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Here’s Your Chance to Talk With the ‘Tuca & Bertie’ Team About Mental Health
The delightful, surreal, quirky animated show is hosting a Twitter chat with one of The Dot and Line’s own.
‘Ingress the Animation’ Packs Plenty of Action, But No Action Music
Composer Jacob Yoffee on how he made music for an action-packed anime without relying on standard soundtrack tropes.
What ‘She-Ra’ Gets Right About Angsty Queerness
Catra is one complex (cat)woman.
How Treize Manipulated Everyone in ‘Gundam Wing’
Meet the Gundam franchise’s Dick Cheney. Or Lyndon B. Johnson. Or Stringer Bell. Really, take your pick.
‘The 08th MS Team’ Is the Perfect Entry Point to Gundam
It’s the show that best captures the franchise’s anti-war message.
The One Thing Dragging ‘Iron-Blooded Orphans’ Down
Sexist tropes are common in anime, but that’s no excuse.
Gundam Antagonists, Ranked
A top 15 of the ones who mattered most.
Sanctuary Lost, Sanctuary Rebuilt
In ‘The Hunchback of Notre-Dame,’ the physical beauty of the cathedral is dwarfed only by the warmth of its living stone.
The Symphonic Majesty of ‘Zeta Gundam’
Shigeaki Saegusa gave this brutal show the score it deserved.