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When Anime Met Bashō: ‘Winter Days’ Brings a Warm Beauty to a Cold Season

January 31, 2018December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on When Anime Met Bashō: ‘Winter Days’ Brings a Warm Beauty to a Cold Season

Some of the greatest animators on our planet paying a tribute to a haiku master? That’s a match made in meditative melancholy.

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Wanna Visit the ‘Totoro’ Theme Park In 2020?

June 6, 2017December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on Wanna Visit the ‘Totoro’ Theme Park In 2020?

Have you heard that there will be a theme park!? Have you!?

EDITORS PICKS

The Crippling Terror of Leaving Your Stoop

By Rob Ryan

On Hey Arnold! and the glamor of struggle—a part of Nicktoons Month!

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My Hero Academia’s “From Iida to Midoriya” Teases a Big, Bad Confrontation

By Sarra Sedghi

The kids take matters into their own hands.

Marceline’s Best Tunes, Ranked

By Sarra Sedghi

Songs of heartbreak, loss, and pilfered fries in ‘Adventure Time.’

We Lost Our Minds Over This Animaniacs Reboot

By The Dot and Line

This is a huge gamble, Mr. Spielberg. Or, as the Warners would put it: BOINGY BOINGY BOINGY BOINGY!

For the Last Time, Anastasia Is Not a Disney Film

By Charlotte Dow

I’ve defended the Don Bluth classic's spot outside of the House of Mouse for 20 years—and I'm still doing it.

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We Need to Talk About BoJack Horseman Season 4’s Most Shocking Scene

By Sammy Nickalls

Here’s why this scene echoes in the background through Season 4.

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Doug Dimmadome Looks Awfully Familiar

By Evan Fonseca

Make Dimmsdale great again?

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Rick and Morty

By The Dot and Line

The funniest, nerdiest, sharpest cartoon on TV (or, well, one of them) is back for round three in the fight for the multiverse.

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Japan Gets Cowboy Bebop-Themed Cafes

By Alex Costello

If you happen to be in Japan when they open, you’re in luck.

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

By Ari Howorth

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.

2017 editorial | Editorial by MysteryThemes.