“Anime” Archives

Plex’s ad-supported streaming service contains a host of older, more obscure titles.

There’s a whole genre of YouTube videos that showcase mechanical designs from classic ’80s and ’90s…

In the not-too-distant future — as envisioned in 1991 — Japan’s senior population is crippling the …

Originally released in 1985, the OVA has been remastered in 4K for its 40th anniversary.

Along with Black Magic M-66, Bubblegum Crisis, and Project A-Ko, Kazuyoshi Katayama’s adaptation of…

After seeing so many AI-generated rip-offs of Studio Ghibli’s aesthetic, I thought I’d get reacquai…

Yoko Takahashi delights a group of unsuspecting restaurant patrons with the iconic anime theme.

Several centuries from now, humanity enjoys a utopian existence and has begun venturing beyond the …

Given that it was created to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the original Macross series, which w…

In the year 2059, the Macross Frontier fleet is traveling to the galactic center in search of a pla…

As a kid, Shirotsugh Lhadatt dreamed of being a fighter pilot. Instead, he’s consigned to the Space…

I have very fond memories from high school of pumping quarter after quarter into the Street Fighter…

I haven’t watched Your Name in its entirety since seeing it in the theater back in 2016, which insp…

Produced for the Macross franchise’s 20th anniversary, Macross Zero is a prequel to the original Su…

After a long delay, American audiences can now enjoy one of anime’s most iconic franchises.

It’d be easy to label this coming-of-age melodrama, which was originally created for broadcast on J…

If I had to rank Studio Ghibli’s films, I’d probably put From Up on Poppy Hill somewhere near the u…

The short is a delightful riff on Gainax’s classic “Daicon IV” short.

Makoto Shinkai has often been called the next Hayao Miyazaki, something that — to his credit — he h…

When it comes to cyberpunk anime, odds are that Akira and Ghost in the Shell are the first titles t…