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Frieren the elf on the left with two friends sitting next to her enjoying a cool leg dip in the river

The Aesthetics of Impermanence: How Frieren Visualizes Untranslatable Japanese Philosophy

By Beatrix Kondo • March 16th, 2026

What if we honored the space between things as much as the things themselves?

Nonhuman Meditations
Mabel Pines meets a rainbow-maned unicorn in an episode of the animated series Gravity Falls.

Sensing and Leaving the Unicorn Trap

By Alyssa Wejebe • March 13th, 2026

Even when I was little, I could tell that when it came to unicorns and dragons, unicorns were pushed onto girls, and dragons were meant for boys.

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.

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