This standalone movie commits to its larger-than-life sports anime premise and lets its female leads be almost terrifyingly competent athletes, giving them meaningful character arcs along to way, too.
This year had a range of anime for just about every taste, and the result is one of our biggest year-end lists ever!
The team shares their picks from a season characterized by ambitious originals and solid sequels.
It’s time to check up on the spring shows and see how they’re doing three(ish) weeks into their run!
Any anime can have an outlandish concept that sounds ridiculous on its face, but it takes work to really sell those ideas beyond a single punchline. It’s not clear if Pretty Derby will get there or sink into being a plain old “cute girls do the sports” anime, but it’s certainly got style.
