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How an Anime Tech Cult Can Help Us Grasp the Ethics Behind Game Development

April 26, 2018May 9, 2019 Patrick BenderComments Off on How an Anime Tech Cult Can Help Us Grasp the Ethics Behind Game Development

A video game designer and purveyor of “mixed reality” takes a long, hard look through his headset at a heady ‘Bebop’ episode.

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In Mad Pierrot, Spike Spiegel Sees a Darkness He Cannot Run From

April 25, 2018May 9, 2019 Michael J. SeidlingerComments Off on In Mad Pierrot, Spike Spiegel Sees a Darkness He Cannot Run From

Cruelty and splendor collide in one of the most harrowing yet visually jaw-dropping episodes of ‘Cowboy Bebop.’

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Could a Northern Water Tribe Capital City Exist In Real Life?

December 18, 2017December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on Could a Northern Water Tribe Capital City Exist In Real Life?

Today’s important question is brought to you by a very dumb study. Also: Welcome to Waterbending Week!

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

April 7, 2017May 9, 2019 Eric Vilas-BoasComments Off on Just Pretend That Other ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Doesn’t Exist

Ffs, just watch the original.

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Why The Great Pumpkin Still Haunts You and Me

October 28, 2016December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on Why The Great Pumpkin Still Haunts You and Me

Halloween, the descendent of Samhain, is about the overlap between the realms of the visible and invisible. Isn’t that enough?

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What We Found With Stevonnie on That Jungle Moon

By Maya Gittelman

Hollywood renders nonbinary people nearly invisible, which is why the latest ‘Steven Universe’ episode a revelation.

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Giveth Sir Palamedes and the Questing Beast an Animated Series, Thou Churls!

By John Maher

Hark, thou televisual and cinematic executive knaves! I ask thee: whither the Questing Beast!?

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The Secret History of ‘Darkwing Duck’ and a Plea for Its Future

By Eric Vilas-Boas

“When there’s trouble, you call Dee Double-U! Darkwing Duck!” This was heroic TV, tasty as duck confit.

The Untold Saga of the Gross D+L Logos We Rejected and the One We Finally Picked

By Eric Vilas-Boas

Sometimes our designs are bad. Laughably bad.

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11 Cartoon Holiday Episodes to Stream for Christmas

By Eric Vilas-Boas

Anytime, anywhere, these are the streaming shows that will help you ring in the holidays.

What Would ‘Game of Thrones’ Characters Look Like as Cartoons?

By Jack McKean

Look familiar?

Animation Is Film Festival Stays Strong In Third Year

By Ari Howorth

Rounding up the show's successes and reviewing a handful of its films in miniature, including Makoto Shinkai's 'Weathering With You.'

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