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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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
10 best anime to watch if you love Christopher Nolan movies (#5 is even trippier than Interstellar)
These Nolan-esque anime are well worth your time
Studio Ghibli veterans' new movie looks stunning in latest trailer
Cocoon - One Summer of Girlhood looks like a spiritual successor to one of Ghibli's most poignant films
Satoshi Kon’s mind-bending sci-fi masterpiece is free to stream on Tubi
Kon died in 2010, leaving behind an incredible legacy of movies and shows, but one film towers above the rest
Sony’s Crunchyroll store changes feel like subscription culture gone too far
After announcing the end of physical Playstation media, the corp builds yet another wall in the garden
20 years later, anime's greatest coming-of-age story still feels timeless
The secret to Mamoru Hosoda’s anime has always been understanding what we’re afraid to lose
Anime's biggest creators have a surprising vision for anime's future
The Ghost in the Shell and ZAN creators explain why hand-drawn, analog style can never be replaced
Memories is an overlooked anime masterpiece every fan owes it to themself to see
An immersive trifecta of stories
13 Anime Expo 2026 announcements every anime fan needs to know
From Edgerunners to Steel Ball Run, Anime Expo delivered a packed slate
The 10 best Anime Expo 2026 announcements you probably missed
From anime about dinosaurs facing off against ninjas to period dramas, here’s everything you missed at AX26
Chainsmoker Cat is an anti-smoking PSA full of harrowing moments and too many poop jokes
This is without a doubt the strangest new anime of the summer
New Suikoden anime trailer showcases a slick look for this classic RPG adaptation
Konami's adaptation premiers later this year
Attack on Titan went south long before its controversial ending
The hit anime series lost its primal appeal when it started focusing on lore and politics
The 5 greatest rivalries in anime, ranked
Some rivalries have altered the trajectory of our favorite anime classics
24 years ago, this forgotten series predicted one of anime’s biggest fantasy trends
Long before Frieren, this overlooked supernatural series imagined a world where magic was ordinary, bureaucratic, and quietly unsettling
Attack on Titan studio just revealed its risky new sci-fi show with 3 Body Problem vibes
LONA looks to be another ambitious swing from WIT Studio
The next great fantasy anime The Bugle Call gets announcement trailer
The series from CyberAgent and CA Soa studio is out in 2027
36 years ago, the best cyberpunk saga ever made got a second shot at a happy ending
"There must be a future that we can choose for ourselves"
Netflix's most surprising new anime is already impossible to ignore
MAPPA's newest anime combines adorable character designs with criminal chaos