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Why Fans of ‘Frozen’ Should Check Out ‘White Snake’

July 29, 2019August 25, 2019 Charlotte DowComments Off on Why Fans of ‘Frozen’ Should Check Out ‘White Snake’

But the source material for the film, which premiered at Fantastia 2019, happens to predate the Disney blockbuster’s by roughly two centuries.

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Mainland China’s Urban Indie Cartoons

May 14, 2019December 30, 2019 Isabel GalweyComments Off on Mainland China’s Urban Indie Cartoons

Independent animation in the world’s most populous country seeks to move beyond the city limits.

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Yoko Kanno Took Two Melodies and Made Four Perfect Songs

By John Maher

“Memory” and “Adieu,” “Goodnight Julia” and “Space Lion,” each flip sides of the same coin, make you wish Chet Baker and Bill Evans had been alive to play them—or that Pharaoh Sanders would.

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

By John Maher

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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Gundam Antagonists, Ranked

By The Dot and Line

A top 15 of the ones who mattered most.

Why Fans of ‘Frozen’ Should Check Out ‘White Snake’

By Charlotte Dow

But the source material for the film, which premiered at Fantastia 2019, happens to predate the Disney blockbuster's by roughly two centuries.

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The Hey Arnold Episode That Changed Everything

By Eric Vilas-Boas

“Helga on the Couch,” AKA The One Where Helga Sees a Therapist is an episode ‘Hey Arnold!’ fans love. I re-watched it to see if it holds up.

It’s 2016, and Eustace Bagge Is an Angry White Trump Supporter

By John Maher

17 years ago, ‘Courage the Cowardly Dog’ presented us with a prescient window into America in 2016: Eustace Bagge, perhaps the worst person in animation history, who embodies every wrongheaded notion Trump supporters are known for now.

Q&A: The Voices of ‘Carole & Tuesday’ Speak Up

By Christopher Inoa

We spoke with Nai Br.XX and Celeina Ann, the singers at the center of the new Shinichirō Watanabe series.

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‘Cowboy Bebop’ Isn’t the Only Show with a “Mushroom Samba”

By John Maher

Rounding up some of the silliest, spookiest, and all-around best trip episodes and sequences from your favorite cartoons.

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