Slacker Chimera: Ghost Cat Anzu
Just like its titular character, Ghost Cat Anzu is a bit of a chimera.
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Looking Back at Look Back
No matter how good you are, even if you have the style and sense of humor of a grade schooler, you possess the capacity in some form to make art right now.
Very Important Animals: The Concierge
The wisdom to know when somebody’s rude behavior stems not from cruelty, but an unfulfilled need; that’s what it takes to understand both humans and animals.
That's Why I Pushed Her: Dakara Watashi wa Oshimashita
Ai has to decide what her own dream is. She can’t just fill the hole in her heart with somebody else’s dream.
Good Tennis: Let's Talk About Challengers
What does Challengers have to do with the 2014 anime classic Ping Pong: The Animation?
Battle of the Bands: The Girls Band Cry Phenomenon
Girls Band Cry and its predecessors ask the question: how do you convey your passion, anguish and alienation to others without scaring them away?
X-Men '97 and the Superhero Soap Opera
Another woman stumbles over the threshold. Everybody yells: “Jean?!” It was at that moment that I realized X-Men ‘97 was a superhero soap opera.
Rupture: 1000xResist
Hekki ALMO.
I Was a Teenage Monkey: The Darwin Incident
The Darwin Incident is a big, brash suspense thriller that takes on some of the most fraught issues of our time. Is that enough?
A Doctor is Not God: The Great White Tower
In which we investigate a classic 2003 Japanese television drama, and learn about hubris.
Where Does the Doomsday Train Go?
You don’t need to be incredible to keep the audience tuning in every week. You don’t even need an original idea. All you need is for the audience to ask: what will happen next? Where does the doomsday train go?
Adults Don't Deserve Rights: The Anger of Alien Nine
Sometimes adolescence is weird and gross. But sometimes society itself is the problem. That's Alien Nine.
Dragons and Drawings: Akira Toriyama and Dragon Quest
In honor of Akira Toriyama's passing, let's discuss one of his greatest works: the character and monster designs of the long-running Dragon Quest series.
That Beautiful Child: Kids Are All Right
In a first for ANIWIRE, we're tackling a Korean webcomic: Kids Are All Right, a nostalgic and occasionally cruel story of childhood.