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Go See Bugs at the Symphony Any Chance You Get

August 21, 2019August 20, 2019 Eric Vilas-BoasComments Off on Go See Bugs at the Symphony Any Chance You Get

The live pairing of cartoons with classical music comes once in a blue moon and is not an event to miss.

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The Symphonic Majesty of ‘Zeta Gundam’

April 11, 2019May 6, 2019 Eric Vilas-BoasComments Off on The Symphonic Majesty of ‘Zeta Gundam’

Shigeaki Saegusa gave this brutal show the score it deserved.

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Here’s How Chuck Jones Really Felt About “What’s Opera, Doc?”

August 10, 2017April 6, 2023 Eric Vilas-BoasComments Off on Here’s How Chuck Jones Really Felt About “What’s Opera, Doc?”

Stephen Fossati—the master animator’s last protégé—reveals the relentless perfectionism of “What’s Opera, Doc?”

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Why Joe Hisaishi Was Princess Mononoke’s Secret Weapon

July 12, 2017December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on Why Joe Hisaishi Was Princess Mononoke’s Secret Weapon

For ‘Princess Mononoke,’ Hayao Miyazaki’s favorite composer wrote the best symphonic theme since Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony.

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‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Snags the Oscar

By Eric Vilas-Boas

For once, the Academy got it right.

At NYCC, ‘Final Space’ Looks Far Out

By Ruth Morrison

The Conan O’Brien–backed sci-fi comedy stacks star on top of star—Armisen! Tennant! Torres!—and plots its first season.

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How ‘BoJack’ Season 5 Humanizes Opioid Addiction

By Adryan Corcione

Whether he’s BoJack the horse or BoJack the actor, he’s still a BoJack suffering from addiction.

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Sometimes All a Cartoon Needs Is Just One Minute

By John Maher

Satoshi Kon's films are master classes in cinematic editing, and his final work, the minute-long short film 'Ohayo,' is no exception.

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The Brown Girl Pokémon Trainer I Needed—Finally

By Amanda Ramsaran

Has the Pokémon anime at long last figured out that girls of color might want to be the very best too?

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Bob’s Burgers and the Stark Truth of Dreams

By Marley Crusch

Loren Bouchard’s show is all about what happens when you chase your dreams, never “make it,” and deal with the aftermath.

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

By Sam Reynolds

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

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How Each ‘TMNT’ Cartoon Proved Itself Time and Again

By Nathan Sherrer

The ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ are more than 30 years old. Chew on that hot slice of truth for a minute there, dudes and dude-ettes.

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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.

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How ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Came to the States: An Exclusive Interview for Its 20th Anniversary

By The Dot and Line

With “Asteroid Blues,” the first session of ‘Cowboy Bebop,’ Cartoon Network brought something wholly new to the West.

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