The anime industry was in chaos around 2007.  American publishers were ailing after years of releasing too many mediocre series via outdated...

We have an absurd amount of anime at our disposal online. Even beyond the numerous shows that companies stream for free, there are those dev...

It’s hard to dig up any details on Anchor . I can’t find any production sketches or promotional art from the film, and I’ve never seen so mu...

A wise observer once described Gainax as two diametrically opposed anime studios in one. Good Gainax takes chances and creates interesting ...

Remember t.A.T.u., the Russian pop duo that bolstered their standard-issue songs with feigned lesbian overtones? Well, they officially broke...

Studio Gonzo is known for several things: making lots of anime series, letting those series disintegrate by the halfway mark, and epitomizin...

Anime studios still value manga artist Masamune Shirow. No matter how much dreadful porn he draws, Shirow nonetheless contributes to all sor...

A lot of kids discovered anime in the 1990s, but I was an unusual case. I wasn’t introduced to it by Sailor Moon or Ronin Warriors or the...