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PlatinumGames may have been put on the map early on with their 2009 cult classic MadWorld, but it was in 2010 when people really started paying attention to their work. That year, they unleashed two new IPs with the aid

There’s a lot of strange whimsy within the works of director Masaaki Yuasa and his Science Saru animation studio. Whether it’s something dark like Devilman Crybaby, light-hearted like Lu Over the Wall, or completely bonkers like The Night is Short,

As the end credits rolled by, I took a deep breath and sighed. With hands aching, a smile crawled up my lips. And within my heart was a thumping rhythm of happiness. This is what it feels like to experience

On the surface, Affable Games’ Speaking Simulator is pretty dumb. And yet, I somehow found it shockingly relatable. Here is a video game that takes a wacky premise and gameplay mechanic, and creates a visual representation of how it feels

When you read a title like My Father is a Unicorn, one should expect something like a fantastical tale that defies most people’s imaginations. Alas, such a realization could not come to pass in Monaka Suzuki’s slice-of-life fantasy comedy. Instead

There’s this balance of the fantastical and reality that Makoto Shinkai seems to craft when it comes to his stories. Whether it’s telling a life story from a feline’s perspective in She and Her Cat or dealing with monsters in

Without question, the 2010s was when anime was finally accepted into the mainstream entertainment realm. As same-day streams and big-named companies jumping onboard the anime train have become the norm, it’s apparent that anime as a whole has become the