Despite its adorable and bobbly art style, Aggretsuko’s sure to throw you one heck of a curveball. By day, Retsuko the red panda is a gentle and kind accountant, doing the best she can in a job she ...

For half a decade, Aggretsuko has quietly become one of Netflix’s greatest shows. Any anime fan knows this—the show is based on a hugely popular character by the hugely popular brand Sanrio; it’s got ...

I’m The Times’s Tokyo bureau chief and have lived in Japan since 2016. Books, streaming shows and music are among the ways I explore my current home in Asia and stay connected to what people are ...

I found Aggretsuko at the age of 24. Thirty seconds into the first Netflix Original episode, I shared it with my 64-year-old mother who knows absolutely nothing about anime but a hell of a lot about ...

Over the 4th of July weekend, sometimes entertainment news can fall through the cracks. Everyone is outside, trying to remember what we did before wifi and central air conditioning. It’s exhausting ...

Japanese merch empire Sanrio is synonymous with Hello Kitty, the emblem of all things cute and innocent and sweet. This has been true for more than 40 years, and I hope it’s true for 40 more. But ...

Sanrio introduced the world to Hello Kitty in 1974, and since then her family and fans have just grown. When not making it through lines or checking out the talent on hand, Comic-Con International: ...

David Lynn is a freelance writer and lifelong anime fan who spends most of his free time playing Fate/Grand Order. Netflix's Aggretsuko, an animated sitcom about a normally mild-mannered red panda who ...

The phenomenal anime series deserves way more attention, and these scenes from its sensational final season are beautiful, hilarious examples of why. Deputy Entertainment Editor For half a decade, ...