#meta:analoganimation

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There's little question 'D' helped open anime to the West, but its status as an artifact of its moment in time has only become more stark over the years

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Back in print at last, this anthology of robot-themed shorts both delights and serves as a time capsule of anime's state of the art in the mid-'80s

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Calling this a 'sports story' falls so far short of describing how its seething visuals tell a story that'll hit home with most anyone, ping-pong players or not

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Is there any way to get around the prejudices of a modern audience that looks at a classic show and just sees something 'old'?

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So much more than just a lavish Classics Illustrated story, Isao Takahata's brush-painted picture scroll of a movie asks where the real meaning of any of our lives lies

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With this pre-WWII adventure, Hayao Miyazaki gave audiences young and old both a rollicking romp and a thoughtful drama, both in complement and not conflict

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How well has this vintage 1980s homage to action-oriented SF held up? Better, perhaps, for its use of female main characters than for its technology or plotting

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Even if the story's little more than a placeholder, 'REDLINE' seethes with visuals so propulsive and uninhibited, they alone guarantee it a place in anime history