It’s why Grave of the Fireflies author Akiyuki Nosaka only agreed to let his short story be adapted into an anime film by Isao Takahata’s team at Studio Ghibli: The form could capture the emotions of ...

Abby Trott, A.J. Beckles, and Aleks Le are geeked up for the epic return of the breakout hit anime.

Villains are the lifeblood of storytelling, and the anime landscape is no different. For every noble warrior, determined ...

The current shonen landscape is ripe with dark shows ... and all three must strive to keep together. Dark anime doesn’t necessarily need to include gore or excessive violence, and some popular ...

Dark Schneider, in the end ... just for how out-of-place it is in the current anime landscape. Nowadays all our male nerd power fantasies are about Hiro Potatoman getting isekai'd into the ...

From perilous, anomic landscapes to an odd sense of liberation from typical civilization, the worlds of these dystopian anime settings ... through this hellish landscape on their way to this ...

The following picks offer other anime with dark, philosophical themes ... supernatural creatures with a grimy yet imaginative urban landscape, Blood Blockade Battlefront’s cool world-building ...

Scientists have figured out at least two ways to make plants glow in the dark, delivering a first step ... vines, and other landscape plants. Producing plants that glow in different colors ...

Many things make Claymore a special action anime that fans continue to love, but one of the most eye-catching is how it uses a predominantly female cast. Claymore is one of the most popular dark ...

Internet pirates took another hit this week as dozens of anime piracy websites — including the popular Aniwave site — suddenly went dark. Fans were in mourning after the sites went down ...