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Could it be that this show I dismissed at the start of the year was great all along?
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At the start of 2025, let's review some of the top animated films and television series of 2024.
The Boy Stares Back: Gundam 0080 War in the Pocket
The machine’s single red eye spots a young boy on that rooftop. The boy stares back.
LET'S ROCK 2! My Favorite Opening and Ending Credits of 2024
We’re at the end of 2024, and so once again it’s time for a yearly round-up of anime opening and ending credits.
Slacker Chimera: Ghost Cat Anzu
Just like its titular character, Ghost Cat Anzu is a bit of a chimera.
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
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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?