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The Director of ‘Tehran Taboo’ Breaks Down His Shocking Film

December 1, 2017May 27, 2019 Sam ReynoldsComments Off on The Director of ‘Tehran Taboo’ Breaks Down His Shocking Film

Ali Soozandeh’s film is a striking portrait of sexual prohibition.

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The Creators of ‘The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales’ Talk Craft and Cuteness

November 30, 2017May 27, 2019 Sam ReynoldsComments Off on The Creators of ‘The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales’ Talk Craft and Cuteness

French animators Benjamin Renner and Patrick Imbert on the fairytale feel to their all ages feature film.

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The Directors of ’Birdboy: The Forgotten Children’ Strike a Grim Balance

November 9, 2017May 27, 2019 Sam ReynoldsComments Off on The Directors of ’Birdboy: The Forgotten Children’ Strike a Grim Balance

Alberto Vásquez and Pedro Rivero on dark and light, black and red, and adapting your own graphic novel.

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The Creators of ‘Virus Tropical’ Explain Their Approach to Sex and Taboo

November 7, 2017May 27, 2019 Sam ReynoldsComments Off on The Creators of ‘Virus Tropical’ Explain Their Approach to Sex and Taboo

Artist Power Paola and director Santiago Caicedo break down the ins and outs of this new, challenging film.

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.

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The Live-Action ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Cast, Explained

By Eric Vilas-Boas

If an Americanized, live-action adaptation of the anime classic directed by Shinichirō Watanabe is what we’ll get, this could have been worse.

Why Animation Is So Easily Meme-able, According to an Animator

By Noah Jodice

Memes taken from animation are often in-between, smear, or gag drawings.

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The ‘Rocko’s Modern Life’ Revival Looks Bonkers Good

By Eric Vilas-Boas

Well, this looks exciting.

How Myth Made Many of Your Favorite—or Least Favorite—Animated Movies

By Deirdre Coyle

A cartoon mythopoeia for the masses.

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My Hero Academia Gears Up for an Epic Fight in “Symbol of Peace”

By Sarra Sedghi

Character development and a last-chance rescue heat up the conflict.

‘Steven Universe: Future,’ Here We Are

By Amelia Kidd

What we’re most excited to see in the next season of Cartoon Network's most compassionate show.

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I Watched Cowboy Bebop for the First Time and Now Everything Makes Sense

By Joey Cosco

Even in a one-off episode about space truckers and thrash metal, the show is effortlessly cool and endlessly influential.

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‘The Breadwinner’ Director On How Her Film Came Together

By Isabel Galwey

Nora Twomey discusses why the two-decade-old story is still relevant, what it’s like to work at Cartoon Saloon, and how they brought Parvana to life.

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Two Poems on “Waltz for Venus,” One of the Most Poignant Episodes of ‘Bebop’

By Trevor Ketner

Trevor Dane Ketner examines the tragic and the queer in a ‘Cowboy Bebop’ episode that aims right at the heart.

2017 editorial | Editorial by MysteryThemes.