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Anime is famous for its incredible diversity, aiming not just to entertain the viewers but also intellectually stimulate and provoke thought with some of its more complex plots. Despite being best known for action flicks and engaging yet straightforward shonen anime epics, anime offers no shortage of more elaborate stories that captivate audiences with their experimental structure, artistic distinctiveness, and narrative intricacy.

Such anime series can be equally enticing and alienating, often refusing to give the viewers clear answers or guide them through their labyrinthine chronicles. However, many such titles open up differently on a rewatch, and experiencing them multiple times is worthwhile to make out their enigmas. These complex anime films and series might not be the easiest to comprehend, yet their virtues shine through when reviewed more than once.

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Image Credit: Aslak Junttu For those in the more extreme worlds of metal, thall is likely their favorite export from the Nordic countries. The syncopated, earth shattering riffs, coupled with the cold negative space, create an effect unlike any other in the genre. 2024’s standout thall act was undoubtedly the Swedish band Allt, whose album From the New World featured heavily on many “Top Albums of 2024” lists. He’s never really made public before, but guitarist Olle Nordstrom is a massive anime fan, which is precisely why you are seeing this interview on Crunchyroll News. Nordstrom was kind enough to sit down with me to talk through the recording process for the sensational new album, his love of Steins;Gate , and the push and pull of tension and catharsis in anime soundtracks that has captivated his creative mind. How is everything going on your end? It must be nice to...

Japanese record company Nippon Columbia's official YouTube channel is now streaming an opening-size lyric music video for "Shinsekai yori" ("From A New World"), the opening theme song for the Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction anime series. "Shinsekai yori" Lyric Music Video Inio Asano , the Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction manga's original author, wrote the lyrics and composed the music for the song, which was sung by singer ano and Lilas Ikuta (the vocalist of the musical unit Yoasobi ), who were also worked on the theme songs for the anime's two-part film. "Shinsekai yori" released digitally on November 15, and will also be included in the anime's soundtrack album to release on December 25, 2025. "Shinsekai yori" digital jacket Soundtrack album jacket Related : Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction to Stream on Crunchyroll in New Episodic Format The anime adaptation of Inio Asano’s manga Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction first released theatrically...

The 2025 Southbank Centre season begins with visionary pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard joining the Philharmonia, conducted by Manfred Honeck, for a programme spanning the Romantic period. Pierre-Laurent Aimard has earned a reputation as one of the most respected interpreters of Beethoven’s music and on 2 February (3pm) he treats us to a performance of the Third Piano Concerto. The programme also features Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’ and the overture to Weber’s Der Freischütz (The Marksman).

Guest Conductor Marin Alsop leads the orchestra in a Latin American flavoured Valentine’s Day evening that features the world’s leading classical accordionist, Ksenija Sidorova, and 2023 UK Tango Champions Iro Davlanti-Lo and Adrien Bariki-Alaoui. Including Gershwin’s Cuban Overture and Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, the all Piazzolla second half includes Aconcagua Concerto before Tanti Anni Prima for solo accordion and tango dancers and the famous Libertango unites...

Although horror anime is often defined by how successfully a show scares its viewers, how it chooses to do so is flexible, allowing authors and directors to approach the genre from numerous different angles to create vastly different experiences. While many fans are used to the blood, gore, and jumpscares often associated with horror, there is another sub-genre that can be just as frightening in a far more subtle way: psychological horror. Instead of relying on overt scare tactics, psychological horror aims to spook the audience by using their own mind and sanity against them. By testing the character's emotional boundaries alongside their physical ones, in moments of great distress, viewers are treated to mind-bending yet terrifying experiences that may make or break a character's entire psyche. Sometimes, the monster is merely just a monster, but occasionally, it's something far harder to comprehend, and it's that unpredictable threat that makes this genre so thrilling.

Films about cults, although a phenomenon that has tormented particularly countries like Japan and Korea, are not exactly so common, despite the fact that some great titles, as in the case of “Rebirth” by Izuru Narushima do exist. Choi Jeong-min, in his fourth feature, tries to fill this gap with a film that aims at presenting the phenomenon as realistically as possible, although retaining its dramatic premise from beginning to end.

Myeong-seon defected from North Korea with blind, elderly Sin-taek, the leader of the Hwashin Church who worship the God of Light and insist that they can resurrect dead people. Myeong-seon is actually in with Sin-take for this reason, since her son died a while ago and she believes the man can resurrect him. The two live a rather hard life, in a rundown house, with the girl working in a restaurant, trying to attract more people into the cult,...

Some anime characters experience fates worse than death, enduring eternal and unorthodox punishments. Rika Furude in Higurashi: When They Cry lives through parallel worlds and tragic deaths, triggering disasters. Squealer in From the New World is sentenced to "Eternal Hell," living as an unrecognizable lump of meat.

Whether deserved or otherwise, it is not uncommon for anime characters to experience tragic events or suffer cruel deaths, either as a form of retribution or simply to establish their backstories. However, in a medium as creative as this, the worst possible punishment is seldom limited to simply dying. Instead, the anime characters who suffer a fate worse than death have to experience more unorthodox and horrific situations.

While death is seldom desired, its one redeeming aspect is that it's quick and definitive, which is exactly what separates it from these fates. Rather than being granted a proper ending, these characters are typically forced to experience repeated,...

There are few genres quite as engaging and captivating as mystery, which is why the best anime mystery series are also some of the medium's most memorable ones. While other shows may easily be enjoyed in a more passive manner, without requiring much attention, these typically require viewers to be truly invested and figure out the truth alongside the protagonists.

The idea of mystery can present itself in a variety of ways, from the common murder cases wherein a detective or unwilling third party is forced to find the culprit, to the overall mysterious and intriguing atmosphere of worlds where the truth seems to always be just out of reach. Covering every type of mystery the medium has to offer, these are the iconic stories that can best be described as strange and puzzling.

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The media distribution service Crunchyroll announced on Friday that it will stream the Shin Sekai Yori aka From the New World television anime series. The company will stream the series starting on October 2nd, 2012 at 3:40pm Edt for premium members in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Central and South America.

Yūsuke Kishi‘s original novel is set in Japan a millennium from now. Five children — the protagonist Saki (as voiced by Risa Taneda), Satoru (Kanako Toujô), Maria (Kana Hanazawa), Mamoru (Haruka Kudou), and Shun (Mai Toudou) — have been born and raised in a tranquil town that can be described as a utopia, overflowing with water and green foilage. The world is ruled by people who have the ‘cursed power’ or the ‘gods’ power’ of telekinesis.

After a certain incident, Saki and the others come to...