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‘Firefly’ Already Exists. Let’s Leave Live-Action ‘Cowboy Bebop’ At That, Please.

November 29, 2018December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on ‘Firefly’ Already Exists. Let’s Leave Live-Action ‘Cowboy Bebop’ At That, Please.

Stop this now.

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Don’t Make ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Live Action

June 7, 2017December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on Don’t Make ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Live Action

If anyone ever casts Keanu Reeves as Spike Spiegel, I swear I’ll eat Eric! (And don’t even say the words “Joseph Gordon-Levitt” to me.)

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An Urgent Question About ‘SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron’

May 18, 2017March 21, 2020 Eric Vilas-BoasComments Off on An Urgent Question About ‘SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron’

IS IT STILL GOOD!?

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The Perfection of Hayao Miyazaki

By Eric Vilas-Boas

A brief note on the genius of the world’s most beloved animator on his 76th birthday.

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How Treize Manipulated Everyone in ‘Gundam Wing’

By Eric Vilas-Boas

Meet the Gundam franchise’s Dick Cheney. Or Lyndon B. Johnson. Or Stringer Bell. Really, take your pick.

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Natalie Palamides on Buttercup and ‘Powerpuff Girls’ Season 2: Exclusive Interview

By Eric Vilas-Boas

The voice of Buttercup revealed a new season is in the works right now.

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What Would Maes Hughes Do?

By Eric Vilas-Boas

An incomplete list.

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10 Years After ‘Boondocks,’ the Block Is Still Hot

By John Maher

With ‘The Boondocks,’ Aaron McGruder told a story of racial disparity, injustice, and violence that has not gone away.

Why My Parents Banned the ‘Ed, Edd n Eddy’ Catchphrase ‘Buttered Toast’ From Being Uttered in Our Home

By John Maher

Because I never! stopped! saying it!

35 Haiku Written for the Cartoon Heroines of Our Time

By The Dot and Line

We asked a group of creative friends to send us haiku in honor of their favorite leading ladies in cartoons.

Studio Ghibli’s Movies Are the Goldilocks of Climate Change Critiques

By Isabel Galwey

While the Japanese studio's films don't sugarcoat the conflicts between humanity and nature, they don't oversimplify it, either.

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