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Anniversaries merit celebration.

If you need a gateway drug to lead you down the anime rabbit hole, ‘Knights of Sidonia’ has you covered.

A spoiler-free endorsement of this movie you can watch on Netflix.

The ‘Bebop’ femme fatale’s devil-may-care attitude is the natural conclusion to resignation to a debt-filled future. I can relate.

Why I love one of the most beautiful films in the cartoon canon—especially for its dialogue.

The show, clearly, is timeless. Just look at all those grins.

Sexist tropes are common in anime, but that’s no excuse.

The Wild Thornberrys never questioned its heroine’s competence based on her sex, and that made its environmental message all the more powerful.

The debut novelist levels with us about alcoholism, how Nickelodeon and ‘The Simpsons’ influenced her work, and comedy writing.