A spirited young woman makes her way across a strange and shivery landscape to seek vengeance against the man who killed her father. It’s a simple story, but “Scarlet,” an anime feature from Japan, ...

In age where movies make $2 billion and somehow make little cultural impact, the success of William Shakespeare seems unthinkable. He wrote plays over 400 years ago and we’re all still obsessed with ...

First impressions matter, right? Full Metal Schoolgirl throws you into its third-person shooter action shortly after a blazing fast anime-inspired opening to the tune of a J-rock banger. It ...

A unique art style helps "The Obsessed" feel wildly different than most of today's anime films. For example: The character’s interest in grasshoppers leads him to practice hopping, which then sees him ...

Gachiakuta is a stylish anime with one of the coolest power systems I’ve seen in recent times. However, these are not the reasons why it stands out. Gachiakuta tells one of the most visceral stories I ...

A mermaid princess marries an ambitious human engineer in Yasuhiro Aoki’s delightfully offbeat tale about coexistence and love-career balance that looks distinct from most anime out there. Not set in ...

Some of the best animation of 2025, by far. The main villain’s obsession with the protagonist’s child self can be uncomfortable for some. Story has a good balance of schlock and genuine heart. The ...

The popular series makes its big screen debut with a thrilling, but certainly fans-only saga that spills as much blood as it chronicles awkward teenage romance. Context clues might help those with ...

The opening credits sequence of “Chainsaw Man,” the fantastically bloody 2022 anime adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s popular manga, begins with a flurry of rotoscoped scenes in which main character ...

The popular series about a boy who can grow a chainsaw in his head comes to theaters, adapting a storyline about whether all that violence is truly worth it. Produced by studio MAPPA, who gave the ...