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Shiboyugi: This is a Story About a Deranged World

Anime these days is supposed to be a vehicle for other people’s ideas. Shiboyugi, though, has its own voice.

a young woman in a pink one-piece swimsuit sits on the beach, watching as a figure approaches on the horizon

Life, Death, and Octopus Pie

There are no endings in Octopus Pie. People are always becoming better and becoming worse.

a young tanuki alien girl wields a chains

Let's Go! Anime in 2025

Against all odds in 2025, anime is real!

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Fly, Nahji, Fly! Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

That’s what Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit is about. The slow, inevitable passage of the seasons, in all its immensity.

A boy and a girl sit at a table. The boy opens an orange sphere with his hands, depositing a small dumpling onto a piece of paper on the table as if he were cracking an egg.

LET'S ROCK 3! My Favorite Opening and Ending Credits of 2025

A banner year for opening credits sequences in anime.

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Let's All Be Ghosts: Jaganrei

"Haven't you had enough?" she cries. "You have no right to do things like this!"

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GQuuuuuuX Record #12: That's Why I...

The core message of GQuuuuuuX, I think, is freedom.

a shocked machu stares out in a sea of sickly yellow kira kira

GQuuuuuuX Record #11: Alphacide

You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.

nyaan wearing her spacesuit looks out towards the audience from the corner of her eye

GQuuuuuuX Record #10: Yomagn'tho Blockade

A giant robot is a weapon that looks like a person. But a gun can only be a gun.

machu is hugged by the arms of the gquuuuuux

GQuuuuuuX Record #9: The Rose of Sharon

A perfect, untouched Earth is a great symbol. But it could never be reality, especially within the world of Gundam.

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GQuuuuuuX Record #8: Falling on the Moon

Two halves of GQuuuuuuX this week: an old-school space battle, and a delicious slice of cake.

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GQuuuuuuX Record #7: Machu's Rebellion

“There was nothing left for us, and for me it was as if invisible monsters were hiding out in the world.”

GQuuuuuuX Record #6: The Plot to Assassinate Kycilia

GQuuuuuuX Record #6: The Plot to Assassinate Kycilia

While the children are away, the adults will play.

woman and high school girl in summer clothes sit and lie in reclining chairs on weathered rooftop. there are cacti to their left, and buildings can be seen in the sky.

GQuuuuuuX Record #5: Nyaan Doesn't Know About Kira-Kira

This week, GQuuuuuuX is operating in at least three registers at once and doing them all pretty well.