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

And we’re not.

How ‘Steven Universe’ portrays the aftermath of surviving trauma.

Katara was a hero from day one.

The reboot shouldn't exist. But if it helps a new generation deal with parental loss, maybe it'll be worth it. Maybe.

Here’s why Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano’s HBO show debated the careers of two comedy titans on the episode “The Trial.”

“It’s over, isn’t it?”

From styles of music to classic rock songs, here’s every session’s reference, explained.

Was Jonny from ‘Ed Edd n Eddy’ an homage to Margaret from ‘Twin Peaks’? If so, he’s a sweet but unsatisfactory successor.