Ask the average American if animation is a legitimate medium for adult storytelling, and you’ll get a blank stare—or worse, a chuckle. Cartoons, after all, are “just for kids.”
Meanwhile, anime studios crank out blood-soaked cyberpunk dystopias, cerebral psychodramas, and multi-layered fantasy epics that would give a Western TV executive a heart attack. …
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