Pokemon
Ash, Pikachu, and 25 plus years of the adventure that defined a generation’s childhood. The Indigo League run is comfort viewing royalty: the nostalgia is load bearing, and the show knows it. The honest take: this is not a prestige…
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Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War
The final arc of Bleach, adapted a decade after the original series stopped, and it is staggering how good it looks: movie grade animation, brutal choreography, and a story with actual stakes after years of the original show spinning its…
Dragon Ball Daima
Akira Toriyama’s final work, and it plays like a love letter to the whole series. After a mysterious wish turns Goku and friends small again, the crew dives into the Demon Realm for a 20 episode adventure that feels like…
Dandadan
Aliens are real, ghosts are real, and the boy who believes in ghosts meets the girl who believes in aliens. Science Saru’s animation makes every fight a jam session, and the leads’ bickering chemistry is instant. The turbo granny arc…
Chainsaw Man
A boy saddled with debt merges with his chainsaw devil dog and becomes a weapon for the government’s devil hunters. MAPPA’s film grade production, the needle drops, and Denji’s simple dreams, real bread, a normal life, make this the coolest…
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
The demon king is dead, the hero party won, and the elf mage who will live a thousand more years finally notices how brief her human friends’ lives were. Frieren then walks back through the world collecting moments she missed…
Solo Leveling
The weakest hunter in the world gets a game like system that lets him level up without limit, and the power fantasy is executed with total commitment. Sung Jinwoo starts as prey and becomes something the world has never seen,…
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
A boy joins the demon slayer corps after his family is slaughtered and his sister is turned, and the quest to cure her drives a gorgeous, surprisingly emotional adventure. Ufotable’s animation turns every fight into a painting, and the Mugen…
Jujutsu Kaisen
A student swallows a cursed finger and becomes the host of a legendary demon, and the fight against curses begins. MAPPA’s animation is the best in the business right now: every battle is a showcase, and the Shibuya arc is…
Attack on Titan
Humanity’s last city hides behind giant walls from giants that eat people, and the truth behind the walls becomes one of the most ambitious stories anime has ever told. What starts as a monster thriller turns into a war epic…