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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?

EDITORS PICKS

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Hail, Zeon! Terrific Gundam Shows Are in a Renaissance Again

By Eric Vilas-Boas

For years I doubted Gundam could ever replicate the joy I felt at 12 years old watching giant robots pummel each other. I was wrong.

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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.

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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Kayla Rae Whitaker on ‘The Animators,’ Sobriety, and Her Favorite Toons: Exclusive

By Sean Fitz-Gerald

The debut novelist levels with us about alcoholism, how Nickelodeon and ‘The Simpsons’ influenced her work, and comedy writing.

This Be the Horse: A Poem for ‘BoJack’

By John Maher

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

A Murder Most Awesome: The 5 Best Brock Samson Kills

By Alex Costello

Rating the top five kills of the Venture family’s mullet-headed murder machine, Brock Samson.

An Announcement from The Dot and Line

By Eric Vilas-Boas

For one week, The Dot and Line is trolling its co-editor John Maher.

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My Hero Academia’s “From Iida to Midoriya” Teases a Big, Bad Confrontation

By Sarra Sedghi

The kids take matters into their own hands.

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Boomerang’s Now Streaming All Your Old Favorites

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The streaming service will showcase Looney Tunes, The Flintstones, Tom & Jerry, and more.

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How Each ‘TMNT’ Cartoon Proved Itself Time and Again

By Nathan Sherrer

The ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ are more than 30 years old. Chew on that hot slice of truth for a minute there, dudes and dude-ettes.

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