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Lena Headey as Fiona Nolan in "The Abandons" (MATTHIAS CLAMER/Netflix)

10 ways to beat the post-holiday blues

Kelly McClure, Erin Keane, Andi Zeisler, Natalie Moore, Troy Farah, Jason Kyle Howard, Hanh Nguyen
(Photo illustration by Salon / Adult Swim / Netflix / ©Hyuganatsu, Imagica Infos / “The Apothecary Diaries” Project)

The best animation of 2025

Hanh Nguyen, Melanie McFarland, Coleman Spilde
"Little Amélie or the Character of Rain" (GKIDS)

The films preparing kids for the worst

Coleman Spilde
"Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle" (Koyoharu Gotoge/Shueisha Aniplex/ufotable)

The anime antidote to American fatigue

Coleman Spilde
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"Kpop Demon Hunters": Special delivery from Derpy tiger (Netflix)

KPop Demon Hunters' derpy tiger origins

Hanh Nguyen
"Kpop Demon Hunters": Jeoseung saja Jinu just wants a bit of your soul that's all (Netflix)

The K-pop obsession with your soul

Hanh Nguyen
"Dandadan" poster (Yukinobu Tatsu/Shueisha, DANDADAN Production Committee)

2024's best anime and its viral opener

Kambole Campbell
Look Back (Tatsuki Fujimoto/Shueisha)

Oh the humanity! A "Look Back" at art

Michael Lee
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Héra voiced by Gaia Wise in New Line Cinema’s and Warner Bros. Animation’s epic anime adventure “Lord Of The Rings: War of Rohirrim" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

"LOTR" anime is beautiful franchise slop

Coleman Spilde
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse | Blue Eye Samurai | The Boy and the Heron (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Sony Pictures Entertainment/Netflix/Studio Ghibli)

12 biggest moments in animation in 2023

Michael Lee
Yvette Nicole Brown | Frog and Toad (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/AppleTV+)

"Community" star talks "Frog and Toad"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Talon Proc Alford as Eddy Skycedar, Isis Celilo Rogers as Summer Skycedar and Wačíŋyeya Iwáš’aka Yracheta as Kodi Skycedar in "Spirit Rangers" (Courtesy of Netflix)

"Spirit Rangers," stewards of the land

Alison Stine
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Flee (Neon)

Animating conflict & refugees in "Flee"

Yael Friedman, Deborah Shaw - The Conversation
"Phoenix Rising" illustration (HBO Max)

"Phoenix Rising" and the art of trauma

Alison Stine
"Peacemaker" main titles (HBO Max)

Bringing Peacemaker's Eagly to life

Hanh Nguyen
Shaylee and Gloria in "Madagascar A Little Wild" (DreamWorks Animation)

How one actor is using ASL in animation

Alison Stine
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Susan Wokoma as Rosa, Helena Bonham Carter as Jen, Paul Kaye as Cosmos in "The House" (Netflix)

Climate anxiety in Netflix's "The House"

Alison Stine
Hank Azaria (Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images)

Azaria sorry Apu has become a "slur"

Ashlie D. Stevens
I Lost My Body (Netflix)

"I Lost My Body" deserves a hand

Ashlie D. Stevens
Studio Ghibli's "Princess Mononoke", "Howl's Moving Castle" and "Spirited Away" (Studio Ghibli)

Studio Ghibli film rights go to HBO Max

Ashlie D. Stevens
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Rick appreciating the little things in season 4 of Rick and Morty. New season premieres in November. (Warner Media Group/Adult Swim)

"Rick and Morty" Season 4 trailer

Ashlie D. Stevens
"Rick and Morty" (Adult Swim)

"Rick and Morty" s4 more serialized

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
(Disney/Pixar)

"Toy Story" stares into the darkness

Matthew Rozsa
"Bob's Burgers" creator/producer Loren Bouchard (Getty/Frederick M. Brown/Fox/Salon)

"Bob's Burgers" creator making new show

Liz Shannon Miller - Indiewire
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