Review: Maquia – When the Promised Flower Blooms
Mari Okada’s directorial debut successfully merges high fantasy with a multigenerational family drama
By Evan Minto
- Review
- anime
- Bamboo
- Kazuki Higashiji
- Maquia
- Mari Okada
- P.A. Works
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Impressions: SSSS.Gridman Episode 1
A surprisingly tame Trigger reboot of the ’90s tokusatsu series
By Evan Minto
- Post
- anime
- conventions
- Akira Amemiya
- Anime Expo 2018
- Gridman
- Studio Trigger
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“Throwing Words”: Mari Okada and Kenji Horikawa Discuss Maquia
The writer/director and P.A. Works president on the importance of emotion and the challenges of making fantasy anime
By David Estrella, Evan Minto
- Interview
- anime
- conventions
- Anime Expo 2018
- Eleven Arts
- Kenji Horikawa
- Maquia
- Mari Okada
- P.A. Works
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Impressions: Sirius the Jaeger Episodes 1–2
Killer vampire-vs-werewolf action from Sword of the Stranger’s director
By Evan Minto
- Post
- anime
- conventions
- Anime Expo 2018
- Masahiro Ando
- P.A. Works
- Sirius the Jaeger
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #099 – Promare and Premieres at Anime Expo 2018
By David Estrella, Evan Minto
- Podcast
- anime
- Anime Expo 2018
- Cells at Work
- Cutie Honey
- Go Nagai
- Gridman
- Gundam
- Promare
- Sirius the Jaeger
- Studio Trigger
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #098 – E3 is Every Day with Miranda Sanchez
By David Estrella, Evan Minto
- Podcast
- anime
- conventions
- manga
- video games
- Bethesda
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Death Stranding
- E3 2018
- Fallout
- Halo
- Kill la Kill
- Kingdom Hearts
- Miranda Sanchez
- My Hero Academia
- Nintendo
- Resident Evil
- Shonen Jump
- Super Smash Bros
- The Last of Us
- The Rose of Versailles
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #097 – FLCL and Unwanted Sequels with Dave Cabrera
By David Estrella, Evan Minto
- Podcast
- anime
- video games
- Adult Swim
- Bloodborne
- Dark Souls
- Dave Cabrera
- FLCL
- Hinamatsuri
- Kawaiikochans
- Mushihimesama
- Production I.G
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Three-Episode Test: Three-Episode Test: Evan’s Spring 2018
It's good to be the (editor-in-)chief.
By Evan Minto
- Column
- anime
- Darling in the Frankxx
- Golden Kamuy
- Hinamatsuri
- Spring 2018 anime
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #096 – Go Nagai Invented Cell Phones
By David Estrella, Evan Minto
- Podcast
- anime
- video games
- Bloodborne
- Devilman
- Go Nagai
- Isao Takahata
- Life is Strange
- Masaaki Yuasa
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #095 – The Ballad of Harmagedon Joe
By David Estrella, Evan Minto
- Podcast
- anime
- Central Park Media
- Harmagedon
- Katsuhiro Otomo
- Kazumasa Hirai
- Madhouse
- Rintaro
- Shotaro Ishinomori
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“You Are Our Future”: The multi-generational MMO One Hour One Life is a beautiful, heart-wrenching experiment in collaborative gameplay.
The multi-generational MMO One Hour One Life is a beautiful, heart-wrenching experiment in collaborative gameplay.
By Evan Minto
- Feature
- video games
- Jason Rohrer
- One Hour One Life
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #094 – The PUBG Of Arcade Sticks
By David Estrella, Evan Minto
- Podcast
- anime
- video games
- Bloodborne
- Celeste
- Game Developers Conference
- Katanagatari
- Nisioisin
- Spring 2018 anime
- Turn A Gundam
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #093 – Neo Yokio’s Three Most Eligible Bachelors
By David Estrella, Evan Minto
- Podcast
- animation
- anime
- Boogiepop
- Ezra Koenig
- Jaden Smith
- Neo Yokio
- Netflix
- Studio Trigger
- Vampire Weekend
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #092 – Fate/stay under the kotatsu
By David Estrella, Evan Minto
- Podcast
- anime
- video games
- Celeste
- Darling in the Frankxx
- Fate
- Genericon 2018
- Metal Gear
- Studio Trigger
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Come See My Panels, Plus Studio Trigger, at Genericon 2018!
By Evan Minto
- animation
- anime
- comics
- conventions
- manga
- movies
- traditional games
- video games
- Genericon 2018
- Kazuya Masumoto
- Masahiko Otsuka
- panels
- Studio Trigger
- Takafumi Hori
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #091 – Best of 2017 with Nate Ming
By David Estrella, Evan Minto
- Podcast
- anime
- manga
- video games
- Delicious in Dungeon
- Doki Doki Literature Club
- Dragonball
- Golden Kamuy
- In This Corner of the World
- Kemono Friends
- Kizumonogatari
- Land of the Lustrous
- Little Witch Academia
- Made in Abyss
- Mario
- Nier
- Night in the Woods
- The Promised Neverland
- Yakuza (game series)
- Zelda
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Yuri!!! on Ice Staff Discuss Sayo Yamamoto and Skating Animation
Our AnimeNEXT 2017 interview with animators Junpei Tatenaka and Noriko Itou, color designer Izumi Hirose, and producer Takahiro Ogawa
By Evan Minto, Ink
- Interview
- anime
- conventions
- AnimeNEXT 2017
- Izumi Hirose
- Junpei Tatenaka
- Noriko Itou
- Sayo Yamamoto
- Takahiro Ogawa
- Yuri!! on Ice
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Three-Episode Test: Three-Episode Test: Evan’s Winter 2018
Too gdgd to be true.
By Evan Minto
- Column
- anime
- Devilman
- gdgd men’s party
- Pop Team Epic
- Studio Trigger
- Winter 2018 Anime
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Anime World Order Show # 161 – No Kentucky Fried Movie or Shigeru Mizuki References
Anime World Order Show # 161 – No Kentucky Fried Movie or Shigeru Mizuki References
By Evan Minto
- Podcast
- anime
- manga
- Anime World Order
- Fumiyo Kouno
- In This Corner of the World
- Mappa
- Sunao Katabuchi
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #090 – The Yuasa Disrespecter
By David Estrella, Evan Minto
- Podcast
- anime
- video games
- Castlevania
- Devilman
- gdgd Fairies
- gdgd men’s party
- Metal Gear
- Nintendo Labo
- Pop Team Epic
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Review: Mary and the Witch’s Flower
Ghibli Minus Ghibli
By Evan Minto
- Review
- anime
- Akihiko Yamashita
- GKids
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Hiromasa Yonebayashi
- Mary and the Witch’s Flower
- Mary Stewart
- Shinji Hashimoto
- Shinya Ohira
- Studio Ghibli
- Studio Ponoc
- Tomotaka Kubo
- Yoshiaki Nishimura
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Staff Picks: Our Favorite Anime of 2017
By Alex Osborn, Evan Minto, Ink, David Estrella
- Post
- anime
- 2017 Staff Picks
- A Silent Voice
- Fate
- Fate/Stay Night
- Girls Last Tour
- In This Corner of the World
- Kemono Friends
- Kizumonogatari
- Land of the Lustrous
- Little Witch Academia
- The Eccentric Family
- Your Name
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Staff Picks: Our Favorite Video Games of 2017
By Evan Minto, David Estrella
- Post
- video games
- 2017 Staff Picks
- Doki Doki Literature Club
- Mario
- Nier
- Night in the Woods
- Zelda
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #089 – Flat Earth Anime
By David Estrella, Evan Minto
- Podcast
- anime
- A Place Further Than The Universe
- Cardcaptor Sakura
- Darling in the Frankxx
- Juni Taisen Zodiac War
- Kino's Journey
- Land of the Lustrous
- Pop Team Epic
- Violet Evergarden
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Staff Picks: Our Favorite Manga of 2017
By Evan Minto
- Post
- manga
- 2017 Staff Picks
- Delicious in Dungeon
- Golden Kamuy
- Land of the Lustrous