: a style of animation originating in Japan that is characterized by stark colorful graphics depicting vibrant characters in action-filled plots often with fantastic or futuristic themes
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Most of Yamada’s work — including her latest, The Colors Within, currently in select U.S. theaters — is slice-of-life, a popular anime genre that focuses on the mundane.
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Kayti Burt, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2025
Hulu is another option for anime fans, with a collection of over 400 classic and critically acclaimed anime shows and movies such as Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell.
Games on Netflix
Between shows like Cowboy Bebop, Daredevil, and The Witcher, Netflix proudly courts a geeky audience.
—PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2025
In 2021, McDonald’s teamed up with the anime media franchise to include packs of special edition Pokémon trading cards in its Happy Meals, McClatchy News reported.
—Tanasia Kenney, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2025
The news of her death was announced on X by her co-star Veronica Taylor, who voiced Ash and his mother Delia in the English-language dub of the Pokémon anime for its first eight seasons.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Kayti Burt, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2025
Hulu is another option for anime fans, with a collection of over 400 classic and critically acclaimed anime shows and movies such as Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell.
Games on Netflix
Between shows like Cowboy Bebop, Daredevil, and The Witcher, Netflix proudly courts a geeky audience.
—PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2025
In 2021, McDonald’s teamed up with the anime media franchise to include packs of special edition Pokémon trading cards in its Happy Meals, McClatchy News reported.
—Tanasia Kenney, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2025
The news of her death was announced on X by her co-star Veronica Taylor, who voiced Ash and his mother Delia in the English-language dub of the Pokémon anime for its first eight seasons.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Anime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anime. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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