The first in the list of anime like Your Lie in April is I Want to Eat Your Pancreas. This romantic drama, based on Yoru Sumino’s novel, is set in a school. Haruki Shiga, an introverted bookworm, ...

That’s definitely a grand statement to make about the director who has become renowned for gorgeous animation. While the aforementioned Hayao Miyazaki (and Studio Ghibli as a whole) are best known for ...

The Garden of Words, From Up on Poppy Hill, A Silent Voice (Images via CoMix Wave Films, Studio Ghibli, Kyoto Animation) Slice-of-life anime storytelling focuses on observation rather than action, ...

Anime artist Yoshitoshi Shinomiya cut his teeth working on films by superstar Japanese filmmaker Makoto Shinkai, including the director’s box office smash hit “Your Name.” Now, Shinomiya is prepping ...

Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the ...