#anime

#anime

Cosmic Princess Kaguya! is an adaptation of a Japanese folk tale, the story of a princess from the moon discovered inside a bamboo stalk in a poor rural village. A decade ago, Studio Ghibli adapted the tale into a gorgeously animated movie with a traditional, lovingly hand-painted feel. This film could not be more different, a trippy, high-energy, techno anime set in the near future, half of it in a virtual reality world and TikTok-ifed with emojis and stickers exploding all over the screen.

Widely considered one of, if not, the best anime series of all time, Cowboy Bebop is a sci-fi western about bounty hunters Spike and Jet, who eke out a living chasing down targets across the solar system. Throughout the series, their crew expands to include the femme fatale Faye Valentine, young hacker Ed, and a super-genius Welsh Corgi named Ein. As the ragtag group completes various jobs on behalf of shadowy clients, they eventually find themselves entangled in a multi-planetary conspiracy.

In a career retrospective talk at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, Mamoru Oshii spoke, if not regretfully, mournfully about "Angel's Egg." The legendary Japanese writer and director-who secured his place in animation history with "Ghost in the Shell"-said that his dreamlike, allegorical 1985 OVA film nearly killed his career: "After that, nobody gave me jobs for three years," he said.

Anime is influencing every aspect of pop culture and media right now, including even some of the best Roblox games of all time. The best Roblox anime games embody manga and anime in a couple of different ways. Some of the anime Roblox games might make a literal take on a particular series like Demon Slayer. Other times, they may focus on a particular anime or cel-shaded style that is a celebration of anime in general.

The centerpiece of the release is a deep black T-shirt featuring a bespoke graphic print of Lazarus 's five main characters. What sets the design apart is the meticulous use of a 15-color silkscreen process, a technique that ensures the vibrancy and precision of the original image are preserved. The layered colors capture glowing details with exceptional depth, giving the print a luminous quality that reflects the futuristic tone of Watanabe's anime.

Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone and Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance are getting new Blu-ray editions on October 14 for $30 each at Amazon.

K-Pop Demon Hunters hit the streaming world with surprising success, blending high-gloss animation, ancient spirits, and bubblegum pop music into a unique phenomenon.

Yoshiki, a student in rural Japan, discovers that his best friend Hikaru is an eldritch creature who took over his body after a tragic hiking accident.

Virtual anime streamers known as VTubers are performing live at large venues, singing at sports events, and launching music careers while engaging fans through immersive experiences.

"When I'm not in-person at an anime studio helping out with their projects, this is where I do most of my work," Linnea explains. "My partner Bellamy and I have our work desks together, mine is on the left and hers is on the right."

Haru Urara is a fan favorite. As one X user wrote: "even though she's just a bunch of pixels on my screen I need Haru Urara to know that I would do literally anything in the world for her."

The fully open-world anime brawler, NTE, developed by Hotta Studio, allows players to explore the near-future city of Hethereau, blending elements of Shanghai, Seoul, and Tokyo.

The sequel to Batman Ninja, Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League, delivers a zany mashup of Batman characters with a slightly more coherent plot centered around a yakuza invasion.

Umamusume: Pretty Derby features horse girls--that is girls with actual horse ears, not girls fond of equines--that you'll need to befriend, train, and race against one another.

Dream Con, founded by RDCWorld in 2017, has evolved from a local event in Texas to a major annual convention in Houston for pop culture enthusiasts.

The original 1997 Berserk series on Blu-ray is now priced at $39, its lowest of the year, celebrated as a hallmark in anime adaptations of great manga.

Although the fans may know me as just singing those songs, I got to see the actual hard work and passion that goes into creating anime.