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‘Rick and Morty’ Wants You to Know Wasps Are Metal as Hell

November 11, 2019December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on ‘Rick and Morty’ Wants You to Know Wasps Are Metal as Hell

When they’re not stinging you dead, they’re eating you alive or laying their eggs in your eyes, broh!

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Why Joe Hisaishi Was Princess Mononoke’s Secret Weapon

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For ‘Princess Mononoke,’ Hayao Miyazaki’s favorite composer wrote the best symphonic theme since Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony.

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BoJack Horseman Season 4: A Spoiler-Free Review

By Eric Vilas-Boas

The show's topped itself. Here's a spoiler-free review of the Netflix crown jewel’s fourth season, which again defies cartoon convention

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How Treize Manipulated Everyone in ‘Gundam Wing’

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

Sure, Jonny Quest Has PTSD, But Wow, Would You Look at That Sweet Walking Eye!

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'Jonny Quest' is 55, 'The Venture Bros.' is 15, and the kids aren't all right, but hot damn, that eyeball spider is cool as heck!

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‘Batman and Harley Quinn’ Is a Movie With So. Many. Problems.

By Eric Vilas-Boas

‘Batman and Harley Quinn’ disses its own leading lady for cheap laughs.

The Best American Animation Writing 2016

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A roundup of our 25 favorite pieces about cartoons published during the past year by outlets not called ‘The Dot and Line.’

What Do “Best Feature” and “Best Indie Feature” at the Annie Awards Even Mean?

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A modest proposal for ASIFA-Hollywood and its signature awards.

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An Oral History of the Phrase “Get Shrek’d”

By Dan Powell

The secret story of one of the greatest, dumbest animation-referencing jokes of all time.

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