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Nobody: To Each Brave Soul That Dares to Begin
"I want to live the life I want to live."
Shiboyugi: This is a Story About a Deranged World
Anime these days is supposed to be a vehicle for other people’s ideas. Shiboyugi, though, has its own voice.
Life, Death, and Octopus Pie
There are no endings in Octopus Pie. People are always becoming better and becoming worse.
Fly, Nahji, Fly! Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
That’s what Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit is about. The slow, inevitable passage of the seasons, in all its immensity.
LET'S ROCK 3! My Favorite Opening and Ending Credits of 2025
A banner year for opening credits sequences in anime.
Let's All Be Ghosts: Jaganrei
"Haven't you had enough?" she cries. "You have no right to do things like this!"
GQuuuuuuX Record #12: That's Why I...
The core message of GQuuuuuuX, I think, is freedom.
GQuuuuuuX Record #11: Alphacide
You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
GQuuuuuuX Record #10: Yomagn'tho Blockade
A giant robot is a weapon that looks like a person. But a gun can only be a gun.
GQuuuuuuX Record #9: The Rose of Sharon
A perfect, untouched Earth is a great symbol. But it could never be reality, especially within the world of Gundam.
GQuuuuuuX Record #8: Falling on the Moon
Two halves of GQuuuuuuX this week: an old-school space battle, and a delicious slice of cake.
GQuuuuuuX Record #7: Machu's Rebellion
“There was nothing left for us, and for me it was as if invisible monsters were hiding out in the world.”
GQuuuuuuX Record #6: The Plot to Assassinate Kycilia
While the children are away, the adults will play.
GQuuuuuuX Record #5: Nyaan Doesn't Know About Kira-Kira
This week, GQuuuuuuX is operating in at least three registers at once and doing them all pretty well.
GQuuuuuuX Record #4: The Witch's War
One thing's for certain: Yoji Enokido is back on his bullshit.
That's What Love Is: Kou Kou Kyoushi
Before he wrote the script to the infamous 2021 anime Wonder Egg Priority, Shinji Nojima was responsible for the 1993 "social drama" Kou Kou Kyoushi.
GQuuuuuuX Record #3: Machu in Clan Battle
After last week’s trip to the past, we return to Side 6 in the year 0085.
GQuuuuuuX Record #2: The White Gundam
After Tsurumaki's grand return to television anime last week, it's Hideaki Anno's turn.
GQuuuuuuX Record #1: The Red Gundam
GQuuuuuuX marks the return of director Kazuya Tsurumaki. That’s a big deal.
Death by Swords
The only thing that can beat a hundred falling swords is a hundred swords of your own.
Draw, Natsuko! Zenshu's Tale of Perishing
Could it be that this show I dismissed at the start of the year was great all along?
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX: Beginning is Fanfiction
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX is fanfiction. But what kind of fanfiction? Well, that’s where it gets interesting...
Let's Go! Anime in 2024
At the start of 2025, let's review some of the top animated films and television series of 2024.
The Boy Stares Back: Gundam 0080 War in the Pocket
The machine’s single red eye spots a young boy on that rooftop. The boy stares back.
LET'S ROCK 2! My Favorite Opening and Ending Credits of 2024
We’re at the end of 2024, and so once again it’s time for a yearly round-up of anime opening and ending credits.
Slacker Chimera: Ghost Cat Anzu
Just like its titular character, Ghost Cat Anzu is a bit of a chimera.
Looking Back at Look Back
No matter how good you are, even if you have the style and sense of humor of a grade schooler, you possess the capacity in some form to…
Very Important Animals: The Concierge
The wisdom to know when somebody’s rude behavior stems not from cruelty, but an unfulfilled need; that’s what it takes to understand both humans and animals.
That's Why I Pushed Her: Dakara Watashi wa Oshimashita
Ai has to decide what her own dream is. She can’t just fill the hole in her heart with somebody else’s dream.
Good Tennis: Let's Talk About Challengers
What does Challengers have to do with the 2014 anime classic Ping Pong: The Animation?
Battle of the Bands: The Girls Band Cry Phenomenon
Girls Band Cry and its predecessors ask the question: how do you convey your passion, anguish and alienation to others without scaring them away?
X-Men '97 and the Superhero Soap Opera
Another woman stumbles over the threshold. Everybody yells: “Jean?!” It was at that moment that I realized X-Men ‘97 was a superhero soap opera.
I Was a Teenage Monkey: The Darwin Incident
The Darwin Incident is a big, brash suspense thriller that takes on some of the most fraught issues of our time. Is that enough?
A Doctor is Not God: The Great White Tower
In which we investigate a classic 2003 Japanese television drama, and learn about hubris.
Where Does the Doomsday Train Go?
You don’t need to be incredible to keep the audience tuning in every week. You don’t even need an original idea. All you need is for the audience…
Adults Don't Deserve Rights: The Anger of Alien Nine
Sometimes adolescence is weird and gross. But sometimes society itself is the problem. That's Alien Nine.
Dragons and Drawings: Akira Toriyama and Dragon Quest
In honor of Akira Toriyama's passing, let's discuss one of his greatest works: the character and monster designs of the long-running Dragon Quest series.
That Beautiful Child: Kids Are All Right
In a first for ANIWIRE, we're tackling a Korean webcomic: Kids Are All Right, a nostalgic and occasionally cruel story of childhood.
Let's Go! Anime in 2023
It’s the start of the new year! In that spirit, here’s a list of memorable moments from last year. Where has anime been? Where is it going?
Come Together Just Think of Tomorrow: Irresponsible Captain Tylor
This year, I chose the science fiction workplace comedy Irresponsible Captain Tylor. Thus, I began my journey…
Sona-Nyl of the Violet Shadows: An Interview with yukino
An interview with professional programmer yukino, regarding the English release of cult classic visual novel Sona-Nyl of the Violet Shadows.
How Do You Die? Coming to Grips With The Boy and the Heron
Let's discuss Hayao Miyazaki's newest and most confounding film, The Boy and the Heron.