What To Watch

Christian animated shows for kids have come a long way from the old VHS tapes many of us grew up …

Animation has been at the forefront of LGBTQ+ representation in television for a reason. The medium permits storytelling that live-action …

Yuri anime (the genre depicting romantic or romantic-coded relationships between women, also called “Girls’ Love” or GL) has been having …

Anime about ghosts can go in a lot of different directions. Some are terrifying. Some are quiet and emotional. Some …

Anime about gambling hits differently because the real fight is usually happening inside the characters’ heads. Yes, there are cards, …

The romcom is anime’s most consistently great genre. Action shows come and go. Isekai trends rise and fade. Mecha returns …

I grew up watching anime and playing video games as parallel hobbies, and for years I never realized how much …

Old school anime shows have a different kind of magic. I love modern anime too, but older anime has a …

I love long-running anime as much as anyone, but here’s the truth: I don’t have time to start a 366-episode …

Fan service anime is its own established subgenre, with its own conventions, its own dedicated audience, and its own tier …

Shounen ai (literally “boys’ love” in Japanese, often shortened to BL) is one of the most consistently great anime genres …

Greek mythology has been showing up in anime for over 40 years. From the 1981 space-opera reimagining of the Odyssey …

Kids time travel cartoons are one of animation’s most reliable formats for teaching, world-building, and outright wild storytelling. The genre …

The boarding house premise is one of anime’s most reliable settings. You take a bunch of mismatched characters, force them …

Wild West anime is a small but legitimately great subgenre. The format gives Japanese animators a chance to play with …