Anime is not a genre, it’s an open-ended world of stories. Every week, we deliver the rapidly growing anime audience new recommendations, deep dives into the classics, culture reports from inside the fandoms, and interviews with creators and A-list stars who are obsessed as we are. Welcome to Polygon’s Anime for All.
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The manga behind Netflix's best horror anime is ending
After 51 chapters, manga creator Mokumokuren is ending the series as intended
Batman’s most unforgettable defeat has a near-perfect anime parallel
One villain from this beloved modern anime has very similar methods to Bane
5 shonen anime that are 10/10 perfect masterpieces, no notes
These brilliant shonen stories cleverly subvert expectations
5 strongest characters in Kaiju No. 8
Naoya Matsumoto's acclaimed manga is chock-full of powerful characters
7 years later, one Vinland Saga line remains anime’s greatest lesson about violence
Few anime protagonists have a harder challenge than Thorfinn
5 most terrifying devils in all of Chainsaw Man
These entities tap into the most deep-seated human fears
The next Madoka Magica movie is getting an IMAX release in series first
Japanese audiences can see Walpurgisnacht Rising on the biggest screen around
Japan’s latest anime box office hit is leaving children crying in fear
The Chiikawa series isn’t exactly what you’d expect.
26 years later, anime's most influential vampire movie deserves another bite
One of anime’s best vampire stories trades gothic exuberance for dimly-lit horror unlike anything seen since
10 anime that delivered better endings than Attack on Titan (#1 is pitch-perfect)
Stories that end on a cohesive, satisfying note
A dying yakuza confronts the sins of his past in The Last Blossom anime trailer
Studio CLAP's latest feature arrives in theaters for two nights only this August
Studio Ghibli's most misunderstood fantasy returns to theaters after 20 years
Goro Miyazaki's debut feature remains the boldest and most hotly debated creative gambles in the studio's history
Say goodbye to the most influential coming-of-age anime of the century leaving Netflix
A subversive battle shonen with tremendous payoff
Before False Memory arrives, binge the six-episode anime that changed a generation
The coming-of-age story that never gets old
Crunchyroll's supernatural new sleeper hit is Chainsaw Man for cat people — with ninjas
The modern supernatural shonen that started it all finally gets an anime adaptation
A new My Hero Academia story officially releases in 2 weeks
A short but sweet peek into a beloved character's life as a musician
10 best anime to watch if you love The Odyssey (#4 is a near-perfect masterpiece)
Epic tales about heroic journeys and hard-earned homecomings
Chainsmoker Cat understands the impossible math of addiction
Yaniko’s journey is anything but pretty, and that grime is exactly what makes her story so compelling