For a certain generation of Black kids — the ones who still remember recording songs off the radio with blank cassette tapes — anime didn’t arrive through old manga volumes or imported VHS tapes. It ...

Last year for Black History Month, I marathoned as many 1970s Blaxploitation classics, deep cuts, and spoofs as I could stomach. This year, though, there’s only one movie I want to recommend. A few ...

Everything has its cycles; rap music is no different. Over the past few years, sales in mainstream rap music have taken a dip ...

Few things in life work together as well as anime and hip hop. In the past few decades, anime has found itself embedded within the rap community. From artists to fans, hip hop culture continues to ...

Vasalya is a South African Anime Features Writer that loves to write about "cool stuff". A natural geek, she has worked at Comic Con Africa, hosted a panel with cosplay champions and celebrates local ...

Every anime fan has their favorite opening—a banger that gets them hyped, sets the mood, and may even earn a spot on their workout playlist. However, alongside these legendary themes that achieve ...