Anime

Anime

Anime is not a genre, it's an open-ended world of stories. Every week, we deliver the rapidly growing anime audience new recommendations, deep dives into the classics, culture reports from inside the fandoms, and interviews with creators and A-list stars who are obsessed as we are. Welcome to Polygon's Anime for All.

Kaiju No. 8 goes from zero-to-100 with a great first episode cliffhanger

By Toussaint Egan

Crush of the week: Haikyu!!’s coach Ukai

By Petrana Radulovic

Anime

Netflix’s My Oni Girl features a 9-minute-long Spirited Away homage

By Tasha Robinson

My favorite anime: Singer-songwriter Yaeji on the shows she loves

By Toussaint Egan

My Favorite Anime: Mercedes Varnado’s journey from Sailor Moon to My Hero Academia

By Toussaint Egan

The 2024 summer entertainment preview

The must-watch anime to look out for in summer 2024

By Toussaint Egan May 29

The Haikyu!! movie delivers on 4 years of hype — LFGO!!

By Petrana Radulovic May 23

The best anime to watch on Netflix right now

By Toussaint Egan, Ana Diaz, and 1 more May 23

The best anime movies to watch right now

By Toussaint Egan January 30

Why do Delicious in Dungeon’s kobolds look like dogs?

By Simone de Rochefort May 22

My Favorite Anime: Joaquim Dos Santos’ journey from Macross to Sword of the Stranger

By Toussaint Egan May 16

Netflix’s Terminator anime takes the cyborg time war to Tokyo, with a new AI twist

By Michael McWhertor May 15

Mercedes Varnado picks which Sailor Scout would make the best professional wrestler

By Toussaint Egan May 12

Time Patrol Bon is a sci-fi anime odyssey about the value of human life

By Toussaint Egan May 10

Megan Thee Stallion’s new video is a lavish love letter to One Piece, Scott Pilgrim, and Mortal Kombat

By Michael McWhertor May 10

R. Talsorian Games announces a Cyberpunk Edgerunners-themed TTPRG starter kit

By Toussaint Egan May 7

Megan Thee Stallion and more pick which My Hero Academia quirk they would choose

By Toussaint Egan May 3

Delicious in Dungeon was inspired by a video game you might not have heard of

By XTINA GG May 2

AniMay is bringing big discounts on some of our favorite anime

By Alice Jovanée and Toussaint Egan May 1

My Favorite Anime: Che Lingo’s journey from Death Note to Jujutsu Kaisen

By Toussaint Egan May 1

Anime

Marvel’s Iman Vellani dishes on her love of Attack on Titan

‘I can’t think of anything else I’ve watched recently that’s impacted me as much as that’

By Toussaint Egan April 28

The NFL’s DeMarcus Lawrence drafts his anime football dream team

The Dallas Cowboys defensive end has a vision

By Toussaint Egan April 25

The best anime of 2024 so far

By Toussaint Egan and Polygon Staff April 25

Haikyu!! is finally back with a new movie!!

By Petrana Radulovic April 24

Spy x Family Code: White fails the mission by serving every fan

By Petrana Radulovic April 19

Yuri!!! on Ice movie canceled after 7 years in production

By Petrana Radulovic April 19

Demon Slayer season 4 gets official premiere date, new trailer

By Toussaint Egan April 9

The Sand Land anime is proof that Akira Toriyama’s legacy is bigger than Dragon Ball

By Toussaint Egan April 4

Crunchyroll is finally getting profiles so your family can stop messing up your One Piece rewatch

By Austen Goslin April 3

Godzilla x Kong is basically a Dragon Ball movie

By Daniel Dockery March 31

Delicious in Dungeon fans have embraced Senshi the dwarven chef as their sexy cooking daddy

By Susana Polo March 28

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End goes where few fantasy stories dare to go

By Petrana Radulovic March 24

The 5 best anime to watch if you love Stardew Valley

By Toussaint Egan, Ana Diaz, and 1 more March 19

Entertainment

Akira Toriyama never stopped growing up

On Dragon Ball and getting older

By Joshua Rivera March 15

Loungefly’s One Piece collection is for fans who can’t get enough

By Cameron Faulkner March 13

Why Overwatch 2’s Cowboy Bebop collab looks a little odd

By Michael McWhertor March 12

Pokemon Horizons is picking sides in the Violet/Scarlet canon

By Kallie Plagge March 12