Animation

Be it hand-drawn, CGI, and the various other techniques, the animation tag focuses on fully or partly animated productions.

Tehura (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

When your culture is commercialized and its history downplayed or erased, there are times you have to remind yourself and others that who you are isn’t for someone’s entertainment.

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

This coming-of-age story subverts what you may think it is about, based on the “Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko” trailer, and leaves you a tear-stained mess by the time it’s over.

Love Death + Robots: Volume III – Summary/ Review (with Spoilers)

“Love Death + Robots” Volume III may not have the same story diversity as past volumes, but it is still a fun time for those who love animation.

Love Death + Robots: Jibaro (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

While Jibaro is beautiful, it is dull enough to pause, do something else, and then return to.

Love Death + Robots: In Vaulted Hall Entombed (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

In a short so good you wish you were playing it, In Vaulted Halls Entombed feels like a series of cut scenes from a AAA game.

Love Death + Robots: Mason’s Rats (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

Vermin are invading forces, and Mason decides, with them escalating things, he is going to match their energy and surpass them.

Love Death + Robots: Swarm (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

Swarm is one of the first from Volume III which pushes you to want a sequel if/when we get a volume IV.

Love Death + Robots: Kill Team Kill (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

Government soldiers face off against a mecha bear that has killed dozens without mercy.

Love Death + Robots: Night of the Mini Dead (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

Night of the Mini Dead gives you Robot Chicken vibes in the best way.

Love, Death + Robots: Bad Travelling (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

A crew trying to deliver oil encounters a giant crustucian which wants safe passage to a local island to feed. Will they sacrifice others to save themselves?

LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS: Three Robots: Exit Strategies – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

Love Death + Robots produces its first sequel, and it features the three comedic robots continuing their exploration of the remains of human civilization.

Vampire In The Garden: Season 1/ Episode 1 [Premiere] – Recap/ Review

Humans (The Warms) battle for survival against a vampire invasion that has pushed their people to the brink of extinction.

Bubble (2022) – Review/ Summary

Bubble is an absolutely beautiful movie to look at, with a very simple plot and set of characters.

Pompo: The Cinephile – Review/ Summary

Pompo The Cinephile is an ode to anyone who has a dream who sacrificed for it, and were ready to settle when they thought their dream was soon to die.

Spy X Family: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Mission 1: Operation Strix” [Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)

With a nearly perfect balance of comedy, action, and emotional moments, Spy x Family is more than meets the eye.

Tomodachi Game: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Huh? Yuichi-kun Suspects His Friends?” [Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)

Tomodachi Game is likely to be the show you will clamor for the next episode of and wish it was available to be binge-watched.

Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road: Season 1/ Episode 1 “The Executioner” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)

Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road focuses not on the special individual from our world but the person who is tasked with killing them.

Adam By Eve: A Live In Animation (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

In what sometimes feels like a series of intros and outros to various anime, we watch the musician ever perform as multiple interlacing stories about a one-eyed being are explored.

Night Bus (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

In this unfolding mystery, you may find yourself underestimating what will happen – thus leading to your mouth gaping by the end.

Swallow The Universe (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

Swallow The Universe is pure “What The F***” as it tells the story about a young person fighting off gods and animals who want their face.

Meal On The Plate (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

In a way, Meal On The Plate seems to poke fun at those who have an aversion to vegetables and makes for a precautionary tale you could show children (of a certain age).

Chilly & Milly (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

In this tearjerker, a son talks to his mom about the love of her life, his father.

Belle (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

Belle touches your heart in every which way possible. Be it through song, exploring a person’s trauma, or by instilling hope that one day you may not move on but at least heal.

Tokyo Twenty Fourth Ward: Season 1/ Episode 1 “RGB” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)

With the rare 40+ minute pilot, Tokyo 24th Ward seems to want to set a difficult precedent for other anime to follow in 2022.

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation: Season 1 (Part 2) – Summary/ Review (with Spoilers)

Jobless Reincarnation is the epitome of a show being so good, you’ll excuse the one thing that would tank any other show.

The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated In Another World As An Aristocrat: Season 1 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

Despite its obnoxiously long title, The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated In Another World As An Aristocrat stands out amongst the reincarnated shows we’ve seen by presenting someone who isn’t out of their element but still has much to learn.

Sing 2 (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

While Sing 2 still avoids making significant strides in developing its characters, there is no denying that it is a crowd-pleaser.

Encanto (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

Fully expect Encanto to dominate this upcoming award season for its lessons, its themes, its characters, even its immigrant story, it is all too perfect.

Clifford The Big Red Dog (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

Funny, heartwarming, and potentially tear-inducing, Clifford The Big Red Dog not only brings back childhood memories but begins a lovable new story.

Luv U Cuz (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

With an FX/ Adult Swim vibe, Luv U Cuz might be one of the strangest animated shorts out of NewFest but might be one of the most memorable things we’ve seen overall.

The First Time (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

The First Time gives you webcomic-turned short web series vibes, but it is not long enough.

Carino (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

In this three-minute short, we get an innocent and adorable showing of the lengths someone will go through for a crush.

The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated In Another World As An Aristocrat: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Plan 01: Quantum of Trust” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)

You may think this is yet another reborn into a fantasy world anime, and you’d be right. However, this one has a far more interesting protagonist than most.

Takt Op.Destiny: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Chapter 1: Conduct – Creed” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)

Classical music, gorgeous animation, eccentric characters, and over-the-top battles make Takt Op.Destiny a curious but engaging new show.

Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut: Season 1 Episode 1 “The Nosferatu Project” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)

Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut starts its season with a bit of information overload, but once the introductions stop, the fun begins.