Happy endings are becoming more and more rare when it comes to anime series in the modern era, with the focus of current series trending more towards bleak, bittersweet, or hopeful at best. The ...

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While 2025 was dominated by massive series like Solo Leveling, the year’s best anime span an impressive range of genres, sources, and storytelling.

While anime with happier premises are nice, sometimes it can be oddly refreshing to binge a series or two that are bittersweet, depict harsh realities, or are just downright depressing. Whether doing ...

People often disregard anime as mere cartoons, but it's in these movies that some of the greatest stories take place. When the studio isn’t concerned about casting issues, creating realistic-looking ...