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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.
The Tragedy and the Triumph of ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’
“Yes, yes, holy crap, Paku-san, yes!”
An Oral History of the Phrase “Get Shrek’d”
The secret story of one of the greatest, dumbest animation-referencing jokes of all time.
That Time Akira Kurosawa Left Hayao Miyazaki Speechless
This is what two legends meeting looks like.
If You Love ‘The Last Jedi’ Here’s the Anime to Watch Right Now
Sequels that mine the dark corners of the soul, fix the flaws of their predecessors, and are filled with gorgeous imagery always go down in history as the best of their lot.
The Dot and Line’s Best Writing of 2017
A look back at a year of hits.
The Best American Animation Writing 2017
A roundup of our 15 favorite stories about cartoons published during the past year by outlets not called The Dot and Line.
‘A Country Doctor’ Is an Anime Handshake Between Franz Kafka and Kobo Abe
Even Kafka can always get weirder.
The Director of ‘Tehran Taboo’ Breaks Down His Shocking Film
Ali Soozandeh’s film is a striking portrait of sexual prohibition.