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The Perfection of Hayao Miyazaki

A brief note on the genius of the world’s most beloved animator on his 76th birthday.

With only the finest—the mères de la mères—of animation. Happy Mother’s Day!

Twenty-five of the finest pieces this site has ever published. Probably.

An incomplete list.

Halloween, the descendent of Samhain, is about the overlap between the realms of the visible and invisible. Isn’t that enough?

Or: The Evolution and Devolution of Dragon Ball Z’s once-powerful son.

And other things you don’t know about the popular scientist and his cartoon career.

Aaron McGruder will return to his most beloved property in a new show reimagining the Freeman family's adventures for the modern era.

True love is a workaholic cat and her guitar-slinging hipster chief of staff.