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7 Animated Spin-Offs That Should Never Have Been

July 5, 2018May 8, 2019 Alex CostelloComments Off on 7 Animated Spin-Offs That Should Never Have Been

There’s no shortage of cartoons based off live-action properties. But there should be.

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What ‘Wall-E’ Taught Us About Progress and Capitalism 10 Years Later

June 27, 2018May 8, 2019 Seth DellonComments Off on What ‘Wall-E’ Taught Us About Progress and Capitalism 10 Years Later

Beauty, love, and corporate greed. Here’s what we’ve learned from Pixar’s adorable robot.

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My Best Friend’s Opinion on Space Jam is Violently Wrong

June 18, 2018December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on My Best Friend’s Opinion on Space Jam is Violently Wrong

I mean, how do I even edit a site with this Eric guy???

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Here’s Why You Should Watch ‘Coco,’ Which Is Finally on Netflix

June 5, 2018December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on Here’s Why You Should Watch ‘Coco,’ Which Is Finally on Netflix

The Pixar tearjerker—now on Netflix—should do more than make you cry with its reminders of what tethers us to family. Now go call your grandma.

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A Final ‘Bebop’ Question on Shinichirō Watanabe’s Legacy

May 4, 2018March 1, 2020 John MaherComments Off on A Final ‘Bebop’ Question on Shinichirō Watanabe’s Legacy

‘Cowboy Bebop’ busted the anime curve. But what is its director’s legacy? And is his greatest work really his, anyway?

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A Spoiler-Free Appreciation of Cowboy Bebop’s Awesome Movie

April 13, 2018May 9, 2019 Amanda RamsaranComments Off on A Spoiler-Free Appreciation of Cowboy Bebop’s Awesome Movie

Spike meets his match, not in “a girl who can kick [his] ass” but a Titan War veteran questioning his existence.

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The Greatest Sword Fight Ever Animated

March 7, 2018May 9, 2019 Eric Vilas-BoasComments Off on The Greatest Sword Fight Ever Animated

Yutaka Nakamura’s animation in ‘Sword of the Stranger’ is a staggering work to behold.

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We Asked Neil deGrasse Tyson Why He Voiced a Pig on ‘Gravity Falls’

March 5, 2018December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on We Asked Neil deGrasse Tyson Why He Voiced a Pig on ‘Gravity Falls’

And other things you don’t know about the popular scientist and his cartoon career.

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The New Digimon Movies You Need to Watch Right Now

March 1, 2018May 9, 2019 Amanda RamsaranComments Off on The New Digimon Movies You Need to Watch Right Now

A spoiler-free review of the ‘Digimon Adventure tri.’ films, because the nostalgia is REAL.

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Watch ‘Varmints’ and Let Jóhann Jóhannson Make You Sob

February 12, 2018December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on Watch ‘Varmints’ and Let Jóhann Jóhannson Make You Sob

People and climate change and industry are evil, but the late Icelandic composer is a melancholy blessing forever. May he rest in peace.

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EDITORS PICKS

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My Hero Academia Gears Up for an Epic Fight in “Symbol of Peace”

By Sarra Sedghi

Character development and a last-chance rescue heat up the conflict.

This Be the Horse: A Poem for ‘BoJack’

By John Maher

"They fuck you up, your sire and dam."

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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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Where Did the Time Ed? ‘Ed, Edd n Eddy’ Turns 20

By Marley Crusch

The long-running Cartoon Network show debuted January 4, 1999, and we have still not forgotten it.

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The Big ‘BoJack Horseman’ Broadway Number, Explained

By RoAnna Sylver

A musical theater lover’s look at the song that makes this season’s penultimate episode so powerful.

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20 Years Later, ‘Family Guy’ Feels Largely Forgettable

By Jack McKean

What may have felt freeing in 1999 feels lazy and unhinged now.

Why Hasn’t My Friend Seen ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Yet?

By Sammy Nickalls

More like "'The Handmaid’s Tale' of How You’ve Somehow Avoided This Show, JOHN." Part 2 of a 3-part series.

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What ‘She-Ra’ Gets Right About Angsty Queerness

By Maya Gittelman

Catra is one complex (cat)woman.

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If Warner Bros. Won’t Put Us Up at the Cartoon Network Hotel or Pay Us Sweet, Sweet Cash, It Should at Least Let Us Live in Its Water Tower

By The Dot and Line

Look, this is pretty self-explanatory. What do you want, a road map?

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Just Pretend That Other ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Doesn’t Exist

By Eric Vilas-Boas

Ffs, just watch the original.

2017 editorial | Editorial by MysteryThemes.