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Let ‘Castlevania’ Inspire You to Make This the Best Year Yet

January 9, 2020January 8, 2020 Marley CruschComments Off on Let ‘Castlevania’ Inspire You to Make This the Best Year Yet

Choose your fate this year. Travel with friends! Read more! Kill Dracula!

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Why You Should Watch Sports Anime (And Where to Start)

January 6, 2020January 7, 2020 S.M. BaldingComments Off on Why You Should Watch Sports Anime (And Where to Start)

A comprehensive guide to an action-packed, often-overlooked genre of Japanese animation.

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Give Me Chanukah Episodes or Give Me Death

December 23, 2019December 30, 2019 Elly BelleComments Off on Give Me Chanukah Episodes or Give Me Death

We’ve had enough Christmas specials to last us until the Second Coming. We demand more Macca-babies!

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The Best Anime Series of the 2010s

December 19, 2019December 30, 2019 The Dot and LineComments Off on The Best Anime Series of the 2010s

It’s been a long 10 years. These anime sliced them down to size.

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The Best Animated TV Shows of the 2010s

December 18, 2019December 30, 2019 The Dot and LineComments Off on The Best Animated TV Shows of the 2010s

It’s been a long 10 years. These shows will get you through the next ones too.

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Studio Ghibli’s Movies Are the Goldilocks of Climate Change Critiques

December 11, 2019December 30, 2019 Isabel GalweyComments Off on Studio Ghibli’s Movies Are the Goldilocks of Climate Change Critiques

While the Japanese studio’s films don’t sugarcoat the conflicts between humanity and nature, they don’t oversimplify it, either.

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A New Cartoon Aims to Air the First Ever Lead Non-Binary Character

December 5, 2019December 30, 2019 Elly BelleComments Off on A New Cartoon Aims to Air the First Ever Lead Non-Binary Character

Queer artist Sam Sawyer has already raised over $63,000 to fund her spooky new series.

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A Score to Make a ‘Dragon Prince’ Cry: A Q&A with Frederik Wiedmann

November 25, 2019December 30, 2019 The Dot and LineComments Off on A Score to Make a ‘Dragon Prince’ Cry: A Q&A with Frederik Wiedmann

The composer for Netflix’s hit fantasy series discusses instrumentation, inspiration, writing character themes, and more.

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Adult Swim Fest Impressed Guests With Their Animated Best

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 Marley CruschComments Off on Adult Swim Fest Impressed Guests With Their Animated Best

Animation reigned supreme at Adult Swim Fest 2019!

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‘Courage the Cowardly Dog’ Is the Only Horror I Can Stomach

November 13, 2019December 30, 2019 John MaherComments Off on ‘Courage the Cowardly Dog’ Is the Only Horror I Can Stomach

Twenty years later, there’s still no children’s cartoon that can begin to compete with the terrors that plagued Nowhere, Kansas.

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EDITORS PICKS

‘Over the Garden Wall’ Made the Bassoon Cool Again for You and Me

By John Maher

Our back to school special! Here’s how Cartoon Network’s first miniseries obsessed over woodwinds in the best way possible.

The Notebook That Reveals How Cartoon Network Talked About Its Shows 10 Years Ago

By Katie Van Brunt

I unearthed a fun read that displays how Cartoon Network marketed their shows and company 10 years ago.

A Snooty Opera Review of ‘What’s Opera Doc?’

By Mariah Wakefield

Unearthed from the annals of history.

Isao Takahata Has Died. Animation Will Never Be the Same.

By John Maher

The Ghibli co-founder was, beyond any shadow of a doubt, Hayao Miyazaki’s equal in brilliance, if not in output or recognition.

“We Got 5,000 Pitches”: How ‘What a Cartoon!’ Was Born

By John Maher

Fred Seibert, the brain behind the anthology series that launched Cartoon Network's biggest 1990s cartoons, on how the magic was made.

An Extremely Serious Ranking of the Children in Adult Cartoons

By Danica Chen

Seriously.

Steve Sklepic, Cartoon-Loving Tattoo Artist, on How Animation Has Shaped Him

By Rob Ryan

One man's toon is another man's tattoo at Sklepic's shop.

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How a Cartoon Corgi Hooked Me on ‘Cowboy Bebop’

By Charlotte Dow

“Stray Dog Strut” is for all you dog-lovers out there.

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‘Birthday Wonderland’ Is Pure, Gorgeous Chaos

By Marley Crusch

But the film, which was screened at Fantasia 2019, suffers from not having a clear direction.

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Anatomy of an Animated Badass

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Nine core qualities that make a cartoon cool.

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