The Apothecary Diaries has Maomao listen to stories of asbestos and then schemes about it in Ep. 50 "The Fire-Rat Cloak". Students of history will even be able to anticipate that plot just from looking at the title. However, you don't need to be a student of history to know that asbestos is highly
Sasaki and Peeps brings us one big magical SNAFU in Ep. 14 "Death Games and Demons", complete with a bloody fight and civilian deaths. As you might imagine, this is as huge a problem as the title suggests. And yet, it still falls short of a true action-packed episode due to the lack of action
Witch on the Holy Night will look quite familiar to fans of Fate/stay night and the other Fate anime series and feature-length anime films. After all, they all take place in the same shared Nasuverse universe, named after its creator Kinoko Nasu. That universe is a world of dark fantasy, with
Crunchyroll is proud to unveil a whole bunch of their upcoming anime series in a showcase at New York Comic-Con 2026 (NYCC 2026). All featuring Tim Lyu and Lauren Moore as the hosts of that showcase. The list of anime they revealed there is quite extensive, and cover the range of genres. We have
By now in 2026, Studio Ghibli has become a household name even outside of its home nation of Japan. After 41 years of operation since its founding in 1985, it has made a name for itself as basically the Disney of Japan. For decades, this animation studio has produced some of the best animated films
Netflix is proud to debut new trailers and cast announcements for three of their upcoming series, including Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2. As the sequel to the hit Studio Trigger anime series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners that itself is an anime spinoff of Cyberpunk 2077 video game by CD Projekt Red, it's
Crunchyroll is proud to announce that they are adding even more anime series to their Fall 2026 streaming schedule. Apparently, we are going to have an additional nine anime series on top of the already extensive list of anime we are getting this fall. It certainly seems like we're not going to be
Magic Knight Rayearth gives our heroine trio a stroll through some noticeably magical woods in Ep. 3 "All in the Same Boat". Fantasy fans will be fully aware of the fact that magical woods are a staple in such stories. What this episode does though is use a trip through the magical woods to help
Throughout the long history of anime, there have been many, many villains. From outright psychopaths that make perfect hate sinks to morally complex antiheroes that make you think deeply about the nature of morality, anime history has seen villains across the entirety of the moral spectrum. All of
The Apothecary Diaries finally introduces us to the mysterious white-haired woman in Ep. 53 "The White-Snake Immortal". This episode actually reveals she's quite the stage magician. A regular Houdini, as one might say. Alas, she's also facing off against Maomao, who's intelligent enough to
The 2026 reboot of Magic Knight Rayearth (2026) gives us some weirdly malicious mining in Ep. 5 "One-of-a-Kind Weapons". Seriously, can you really call it mining anymore when you're fighting imaginary enemies born from your mind in order to mine that ore? This is the conundrum Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu
Los Angeles got its own One Piece Mugiwara Store location, and fans finally got to experience it this weekend. In Westfield Century City, Toei Animation, Sony, and their partners put together a premiere shopping experience for the Straw Hat Pirate fan in your life. That Hollywood Show had the
The 2026 reboot of Magic Knight Rayearth shows us that friendship is quite powerful in the magic department in Ep. 4 "Our Battle". It's a lesson from My Little Pony, but it's quite applicable to this anime too. Our trio of heroines will need that power, since this is their bloodiest battle to date.
Rascal Does Not Dream is a pretty famous anime franchise for a number of reasons. Not least of which is because of how old the anime is. The original light novel by Hajime Kamoshida that the anime is based off of made its literary debut on April 10, 2014. The anime series followed a few years later
The magnitude of human achievement is as high as Everest itself. The depths in which we can push ourselves beyond assumed capability is quite astounding, and Everest: The Other Side is a prime example of unbelievable human feats. The risks and dangers are all optional, but the drive for greatness
Animated movies targeted to children are basically required by law to have a big musical number at some point in their runtime in 2026. But, The Cat in the Hat’s earworm title song hits pretty early in the film. As you know, from both commercials and the fact you clicked on this article, Bill
In his first film in almost a decade, Lee Chang-dong (Burning) languidly explores class in a thematically rich piece that rewards attentive audiences. It’s a dense, intricately written, almost three-hour movie that seems mundane on the surface but offers real psychological insight into Korean
