Today, most mainstream anime hits are shonen fantasy stories, and the demographic’s success is hardly a new phenomenon. An ...

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These influential anime might not be as popular as more modern titles, but thanks to Crunchyroll, they're all available to ...

‘80s Week: Game-changing as "Akira" and "My Neighbor Totoro" may have been, these are the films that tell the real story of the decade that changed everything for anime. Tomino’s declaration was also ...

Often dubbed the “Golden Age of Anime,” the 1980s were a game-changing decade for the anime industry. As a result of Japan’s economic boom, this was when many great anime producers got their first ...