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  1. goth excellence
    The Action-Goth Masterpiece That Never Got Its DueThe ahead-of-its-time epic Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust was meant to be the movie that proved action anime could work on the big screen in America.
    By Eric Vilas-Boas
  2. overcome with emotion
    INSIDE OUT 2
    Inside Out 2 Is Heading to Streaming IslandIts first stop is digital platforms.
    By Savannah Salazar
  3. the industry
    Moon Knight – Los Angeles Special Launch Event
    X-Men ‘97 Creator Beau DeMayo Says Marvel Removed Credits Over Gay Fan ArtAccording to Marvel, he was terminate “following an internal investigation.”
    By Alejandra Gularte
  4. let it go already
    For the Fourth Time in Forever, We’re Getting More FrozenFrozen 3 is now coming in 2027, and Disney is still teasing a fourquel.
    By Rebecca Alter
  5. vulture lists
    The 13 Best Sports Anime to Keep Your Olympic Endorphins PumpingThe sportsmanship! The drama! The cartoon sweat!
    By Nicholas Quah and Eric Vilas-Boas
  6. crime stories
    Batman: Caped Crusader Feels Like the Lost Third Season of Perry MasonThere’s even a subplot about a disputed land-use deal! What could be more neo-noir than that?
    By Roxana Hadadi
  7. pow! wham! boom!
    The 35 Best Superhero Cartoons of the Past 30 YearsFrom ’90s breakout hits Batman: The Animated Series and X-Men to this year’s outstanding X-Men ’97 and Batman: Caped Crusader.
    By Daniel Dockery
  8. oral history
    THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE, Pacha, Kuzco Llama, 2000, (c)Buena Vista Pictures/courtesy Everett Collect
    ‘We’ll Never Make That Kind of Movie Again’An oral history of The Emperor’s New Groove, a raucous Disney animated film that almost never happened.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  9. backstories
    LILO, STITCH, LILO and STITCH, 2002
    An Oral History of Lilo & StitchThe beloved Disney movie made in a “secret hangar” that almost brought hand-drawn animation back.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  10. banana!
    Are You a Minion Creationist or Evolutionist?There are two competing schools of thought when it comes to the little yellow henchmen’s origins.
    By Devon Ivie
  11. i’ll be your guide
    We Finally Know When The Boy and the Heron Will Poop Onto StreamingMiyazaki’s Oscar winner is coming to Max.
    By Eric Vilas-Boas
  12. role call
    Patrick Warburton Answers Every Question We Have About Bee Movie“That bee is taking the time of his gal. He’s not happy about it.”
    By Devon Ivie
  13. vulture lists
    A Crash Course in a Century of Walt Disney Animation StudiosAs exemplified by its greatest hits and catastrophic failures.
    By Josh Spiegel
  14. the disney dilemma
    Does ‘Disney Animation’ Still Mean Anything?Facing a creative lull, mission drift, and tough competition (so many Minions), the studio needs to figure out how to draw itself a clearer future.
    By Neil Janowitz
  15. disney
    Bring Back the AnimationTraditional hand-drawn animation is certainly not dead, but Disney has forsaken it. Why?
    By Bilge Ebiri
  16. vulture recommends
    The Best Version of Superman Looks Better Than EverFleischer Studio’s restoration of the public-domain artifact is close to completion and screening now.
    By Kambole Campbell
  17. to me my childhood
    X-Men ’97 Will Validate Your NostalgiaWas Gambit always this shirtless? (No complaints!)
    By Roxana Hadadi
  18. tv review
    One With Nature, Stranded in Outer SpaceScavengers Reign, now on Netflix, beautifully animates a horrific sci-fi habitat.
    By Kambole Campbell
  19. please please please
    We’ll Pay Sabrina Carpenter $1,000,000 If She Does the BartmanWhat’s the point of nepotism if not this?
    By Jesse David Fox
  20. movie review
    Miyazaki Didn’t Lose a StepBack from temporary retirement, Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning film, The Boy and the Heron, is a reminder of what makes him an animation legend.
    By Alison Willmore
  21. close read
    In The Boy and the Heron, the ‘Lie’ Is the PointHayao Miyazaki’s latest Oscar-winning film leans on his lived experience, but as with all his stories, that’s not really what makes it great.
    By Eric Vilas-Boas
  22. feeling joy
    Inside Out 2 Scores Another Win at the Box OfficeAfter eight days in theaters, it beat Dune 2 for the highest-earning movie of the year.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  23. vulture recommends
    Ghost in the Shell’s Weirder, Unloved Sequel Is Actually GreatInnocence and its dreamlike CGI have returned in 4K.
    By Dan Schindel
  24. little chef
    Sacrebleu! Live-Action Ratatouille Isn’t Being Cooked UpSorry, no rats under a chef hat will be pulling Josh O’Connor’s hair anytime soon.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  25. movie review
    Inside Out 2 Is Another Product of the Pixar SlumpThe animation giant goes back to the well of its 2015 coming-of-age hit, with less than joyful results.
    By Alison Willmore
  26. this is how we win
    Uncut Gems’s Anxiety Inducing Cinematography Inspired Inside Out 2Pixar made a crazy risk, a gamble, and it’s about to pay off.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  27. movie review
    Robot Dreams Is a Good Robot Movie and a Great New York MoviePablo Berger’s Oscar-nominated animated fable is an enchanting tale of friendship against a changing city.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  28. natural selection
    54 Alien Creatures From the Scavengers Reign Bestiary, RankedAdorable critters, sentient geology, and other dangerous fauna.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  29. vulture lists
    12 Essential Animated Films With No DialogueRobot Dreams joins a surprisingly impressive canon of modern animated feature films that are effectively silent.
    By Barry Levitt
  30. hoochie daddies
    The Hot Boys of Anime Are BackA new crop of male characters is united by undaunted sex appeal, and diversely packaged in ways Hollywood can only dream of achieving.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  31. close read
    X-Men ’97 Told the Avengers They SuckThe series undermining Earth’s mightiest “heroes” is delightful fan-service subversion.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  32. cater it to the limit
    25 Essential Bob’s Burgers EpisodesFeaturing musical numbers, puns, fart jokes, and plenty of heart.
    By Lillian Brown
  33. spoilers
    Barking News: Bluey Saved the Biggest Surprise for LastWe have questions!
    By Rebecca Alter
  34. tears of dog
    The Bluey Method of Reducing Grown-ups to TearsIn its most disarming episodes, child and adult experience blend into something beautiful — and sob-inducing — in under seven minutes.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  35. vulture lists
    Makoto Shinkai’s Weepiest, Wettest, Most Intricately Animated MoviesA ranking of the anime filmmaker’s major works.
    By Eric Vilas-Boas
  36. vulture recommends
    The Best Berserk Adaptation Is Finally Available AgainThe dark fantasy that inspired Elden Ring, Castlevania, and a ton of heavy metal returns.
    By Eric Vilas-Boas
  37. and linda
    Bill Hader to Bring Suburban Ennui, Divorced Vibes to Cat in the Hat MoviePurrrrrrr!
    By Rebecca Alter
  38. essential episodes
    15 Essential Episodes of X-Men: The Animated SeriesAhead of X-Men ’97, revisit one of the best superhero cartoons of all time.
    By Daniel Dockery
  39. the industry
    X-Men ’97 Creator Beau DeMayo Reportedly Fired From SeriesDays before the March 20 premiere on Disney+.
    By Jason P. Frank
  40. essential episodes
    The 16 Most Influential Dragon Ball EpisodesAkira Toriyama’s impact can be seen all over the pop culture landscape.
    By Daniel Dockery
  41. drawing conclusions
    Every Oscar Winner for Best Animated Short Film, RankedFrom its earliest honorees to the present, the Best Animated Short category doubles as a history of the ever-changing medium.
    By Jeremy Fassler
  42. scene study
    The Hayao Miyazaki Sequences That Changed Animators’ LivesAfter 12 films, 60 years, and countless drawings, these are the moments his devotees can’t forget.
    By Eric Vilas-Boas
  43. vulture lists
    Every Studio Ghibli Film, RankedThe animation powerhouse behind some of the best films ever made is back with The Boy and the Heron.
    By Brian Tallerico
  44. trailer mix
    Inside Out 2 Is Coming *Anxiety Increases*Enchantée, Ennui.
    By Jason P. Frank
  45. that’s all folks?
    Red Carpet Premiere & Party For Peacock's New Comedy Series "MacGruber"
    Will Forte Briefly Reunited With Wile E. Coyote“It’s incredible,” the star said on seeing the canceled Coyote vs. Acme.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  46. between two frames
    The Best Anime Streaming Services of AllSimulcasts? Dubs? Free subscriptions??? Let us guide you.
    By Rafael Motamayor
  47. adaptation nation
    Isn’t This Supposed to Be Fun?Netflix’s live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender makes the mistake of treating the original like a sacred text.
    By Jackson McHenry
  48. essential episodes
    20 Essential Episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of KorraYou could watch the Netflix live-action adaptation or you could just revisit one of the best animated shows of all time.
    By Kambole Campbell
  49. my cabbages!
    Enter the Avatar StateThe live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender has a new clip, a trailer, and a release date.
    By Jason P. Frank
  50. trailer mix
    Hey Invincible, Aliens With Tentacles Are CallingCreepy new aliens are cruising for a bruising in Invincible’s newest trailer.
    By Alejandra Gularte
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