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It’s Steven’s Universe After All: A Spoiler-Free Finale Review

January 22, 2019December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on It’s Steven’s Universe After All: A Spoiler-Free Finale Review

Nothing is perfect but everything matters in a finale—but maybe not THE finale—that brings it all home. (No spoilers, promise!)

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Where Did the Time Ed? ‘Ed, Edd n Eddy’ Turns 20

January 5, 2019December 14, 2025 Marley CruschComments Off on Where Did the Time Ed? ‘Ed, Edd n Eddy’ Turns 20

The long-running Cartoon Network show debuted January 4, 1999, and we have still not forgotten it.

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5 Spoiler-Free Reasons You Need to See ‘Into the Spider-Verse’

December 21, 2018May 6, 2019 Amanda RamsaranComments Off on 5 Spoiler-Free Reasons You Need to See ‘Into the Spider-Verse’

It’s a visual experience unlike anything you’ve seen before. See it in 3D.

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The Dot and Line’s Best Writing of 2018

December 17, 2018December 29, 2019 The Dot and LineComments Off on The Dot and Line’s Best Writing of 2018

From exclusive interviews to searing personal essays.

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‘Firefly’ Already Exists. Let’s Leave Live-Action ‘Cowboy Bebop’ At That, Please.

November 29, 2018December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on ‘Firefly’ Already Exists. Let’s Leave Live-Action ‘Cowboy Bebop’ At That, Please.

Stop this now.

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All the Cosplay, Spiky Hair, and Fun at AnimeNYC 2018, In Pictures

November 20, 2018May 6, 2019 The Dot and LineComments Off on All the Cosplay, Spiky Hair, and Fun at AnimeNYC 2018, In Pictures

We stopped by this year’s show. Here’s what we saw.

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Mamoru Hosoda’s ‘Mirai’ Finds the Magic in Simplicity

November 12, 2018May 6, 2019 Ari HoworthComments Off on Mamoru Hosoda’s ‘Mirai’ Finds the Magic in Simplicity

The film’s singular focus creates a profound meditation on the responsibility that family demands and the little decisions that make up the tapestry of life.

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Animation Is Film Festival Keeps On Keeping On

November 8, 2018May 6, 2019 Ari HoworthComments Off on Animation Is Film Festival Keeps On Keeping On

From exciting new releases to special anniversary screenings, the lineup was teeming with potential.

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‘Big Mouth’ Season 2 Is As Bold and Raunchy As Ever

October 5, 2018May 6, 2019 Sammy NickallsComments Off on ‘Big Mouth’ Season 2 Is As Bold and Raunchy As Ever

The season’s Planned Parenthood episode is a much-watch.

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How the Carrey v. Sandler “Trial” Happened on ‘Animals’: Q&A

October 4, 2018May 6, 2019 Eric Vilas-BoasComments Off on How the Carrey v. Sandler “Trial” Happened on ‘Animals’: Q&A

Here’s why Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano’s HBO show debated the careers of two comedy titans on the episode “The Trial.”

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EDITORS PICKS

Genndy Tartakovsky Gets ‘Primal’: “I’m Doing Things Differently Than I Ever Have Done”

By John Maher

The 'Dexter's Laboratory' and 'Samurai Jack' creator discusses his brutal, bloody, badass new series on Adult Swim

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

By Mariah Wakefield

Unearthed from the annals of history.

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Doug Dimmadome Looks Awfully Familiar

By Evan Fonseca

Make Dimmsdale great again?

‘Moral Orel’ Still Shreds Trump and the Christian Right

By John Maher

Religious hypocrisy, patriarchal abuse, fetishization of violence. Orel is the American Christian, and he’s more screwed than ever.

‘Weathering With You’ Is the Wettest Movie of the Year

By Eric Vilas-Boas

Makoto Shinkai's follow-up to 'Your Name.' dramatizes its characters' feelings with rain.

Satoshi Kon’s ‘Perfect Blue’ Is More Relevant Than Ever

By Wyatt Erchak

Reconsidering the classic anime film on the occasion of its restoration and re-release in the US.

Why the Queer Love Story “In a Heartbeat” Took Over the Internet

By Cara McKeown

Here’s how a four-minute animated short triumphed.

A Murder Most Awesome: The 5 Best Brock Samson Kills

By Alex Costello

Rating the top five kills of the Venture family’s mullet-headed murder machine, Brock Samson.

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Cartoon Dads, Ranked

By The Dot and Line

With only the finest — the pères de la pères — of animation. Happy Father’s Day!

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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.

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