'Sentenced to Be a Hero' and 'Clevatess' are basically the anime embodiment of a dad who didn't want a pet immediately snuggling up with his family's new cat. Reading time 5 minutes If there were a ...

Lucas Kloberdanz-Dyck is a writer for Collider. He grew up creating lists, stories, and worlds, which led to his love of anime and video games. He attended Sheridan College where he earned an Honours ...

The classic 1988 anime Akira returns to cinema screens on April 17. Set in a dystopian neo-Tokyo, it is one of the few pieces of cyberpunk manga which has translated well onto the screen. Its ultimate ...

There’s a new crop four times a year. This spring, the Ghibli-like “Witch Hat Atelier” and the alternate-future samurai saga “Nippon Sangoku” stand out. By Mike Hale Nobody talks about the arrival of ...

Despite the global success of anime, animation studios are at their breaking point. The most recent victim of the unending crunch is Studio Kai, which announced insolvency to the tune of ¥565 million ...

Suzail Ahmad is a GameRant writer from Kashmir. He has been a manga and gaming enthusiast for more than a decade. As an expert, he aims to provide an in-depth analysis of titles from both mediums.

The Isekai genre has become a major genre within the anime industry, but this doesn’t mean that every project erupting from this side of the aisle is free from controversy. Ascendance of a Bookworm, ...

Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl, which opened in only a handful of U.S. theaters in 2025, is the epitome of art as animation. The anime film has a runtime of no more than 35 minutes, which doesn’t sound ...

As anime’s global popularity continues to boom, dry spells without anything new to watch mostly seem like a thing of the past (at least until the industry’s creaky infrastructure collapses). This ...

Aparna is an Anime writer at GameRant. She has an experience of 4.5 years with some of renowned publications like Sportskeeda, Dexerto, Forever Geek, and Beebom. She has previously crafted extensive ...