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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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This 70-Year-Old Cartoon Made the Strongest Healthcare Argument Ever

By John Maher

Chuck Jones's award-winning short "So Much for So Little" broke down the issue of public healthcare in the Truman era. We still haven’t learned.

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The Big ‘BoJack Horseman’ Broadway Number, Explained

By RoAnna Sylver

A musical theater lover’s look at the song that makes this season’s penultimate episode so powerful.

Twenty Years Later, ‘Princess Mononoke’ Is More Eerily Relevant Than Ever

By Rebecca Long

The year that marked the Miyazaki classic's two-decade anniversary was rife with oil spills and California fires. Can the movie's lessons save us from ourselves?

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Hal Lublin Breaks Down ‘Venture Bros.’ and Playing Up His Asthma: Exclusive

By John Maher

We chatted with the comedian and voice actor on his craft, his health, playing to rooms filled with judgment, and how he came to voice Wide Wale — the soggiest archvillain of 2016.

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Uyama Hiroto Is Now the Master. Next Stop: Anime Soundtrack.

By John Maher

The close collaborator of Japanese hip hop beats legend and anime composer Nujabes has finally eclipsed him.

The Best American Animation Writing 2017

By The Dot and Line

A roundup of our 15 favorite stories about cartoons published during the past year by outlets not called The Dot and Line.

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A Close Reading of the Art of “Adventure Time: Islands”

By Evan Fleischer

Now that ‘Adventure Time’ has ended, let’s look back on one of its best collections of episodes.

‘Venture Bros.’ Animation Director Kimson Albert’s Nicknames, Ranked

By John Maher

The former ‘Venture Bros.’ animation director (2004–2016) regularly included his favorite quotation from each episode as a nickname in the credits. Here are our favorites.

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