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Faye Valentine’s Debts Made Her—As Mine Made Me

April 4, 2018May 9, 2019 Talia JaneComments Off on Faye Valentine’s Debts Made Her—As Mine Made Me

The ‘Bebop’ femme fatale’s devil-may-care attitude is the natural conclusion to resignation to a debt-filled future. I can relate.

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The Brown Girl Pokémon Trainer I Needed—Finally

October 17, 2017May 9, 2019 Amanda RamsaranComments Off on The Brown Girl Pokémon Trainer I Needed—Finally

Has the Pokémon anime at long last figured out that girls of color might want to be the very best too?

EDITORS PICKS

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It’s OK to Hate ‘Ren and Stimpy’

By Eric Vilas-Boas

This show just may not be for you.

Scooby Dooby Doo and Shaggy Too Review ‘Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!’ for 4/20, Dude

By The Dot and Line

“What the Hex Going On?” Scoob, could you, like, pass the bong?

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.

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Chuck Jones’ Final Masterpiece Is an Early ’00s Flash Animation Artifact

By Eric Vilas-Boas

And it’s everything you’d expect from the Looney legend.

Rankings We Never Wrote, Ranked

By The Dot and Line

As the Dot and Line says goodbye, we present to you one final and very important ranking.

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The Live-Action ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Cast, Explained

By Eric Vilas-Boas

If an Americanized, live-action adaptation of the anime classic directed by Shinichirō Watanabe is what we’ll get, this could have been worse.

‘Love, Death + Robots’ Is ‘Heavy Metal’ For 2019

By Patrick Craig

For better or worse.

Conroy v Balefleckman: Jawn of Grimdark

By John Maher

The best Batflick is animated and you’ve probably never seen it. This one might be better. And darker.

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Sex, Violence, Monsters

By The Dot and Line

Harry Chaskin, Dan Lippert, and Justin Michael (of Batman: The Animated Podcast) just released “Monster Island,” a fun stop-motion short about two giant monsters—an ape and a dinosaur named Zog and Java, respectively. Upon watching the three-minute clip below, you will become acutely aware of the following: “Monster Island” is great because it understands monsters […]

Satoshi Kon’s ‘Perfect Blue’ Is More Relevant Than Ever

By Wyatt Erchak

Reconsidering the classic anime film on the occasion of its restoration and re-release in the US.

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