The best animated fantasy shows often outclass their live-action competition, benefiting from limitless visual potential.

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

Though fantasy has always been a big part of animation in the West, it took a bit of a step back in the ‘90s and early ‘00s. The huge success of The Simpsons inspired a similar set of slice-of-life ...

A teen races across Japan trying to close interdimensional doors in Shinkai’s gorgeous, emotionally weighty animation. Credit: Courtesy of Crunchyroll Seventeen-year-old Suzume (voiced by Nanoka Hara ...

There's been an influx of live-action fantasyshows since Game of Thrones, but some of the best additions to the genre are animated series — and the greatest hits among those are worth a watch. Whether ...

Brazil 1977, a time of great mischief.

Born with Autism (formerly classified as Asperger syndrome), Tyler B. Searle has been obsessed with storytelling since he was old enough to speak. He gravitated towards fairy tales, mythology, the ...

With the recent premiere of Studio A-Cat's fantasy anime, The Beginning After the End, in spring 2025, fans have expressed their outrage at the quality of the animation. While the manhwa was highly ...

Some people take the 'magical' feeling of falling in love a bit too literally. While plenty of fantasy anime have romantic subplots, some series make the romance front and center, whether they're set ...