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Anime political thrillers explore themes of corruption, terrorism, organized crime, and war with suspenseful elements. Shows like Psycho-Pass and Ghost in the Shell delve into complex moral quandaries surrounding technology and what it means to be human. More grounded entries such as Grave of the Fireflies and Jin-Roh explore human suffering under failed political systems.

From feudal land disputes to conspiracies about virus-infected cyborg terrorists, politics drive the narrative of some of the most thrilling anime. International relations, elections, and human rights are inescapable topics in 2024, which is daunting and confusing. It's sometimes difficult to understand why politics matter, or how the voice of one person can bring about change in a world, but anime political thrillers illustrate the dangers of political apathy with some very bleak outcomes, and inspire activism in the most apolitical of people.

Political thrillers are a genre of fiction characterized by the inclusion of political power struggles,...

Giant mechs are a staple of anime, with the largest mechs in anime history often leaving a proportional impact on the medium. More so than most other mediums, mechs are an important part of anime history. With foundational series like Tetsujin 28-go (or Gigantor as it's known in the U.S.) and Gundam establishing some of the medium's most important tropes and elements, it's left a great deal of room for series like Neon Genesis Evangelion and Eureka 7 to redefine what's possible in mech anime.

Part of redefining what's possible in mech anime also comes with redefining what it truly means to be a giant robot. Once upon a time, Tetsujin 28-go's 50-foot mech was considered an absolute behemoth, but as the years went on, that stature got less and less impressive. Though the size of a mech doesn't necessarily correlate to the quality of the anime it's in,...

Crunchyroll is continuing to expand its cinematic offerings on its streaming service with the addition of more titles it has recently released theatrically, including That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime The Movie: Scarlet Bond, The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie, and Mobile Suit Gundam Cucuruz Doan’s Island. Additionally, a few titles that have never been available to stream outside of Japan will also be available on Crunchyroll, including Free! -the Final Stroke- Part 1 and 2, To Every You I’ve Loved Before, and To Me, The One Who Loved You.

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond is a stand-alone story that takes place after the second season of the popular fantasy adventure anime series it is based on, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, which is adapted from the best-selling light novel of the same name. The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie...

Also out this weekend: ’Holy Spider’, ’Alice, Darling’ and ’Dreaming Walls’.

Damien Chazelle’s Babylon is the widest new release at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, playing at 631 sites for Paramount, and hoping to make a dent on Avatar: The Way Of Water’s box office dominance, after five weeks atop the chart for Disney.

It is Chazelle’s widest release in the territory – beating his Oscar-winning musical La La Land, which opened at 606 sites in 2017 for Lionsgate, and took £5.6m at the box office in its opening weekend, plus £943,751 in previews.

Chazelle’s latest paints a hedonistic portrait of 1920s and 1930s Hollywood,...

The concept of reincarnation into video-game like worlds of sword and magic is one that has been gaining much traction recently in the anime world, with titles as this particular one and “Jobless Reincarnation” being the main “representatives” although in a rather different approach. In that regard, “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime” follows a more “PG13” path that remains, though, quite entertaining.

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Satoru Mikami is an ordinary 37-year-old corporate worker living in Tokyo. He is almost content with his monotonous life, despite the fact that he doesn’t have a girlfriend. During a casual encounter with a colleague, an assailant pops out of nowhere and tries to stab his friend. Mikami jumps in front of the assailant, and is injured severely, soon after succumbing to his wounds. However, instead of dying, he finds himself reincarnated in another world, but not with his former appearance,...