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Steve Conte Looks Back on ‘Bebop’ and Working With Yoko Kanno: Exclusive

An exclusive interview with the show’s English-language male singer looks back on the show’s music, its legacy, and his other anime projects.

Animation has long been a boys’ club—and the 21st Century has mostly been no exception. Until now.

An objectively correct list.

Katara was a hero from day one.

The Ghibli co-founder was, beyond any shadow of a doubt, Hayao Miyazaki’s equal in brilliance, if not in output or recognition.

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

Nicktoons, in a gallery. Goddamn.

The best monsters weren't necessarily the leads.

Makoto Shinkai's follow-up to 'Your Name.' dramatizes its characters' feelings with rain.