By Tom Speelman
There are few science fiction franchises more iconic than Mobile Suit Gundam. From the pioneering original anime to the billion-dollar industry that is Gunpla, Yoshiyuki Tomino and Sunrise’s pioneering work of the Real Robot genre is so...
By Tom Speelman
The music world was stunned on February 22 when iconic French electronica duo Daft Punk announced they were breaking up—after 28 years and a career that saw them redefine popular music as we know it.
Per Pitchfork, the...
By Tom Speelman
Fantasy is a cornerstone of anime and has been since the medium’s inception—it’s easier and cheaper to have people draw the fantastical and bring it to life than spend billions trying to make the unreal real.
And...
By Tom Speelman
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Since its founding in 2007 by producer Hayato Kaneko, and recruitment of one-time Shaft wunderkind director Shin Onuma as its primary director in 2009, SILVER LINK. has produced some of the best-looking anime to date, season after...
By Tom Speelman
Mamoru Hosoda, much like other legendary creators in the anime space, has found great creative and box office success. That's the power of his original, lavishly and lovingly made anime films.
After his early career at Toei...
EDITOR’S NOTE: What Are You Watching? is a feature series that dives deep into why we love the anime we love. You told us what you were watching, and now we’ll dig into why.
By Tom Speelman
In 2001, Reki Kawahara was...
By Tom Speelman
It happened, believe it! The original Naruto series is now streaming on Funimation. But where to start with this 220-episode classic?
From filler arcs, mixed canon, specialized ninja terms like "hokage" or "jutsu" and a ton of characters...
EDITOR’S NOTE: What Are You Watching? is a feature series that dives deep into why we love the anime we love. You told us what you were watching, and now we’ll dig into why.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: What Are You Watching? is a feature series that dives deep into why we love the anime we love. You told us what you were watching, and now we'll dig into why.
By Tom Speelman
There’s no shortage of...
EDITOR'S NOTE: What Are You Watching? is a feature series that dives deep into why we love the anime we love. You told us what you were watching, and now we'll dig into why.
By Tom Speelman
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Tom Speelman is a contributing writer to Funimation, Polygon, Comic Book Resources and more. He's also worked on over 100 manga and light novels as a proofreader, adapter etc. for Cross Infinite World, Seven Seas Entertainment and J-Novel Club.
