10,000 Anime Strong Throng at Project A-Kon

Dallas hosts the longest-running anime convention in North America

"...year, Texas has the honor of hosting the longest-running anime convention in North America: Project A-Kon. I go every..."

June 18, 2009 Screens Post by Frederick Stanton

Is Anime Pop … Austin’s Primo Anime Shop?

You betcher Godzilla-sized Gundam it is, baby

"...Where’s a person gonna get their anime fix in this town?..."

Sept. 25, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Venturing into Anime

Ikkicon returns for fifth New Year with Adult Swim star

"...Central Texas anime fans are probably feeling pretty smug around now. While..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Anime Beyond Miyazaki Arrives in Austin

Films like I Want to Eat Your Pancreas are changing American tastes for Japanese animation

"...The dominating U.S. opinion on anime – Japanese animated features – used to split the..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Spirited Anime

Director Shinichiro Watanabe translates his much-loved television series Cowboy Bebop to the big screen.

"...Japanese anime has long been the Rodney Dangerfield of the animation..."

April 4, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Supareal: Live Djs vs. Anime

"...Directed by: Various. Supareal: Live DJs vs. Anime continues the Alamo Drafthouse's groundbreaking Movie & Music program..."

March 29, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Makoto Shinkai, the Other Anime Master, Comes to AFS

The early works of Makoto Shinkai, the genius behind Your Name

"...The most important anime director working today is, without argument, Makoto Shinkai. Three..."

June 2, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Behind the Scenes on Netflix’s New Austin-Made, Mexico-Set Anime

The many hands of Powerhouse Animation make light work of Seis Manos

"...of it in any way that I can.'" When anime experts Viz Media first expressed interest in the show,..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

ATX Television: Bailey Breaks into Anime

'Party of Five's Scott Wolf hangs with the vocal elite for 'Kaijudo'

"...fact, there's been so many franchises that blur the gaming/anime lines (Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh!) etc etc that it's arguably a..."

June 6, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

' SPEED RACER' Anime at UNITED STATES ART AUTHORITY!

"...the way for the import of Japanese cartoons (or Anime, or Japanimation, or whatever you want to call it)..."

May 4, 2008 Events Post by Logan Youree

Animation Station

Through ADVision, Austin has become a hotspot for producing English-dubbed anime. Who knew?

"...particular mouthful comes from Samurai X, a long-running Japanese anime series being dubbed into English -- like thousands of..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Summer Wars

Charming anime about families, social media, and summer love

"...Totoro), Summer Wars is every bit as good as anime fans have been hoping it would be. (All two..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spriggan

"...alone animated ones. Spriggan makes great use of the anime medium's resources, and it's accessible enough to captivate any..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Jay Hardwig

Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn

Part one of epic anime quest is a fine first step

"...it seems like the perfect fodder for a fantasy anime, and that's exactly what Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn..."

March 15, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

X

"...cries a bloodied character midway through director Rintaro's apocalyptic anime bloodfest. What, indeed. As is so often the case..."

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Perfect Blue

"...it struck me: Perfect Blue is almost note-for-note an anime version of some of Italian director Dario Argento's more..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

The end of the rebuilt epic anime digs deep

"...In the long history of mecha anime – the Japanese genre of giant robots smashing and..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night

New adaptation of the MMORPG anime

"...know what that means" and "want to watch an anime about being trapped in one."..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Promare

DayGlo anime explosion makes firefighters cool and kinetic

"...Directing the first feature for TV anime outfit Studio Trigger, anime master Hiroyuki Imaishi (Gurren Lagann,..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Boy and the Beast

Japanese anime film is a fully immersive experience

"...The Boy and the Beast’s main (mane?) draw for anime enthusiasts is the movie’s fully immersive, albeit dueling, realities...."

March 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rooster Teeth's RWBY Goes to Japan

The Austin anime gets a Japanese-made spinoff show

"...smash from Austin's Rooster Teeth, gets called an American anime a lot, and across its eight seasons the influence..."

July 1, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Metropolis

"...Rintaro. If your experience thus far with Japanese animation (anime) has been limited to late-afternoon brushes with the Cartoon..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

Animated Japanese sequel about the legendary bounty hunter.

"...exuberant disregard for the niceties of the Disney/Pixar set, anime will always be the odds-on favorite among fans of..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Summers of Youth: Director Atsuko Ishizuka Says Goodbye, Don Glees!

The anime artist creates a new tale of adolescence and loss

"...In an era when it seems like every anime released in the West is either another chapter in..."

Feb. 18, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Wings of Honneamise: Royal Space Force

"...open up the distribution doors for more seriously themed anime on these shores. The tale begins unpromisingly as a..."

March 31, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive – Scherzo of Deep Night

MMORPG anime puts the grind into dungeon grinding

"...Night and the latest installment in the massively successful anime franchise about schoolkids trapped in a virtual fantasy MMORPG..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond

High fantasy anime loses its magic with an airless script

"...Why would an anime make the transition from series to film? Sometimes to..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie

The anti-harem anime gets a suitably heartwarming resolution

"...but there have been long discussions about sexualization in anime, especially of teenagers. But there's one particular corner of..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Pompo: The Cinéphile

Giddy anime about life and love in the film biz

"...Dead. Now, there's Pompo: The Cinéphile, a giddy, heartfelt anime that celebrates how passionate people can be about moviemaking,..."

April 29, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Weathering With You

A magical rainy adventure in Tokyo with sympathy for the underdog

"...holds a special place in Japanese culture and in anime, most recently in Masaaki Yuasa's ocean-driven double bill of..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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