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Netflix’s MAPPA Deal Promises Global Reach, but Risks Letting Anime Fade Too Fast

Netflix’s new partnership with MAPPA has the potential to reshape how high-profile anime is financed, released, and marketed globally, but it also reopens a...

Is Anime just Advertising?

Walk into a U.S. multiplex in 2026 and you can feel the shift. Anime is no longer a niche import you hunt down in...

Why The Oscars Still Leave Anime on The Outside Looking In

Anime fans spent much of the past year watching theaters fill up for two titles that rarely need mainstream validation to prove their reach: Demon...

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 will be Shorter Than Fans Expect, with Arc Choices Shaped by Manga Hiatus

This article is spoiler free: A shorter, spoiler-free look at what Season 2 may adapt, and why Madhouse could be pacing the journey for...

Is 2025 Anime’s Biggest Year Yet? Here Are the Best of 2025

This article is spoiler free. Anime in 2025 met you after long days and short patience. The year felt historic for the medium. Big films...

BUMP OF CHICKEN: The Band Behind the Sounds of a Generation of Anime

For nearly three decades, BUMP OF CHICKEN has stood as one of Japan’s most influential alternative rock bands, an eternal presence in J-pop and...

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