Yoshiyuki Tomino’s creation laid the groundwork for decades of mecha anime, spawning an entire franchise that remains influential today. The Gundam series became a cultural phenomenon in Japan, with ...

Animated family films have been a staple of entertainment culture for nearly a century and offer a rich catalog of adventures, fables, fairy tales and dramas. The very best, including these eight ...

There were tailcoats made of cable knits, fit for black tie at a retirement home. Bell-curved Bar jackets and distressed ...

Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Germany's Bavaria is a pretty, fairytale-like destination that inspired Disney's 1940 Pinocchio ...

Just three hours from the UK is the pretty, fairytale-like town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Germany's Bavaria. Visiting ...

We were just touting 2025 as a huge year for anime, but 2026 is poised to repeat that—and it’s coming out of the gates swinging with some big banner titles jam-packed into January. With that in mind, ...

2025 has been one of the strongest years for anime in ages, building on what is clearly a new Golden Age in the Japanese animation industry. With widening viewership, more access to anime on streaming ...

We’re wrapping up the year by naming some of the best of the best anime to come out this year. Japanese animation has quickly become the genre to prioritize for studios and streamers, with American ...

In many ways, 2025 was a banner year for anime: There were box-office smashes, such as Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle grossing close to $800 million worldwide, alongside a less quantifiable shift in ...

In 2024, it felt like the passion and hunger for anime was at its apex. But as we've seen this year, that growth shows no sign of stopping. In fact, in 2025 anime is being watched by more people now ...

It's almost the end of the year, which means it's time to look back and share our highlights, and is there a better way than by revisiting the best anime of 2025? For lovers of the medium, we don't ...