Any fan of Witch Hat Atelier will know after watching the first season's finale that it's one of the worst cliffhangers in anime history. Apparently, director Ayumu Watanabe (Summer Time Rendering; Komi Can’t Communicate), assistant director Jun Shinohara (Heavenly Delusion; Zom 100: Bucket
Kagurabachi is one of the most critically acclaimed and popular manga series on Shonen Jump for many, many good reasons. This action-packed dark urban fantasy manga from creator Takeru Hokazono has been praised for its highly detailed worldbuilding and engaging characterization combined with
Shūkō Murase says The Sorcery of Nymph Circe changes the focus of Gundam Hathaway, with Gigi and music driving the story harder than before.
Daemons of the Shadow Realm sees some very dark dealings (complete with blood flying) going on in Ep. 12 "Retainer and Shaman". It's the kind of dark dealings that almost turns this episode into a political thriller, complete with some very unexpected violence. It makes for a very creepy episode
The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) is proud to unveil the full programming schedule for Anime Expo 2026. Not only that, but they are also proud to reveal that this year's Anime Expo is going to be one of the largest to date. It's going to vastly expand the event's footprint
What do soccer (aka. football everywhere outside of the U.S.) and anime have in common with each other? Well, as it turns out, there's a surprisingly large amount of overlap between them. Sports is a very popular theme in numerous anime series and movies, after all. Even just narrowing it down to
Witch Hat Atelier gives us what is possibly one of the worst cliffhangers in anime history with the end of Ep. 13 "Forbidden Magic". The rest of the episode is an amazing dark fantasy adventure featuring some honestly very disturbing magical body horror. However, the ending will have you gnashing
Netflix has brought a ton of Anime favorites to Annecy Festival. The streaming giants latest reveals have some familiar faces. But, There are also some real surprises for viewers waiting in this deluge of announcements. That Hollywood Show has a roundup of all the anime series and movies that
The Sheep Detectives is a towering testament of how powerful animated stories can be when done right. A genuine crowdpleaser, the film is sure to warm and break your heart, wrestling with richly textured explorations of death and grief, lost and found families, and the necessity of memory.
We've had haunted house movies. Sure, but have we had a haunted van movie? That's what Passenger amounts to at its most distilled form. This is a horror movie about a demonic force (the opposite of Saint Christopher) that has been chasing and killing travelers for hundreds of years. Basically, the
Though marital arts action cinema is vast and varied, it is rare for one to elevate the genre and push it forward. There have been few recently - The Raid comes to mind, and while not technically "martial arts" I'd argue John Wick counts - that feel as if something new and special is happening.
