 , revisit one of the best superhero cartoons of all time.
By Daniel Dockery
the industry
Mar. 12, 2024
essential episodes
Mar. 11, 2024
The 16 Most Influential Dragon Ball Episodes Akira Toriyama’s impact can be seen all over the pop culture landscape.
By Daniel Dockery
drawing conclusions
Mar. 11, 2024
Every Oscar Winner for Best Animated Short Film, Ranked From its earliest honorees to the present, the Best Animated Short category doubles as a history of the ever-changing medium.
By Jeremy Fassler
scene study
Mar. 10, 2024
The Hayao Miyazaki Sequences That Changed Animators’ Lives After 12 films, 60 years, and countless drawings, these are the moments his devotees can’t forget.
vulture lists
Mar. 10, 2024
Every Studio Ghibli Film, Ranked The animation powerhouse behind some of the best films ever made is back with The Boy and the Heron .
movie review
Mar. 10, 2024
Miyazaki Didn’t Lose a Step Back from temporary retirement, Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning film, The Boy and the Heron, is a reminder of what makes him an animation legend.
close reads
Mar. 10, 2024
In The Boy and the Heron , the ‘Lie’ Is the Point Hayao Miyazaki’s latest Oscar-winning film leans on his lived experience, but as with all his stories, that’s not really what makes it great.
that’s all folks?
Feb. 29, 2024
Will Forte Briefly Reunited With Wile E. Coyote “It’s incredible,” the star said on seeing the canceled Coyote vs. Acme .
between two frames
Feb. 23, 2024
The Best Anime Streaming Services of All Simulcasts? Dubs? Free subscriptions??? Let us guide you.
adaptation nation
Feb. 22, 2024
Isn’t This Supposed to Be Fun? Netflix’s live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender makes the mistake of treating the original like a sacred text.
essential episodes
Feb. 21, 2024
20 Essential Episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra You could watch the Netflix live-action adaptation or you could just revisit one of the best animated shows of all time.
By Kambole Campbell
my cabbages!
Feb. 19, 2024
Enter the Avatar State The live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender has a new clip, a trailer, and a release date.
trailer mix
Feb. 16, 2024
Hey Invincible , Aliens With Tentacles Are Calling Creepy new aliens are cruising for a bruising in Invincible’ s newest trailer.
natural selection
Feb. 15, 2024
54 Alien Creatures From the Scavengers Reign Bestiary, Ranked Adorable critters, sentient geology, and other dangerous fauna.
just read the note
Feb. 14, 2024
When Lisa Cried Yeardley Smith reflects on the early Simpsons episode that left her a blubbering mess.
honor the snot
Feb. 13, 2024
The Hardest Cries I Ever Animated “We don’t want watery, thin tears that just stream down the face; I want thick surface tension.”
studio politics
Feb. 9, 2024
Sadly: Meep Meep Coyote Vs. Acme is running out of time to be sold to another studio before an earnings call on February 23, and Warner Bros. isn’t playing fair.
F Is for Family : Bill Burr’s Love Letter to the ’70s“In spite of the cynicism,” Alanna Ubach says, “love is the foundation of the comedy. It is all heart at the core of the show.”
2024 preview
Jan. 5, 2024
psy-ay-ay season 2
Jan. 4, 2024
5 Requests for Pokémon Concierge, Season Two First: Get renewed by Netflix. Second: Interspecies staff meeting?
By Roxana Hadadi
we’re listening
Jan. 4, 2024
Mike Judge’s New Stop-Motion Series, In the Know, Has No Strings Attached Live-action guests will include Kaia Gerber, Finn Wolfhard, Mike Tyson, Roxane Gay, and JVN, to name a few.
By Rebecca Alter
vulture lists
Dec. 23, 2023
By Brian Tallerico
One Piece Is Getting an Anime RemakeNetflix is getting more pieces from Luffy and friends.
By Alejandra Gularte
vulture lists
Dec. 18, 2023
By Brian Tallerico
i choose you
Dec. 17, 2023
Pokémon Horizons Has Caught New TrainersLiko and Roy are now on the journey to be the very best, like no one (besides Ash Ketchum) ever was.
movie review
Dec. 15, 2023
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Is No Chicken Run , But Really, What Is?Playing on Netflix, Aardman’s sequel to its 2000 animated hit might not fully capture the magic of the original, but it’s still fun.
best of 2023
Dec. 8, 2023
The Best Anime Series of 2023 Revisit the shows that supercharged the year with action, artistry, and robots.
By Kambole Campbell
best of 2023
Dec. 8, 2023
The Best Animated Movies of 2023 An all-time great year for feature animation.
By Eric Vilas-Boas
weird little guys
Dec. 8, 2023
A Guide to Miyazaki’s Weird Little Guys One of the things that Miyazaki loves, and that he returns to in The Boy and the Heron , is a swarm of strange li’l dudes.
By James Grebey
movie review
Nov. 22, 2023
Disney’s Wish Fails on Every Level The songs stink, the animation is a mess, the characters are bland, and the story makes no sense. Happy 100th anniversary, Disney!
By Bilge Ebiri
exit interview
Nov. 21, 2023
A Big ‘What If’ How the Scott Pilgrim Takes Off co-creators reclaimed the element of surprise.
By Nicholas Quah
claymation frustration
Nov. 19, 2023
The Studio Behind Chicken Run Is Running Out of Clay The only factory that makes the clay Aardman Animations has used for 50 years has shut down, leaving them with enough clay for just one more movie.
By Tom Smyth
Nothing Is As It Seems in Scott Pilgrim Takes Off The word adaptation isn’t precise enough to describe what’s going on in Netflix’s new anime interpretation.
By Nicholas Quah
let it go already
Nov. 16, 2023
For the Fourth Time in Forever, We’re Getting More Frozen Fourquels are better than threequels, Sven. Don’t you think that’s true?
By Rebecca Alter
trailer mix
Nov. 13, 2023
By Zoe Guy
One With Nature, Stranded in Outer Space Scavengers Reign animates the horror of a sci-fi habitat pushing back against humanity.
By Kambole Campbell
animation allegations
Nov. 7, 2023
Homer Simpson Claims He’s Done Strangling Bart “Times have changed,” the famed child abuser stated.
By Jason P. Frank
the last time for real
Nov. 2, 2023
By Alejandra Gularte
toronto mentioned!
Oct. 31, 2023
We’re in Lesbians With the Scott Pilgrim Anime Theme Song We are Sex Bob-Omb! And we’re here to be stuck in your head for the foreseeable future!
By Rebecca Alter
vulture lists
Oct. 30, 2023
The 21 Scariest Horror Anime of All Time From Berserk to Bloodlust — and everything in between.
By Eric Vilas-Boas
out of this world
Oct. 27, 2023
Meet Earth’s Newest Ambassador, Elio From the screenwriter and co-director of Coco .
By Alejandra Gularte
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