For too long, animation has been treated more like a genre than a medium. But some of the greatest storytellers, including Guillermo del Toro, have long championed the idea that animation is not limited to children’s stories, family entertainment, or one specific kind of visual language. It is a medium capable of telling stories that are strange, intimate, violent, heartbreaking, funny, and deeply human. That idea feels especially relevant to Netflix’s latest anime slate, which shows just how wide the medium can stretch.

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