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A photo from the cosplay contest at Anime NYC 2025 with lots of colorful wigs, intricate dresses, some foam weapons, animal ears, all sorts of great stuff

Staring at Japan’s “Fantasy Industrial Complex” at Anime NYC 2025 with Matt Alt

By Luis Aguasvivas • October 2nd, 2025

“Anime is another form of drag for the human race.”

Casting Deep Meteo
Hayao Miyazaki rubs his hands on his head, his glasses clutched haphazardly in one. An unlit cigarette dangles from his mouth.

An Insult to Life Itself

By Levi Rubeck • May 9th, 2025

“We humans are losing faith in ourselves.”

Here's the Thing
Principal Bump stares down a nervous Luz in a scene from The Owl House.

On Bump and Bias

By Rob Rich • February 19th, 2025

Countless examples of “don’t judge a book by its cover” exist in media, but Rob wants to zero in on Principal Bump from The Owl House.

Always Autumn
Wirt, Greg, and the bluebird Beatrice head deeper into the woods in a still from Over the Garden Wall.

The Loveliest Lies of All

By Autumn Wright • November 3rd, 2024

Not what, but where is over the garden wall?

I Played It, Like, Twice...
A closeup of the board for Scooby Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed, with a purple layout, comic drawing of the control room, bats, and skulls with peace symbols for eyes for some resaon

The Monster Race: Simple Times with the Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Game

By Orrin Grey • August 12th, 2024

When it comes to comparing the Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Game to any of the other Scooby-Doo games we’ve covered here, there’s really no comparison at all.

Art from the movie Blue Giant with the title on the left and a young saxophone player in jeans on the right photographed from a low angle just wailing on his horn

A Duet of Anime and Jazz: An Interview with Director Yuzuru Tachikawa

By Autumn Wright • May 21st, 2024

“My intent was to especially treat live performances like what would be done for an anime action scene.”

I Played It, Like, Twice...
Key art for Disney's Lorcana game, with ice queen, Mickey Mausritter, and crow queen standing in a line together

Versus Mode: Lorcana x Sorcerer’s Arena

By Orrin Grey • March 7th, 2024

Unlike Lorcana, Sorcerer’s Arena is not an original game cooked up whole cloth. It is, instead, an adaptation of the mobile game of the same name. I’ve tried out the mobile game a bit, but not enough to really get a feel for it, and there’s something to be said for the joy of pushing little plastic standees around on a board.

Casting Deep Meteo
A screencap from Vampire Hunter D shows the titular hunter reaching towards the viewer. He wears a magnificent hat.

One Thousand Year Old Vampire Hunter D

By Levi Rubeck • November 8th, 2023

While watching Vampire Hunter D, one can’t help but connect it to the relatively recent solo role-playing game Thousand Year Old Vampire by Tim Hutchings.

a screenshot from The Primevals with a towering Yeti covered in fur in the mid shot, a tiny gaggle of humans behind, and three lizard people with medieval weapons at the front

Science and Sensation: A Blast from the Past Courtesy of The Primevals (2023)

By Orrin Grey • July 26th, 2023

The Primevals is pure pulp, hearkening back to the golden age of adventure stories.

Interlinked
A still from Vampire Hunter D shows the hunter on horseback in front of a full moon, the horse rearing up and the hunter's cape flying outward like bat wings.

Half-Humans and Half-Lives

By Phoenix Simms • November 3rd, 2022

At the throbbing heart of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is a fear of different beings mixing to create a monstrous one.

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