Samurai 7
Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai turned into a 26-episode anime, and somehow it works. The setup is the same as the 1954 film: a rice village robbed every harvest by mechanized bandits hires seven hungry samurai to fight back. What the anime…
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Robotech
In 1999, an alien ship crashes on South Atalia Island. Humans then know that they are not alone in space. Ten years later the ship has been rebuilt and named the SDF-1 Macross. However, on the day of its take…
Samurai Champloo
Hip hop and Edo-era Japan should not mix this well. From the director of Cowboy Bebop comes the same magic trick with a new soundtrack: two masterless swordsmen, the wild brawler Mugen and the precise ronin Jin, dragged across Japan…
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
The sequel everyone warned you about, and the honest verdict is more complicated than the memes. Boruto follows Naruto’s son and a new Team 7, and the anime made a choice that defines the experience: most of its run is…
One Piece
The greatest long form story in anime, and after more than 1,100 episodes it is still going. Monkey D. Luffy wants to be King of the Pirates, and the journey to that dream is an ocean sized saga that has…
Fullmetal Alchemist
The 2003 original, and the question every new fan asks: which Fullmetal do I watch first? The honest answer: they are two different shows that share a first act. The 2003 series ran while the manga was still being written,…
Naruto: Shippuden
The series that turned Naruto from a popular shonen into a generational one. Shippuden picks up two and a half years later: the kids are older, the stakes are real, and the story builds toward a war that engulfs every…
Dragon Ball Kai
The answer to the question every new fan asks: do I really have to watch 291 episodes of Z? Dragon Ball Kai is the official recut, trimming the original series down to about 159 episodes by removing the filler arcs…
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…
Dragon Ball Super
The official continuation, picking up after Buu with Goku and Vegeta training under gods. Super starts rough: the animation in the first arc wobbles and the retellings of the Battle of Gods and Resurrection F movies are the weakest stretch…