Super Sentai is easily the most famous subgenre of Tokusatsu. This Japanese term refers to live action films and shows that make heavy use of special effects. Typically, these shows involve fantasy, ...

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From the dystopian teen series The 100 to the iconic masterpiece The Twilight Zone, we highlight the best sci-fi shows streaming on Prime Video.

Seinen anime represent the genre’s intellectual and emotional adulthood. The term seinen literally means “young man,” and it ...

Let me start with a confession: before Akira, I thought anime was just a collection of overly dramatic while defying every law of physics. And while Dragon Ball Z has its charm (don’t come for me, ...

The world of “Star Wars” is full of scoundrels that fans can’t help but love for their swagger and independent moral code, and “Visions” installments “The Smuggler” and “The Bounty Hunters” add to ...

Isekai (“another world”) is a genre notorious for junk, simply because of the sheer influx of shows of the kind that ...

This article was first published in Japanese in Litterae Populi magazine (Autumn 2025, Vol. 75). Hatsune Miku, the "virtual ...