Midway through the summer crop of animated serials, columnist Andrew Osmond looks in on three fan-favorite titles: the Science Saru actioner plus ‘My Dress-Up Darling,’ and ‘The Summer Hikaru Died.’
Disturbing content ahead! Columnist Andrew Osmond considers a just-ended Crunchyroll miniseries from ENSHIYA studio about grade-school bullying, horrific cruelty and a twee tentacled alien.
Anime columnist Andrew Osmond shares a pictorial overview of a new installation in Tokyo – soon heading to Paris – honoring the feted helmer of ‘The Tale of Princess Kaguya’ and ‘Grave of the Fireflies.’
Columnist Andrew Osmond gives his first impressions on the new series about 2 inseparable best friends… until one returns from the mountains and is no longer himself, now streaming on Netflix.
Columnist Andrew Osmond assesses the newly released Netflix series, its CG production studio, and the proud tradition of anime steampunk.
Season 2 of the series hit Crunchyroll this week, and anime columnist Andrew Osmond looks at how this teen comedy-drama manages to be both sweet and sexy.
Amid alarm over the latest Pixar film’s weak box-office opening this week, and fears about films with ‘original’ stories vs. sequels, Andrew Osmond looks at how IPs co-exist with originality in anime movies.
Columnist Andrew Osmond enthuses about the musical comedy, now on Crunchyroll, and how not all anime musicals feature pop idols.
With the box-office currently dominated by ‘Lilo & Stitch’ and ‘How To Train Your Dragon,’ Andrew Osmond discusses Lilo’s links to Totoro, Stitch’s Japanese adventures, and the vexing questions of live-action adaptations.
Anime columnist Andrew Osmond looks at 2 anime from the noted director – a film and a TV series – that are both set against summer sun, are easy to overlook, and are very good.
Anime columnist Andrew Osmond looks at the spectacular new animated feature that premiered on Netflix last Friday.
What can the creator of ‘Spirited Away’ and ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ have in common with the author of ‘Watchmen’ and ‘From Hell?’ A great deal, argues Andrew Osmond.
Andrew Osmond looks at how two people – one British, one American - first encountered anime, and how they sold very different images of what they found to the world.
Andrew Osmond looks at anime about people transported to fantasy worlds, and argues they come from very different traditions – some very old, and some very new.
Andrew Osmond celebrates Atsuko Ishizuka’s wonderful adventure series about 4 girls going to Antarctica, how it follows classic story traditions, and how it mixes ‘moe’ with drama.
Andrew Osmond discusses 2 vintage series, one made when the premise of being reborn into a new world wasn’t yet a hackneyed trope, the other about ordinary, everyday lives that’s far from just a ‘slice of life’ tale.
Andrew Osmond wonders why so many anime characters are teenagers or younger, and whether that’s holding back the medium.
Some series like ‘Puella Magi Madoka Magica,’ ‘Made in Abyss’ and ‘Promised Neverland’ bafflingly blur the lines between family and adult anime. Andrew Osmond asks why.
Anime columnist Andrew Osmond has been looking at some of the new shows that started streaming this month.
With ‘Cowboy Bebop’ director Shinichiro Watanabe’s newest anime launching this Sunday, AWN columnist Andrew Osmond reviews a classic series the legendary filmmaker made in 2004… set in samurai Japan and boasting a strikingly different soundtrack.
