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Souta Ueno is anime's most radical new voice. With Shiboyugi, influences ranging from French impressionism to arthouse film shape the psycho

Shiboyugi's one-of-a-kind director Souta Ueno chats with sound director Noriyoshi Konuma about their unique thought processes and creative m

Animation creators and people passionate about art shared the works that resonated with them the most in the 2025 Sakugabooru Animation Awar

CSM Reze isn't only a blast to watch, nor just a hit. It's a film embodying the current methodology of high-profile anime, taken to ridiculo

Apocalypse Hotel made the bumpy road of its creation into a virtue, confidently mixing different styles, viewpoints, and moods

Shoshimin’s odd leads seek normalcy. Contrast with sibling series Hyouka and the clash between wishes & nature make its direction captivatin

Hyakuemu / 100 Meters is led by emerging, charismatic artists brought together by the illogical, deeply human passion that fuels this story.

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The Summer Hikaru Died / HikaNatsu‘s anime was conceptualized around Ryohei Takeshita’s adventurous direction, but without losing sight of t

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My Dress-Up Darling / Kisekoi was always charming, but it has reached a new level with a sequel that's more wildly creative, thematically ti

Working closely together, CITY’s original author Keiichi Arawi and a Kyoto Animation team built around Taiichi Ishidate defied the norms of

The anime adaptation of Takopi’s Original Sin is the extraordinary result of a bold producer, an overlooked director, and an up-and-coming s

CITY: The Animation is finally here, through an unusually close collaboration between author Keiichi Arawi and Kyoto Animation. To capture h

Spring 2025 is coming to an end, and with it, a lot of incredible opening and ending sequences. It’s time to delve deep into those works and

In addition to all the articles we’ve published, and before properly moving onto Spring titles, enjoy this lengthy compilation of comments a