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Looking out at the year ahead in anime, 2022 will be a big year, full of highly anticipated new projects, the long-awaited return of dormant series, and, of course, whatever fun surprises that pop up in between.

The Best Anime of 2022 (So Far)

Netflix

It’s a tale as old as time: a boy meets and falls in love with a sentient bubble that dresses like an idol.

Netflix's Anime Movie 'Bubble' Invents a New Kind of Post-Apocalypse

Nation

After two years of calendar shifts, 2022's anime slate is firming up and it's chock-full of titles we've been anticipating for a while.

Anime TV Shows and Movies We Can't Wait to Watch in 2022

Madhouse

Coming off the back of a year riddled with delays and calendar reshuffling in literally every aspect of entertainment (and live-action movies and TV shows, in particular), the Winter 2021 anime season came storming out the gates, and spring and summer swiftly passed along the baton to make up for lost time.

The 20 Best Anime of 2021

A season that feels incredibly long-awaited, Stone Ocean is something of a finale for a narrative that JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure has been telling for the better part of a decade.

'JoJo's Bizarre Adventure' Returns with the Long-Awaited 'Stone Ocean'

The Rewatch

Funimation Films

It’s been 23 years since the release of Cowboy Bebop, the beloved anime series created by Shinichiro Watanabe, and 20 since its interquel movie Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, or Cowboy Bebop:Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door, in Japan.

'Cowboy Bebop' Already Got a Worthy Follow-Up in the Movie 'Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door'

TV Tokyo 

This year has already given us plenty of exciting new anime to work with, like the genre-upending Wonder Egg Priority, the incredible and absurd Sk∞ (aka Skate the Infinity), and the back half of Season 1 of everyone's new anti-shonen favorite Jujutsu Kaisen.

Anime We Can't Wait to See in 2021

Disney+

The pairing of Star Wars with anime production is both long-awaited and inevitable (indeed, you can even hear some famous Lucasfilm sound effects in anime productions like Naruto).

All the Anime Intel You Need to Fully Appreciate the Splendor of 'Star Wars: Visions' 

Amazon Prime Video

The creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion Hideaki Anno once cryptically referred to the series as "a story that repeats," a statement that has dual meaning.

'Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time' Ends the Legendary Anime Once and for All 

GKIDS

It’s been 20 years this week since Hayao Miyazaki’s wondrous rite-of-passage saga Spirited Away was first released in theaters in Japan.

20 Years Later, 'Spirited Away' Is Still a Perfect Film

HBO Max

Adventure Time’s bittersweet 2018 ending, "Come Along With Me," was perfect, an ode to the act of storytelling as it passed the tales of the Land of Ooo's heroes onto a generation untold years into the future.

HBO Max's 'Adventure Time' Special 'Together Again' Reunites Finn & Jake For One Last Quest

To get something out of the way: The (lavishly titled) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie: Mugen Train is, essentially, more Demon Slayer.

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The Best Anime of 2022 (So Far)

The latest, greatest anime series from this year.

Netflix's Anime Movie 'Bubble' Invents a New Kind of Post-Apocalypse

Director Tetsurō Araki explains blending 'The Little Mermaid' with gravity-defying parkour to create the gorgeous new anime.

Anime TV Shows and Movies We Can't Wait to Watch in 2022

It's a good year to be an anime fan.

The 20 Best Anime of 2021

There's plenty of great new anime to watch from the last year.

'JoJo's Bizarre Adventure' Returns with the Long-Awaited 'Stone Ocean'

Despite some production flaws, Netflix's 'Stone Ocean' is as wild as ever.

'Cowboy Bebop' Already Got a Worthy Follow-Up in the Movie 'Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door'

It's been 20 years since 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door,' essentially a feature-length episode of 'Cowboy Bebop.'

Anime We Can't Wait to See in 2021

From the upcoming 'Demon Slayer' Season 2 to a bunch of excellent-looking series.

All the Anime Intel You Need to Fully Appreciate the Splendor of 'Star Wars: Visions'

If you're a fan of Disney+'s new 'Star Wars' anthology and want to get into more anime, this guide should help you discover what to watch next.

'Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time' Ends the Legendary Anime Once and for All

The fourth of the Rebuild films, 'Thrice Upon a Time' revisits our favorite Eva pilots for a final, relatively hopeful sendoff.

20 Years Later, 'Spirited Away' Is Still a Perfect Film

Never pandering to its young audience, Hayao Miyazaki used space and stillness to let his gorgeous movie breathe.

HBO Max's 'Adventure Time' Special 'Together Again' Reunites Finn & Jake For One Last Quest

'Adventure Time: Distant Lands — Together Again' brings Ooo's heroes back for a final tear-jerker.

The Japanese Box Office-Breaking 'Demon Slayer' Movie Has Finally Made It to the US

The hype for 'Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train' is absolutely massive, and the anime could slice straight through the US box office.