The new Netflix series, based on characters developed by Hello Kitty creator Sanrio, subverts the fantastical expectations of most anime narratives. Anyone who has ever worked for a big company will ...

Emily has been writing for fun since she was 5 years old. She started doing it professionally in 2020. As a graduate of the Academy of Art University with an AA in Motion Picture/Television, Emily has ...

Netflix’s Aggretsuko has already proved to be more than a cute animated show capitalizing on the popularity of Sanrio’s all-too-relatable red panda, Retsuko. She’s the new and improved millennial ...

Aggretsuko, the anime about our 21 st Century's spirit animal and avatar for everyone toiling in joyless, life-sucking jobs under Late Capitalism, is back, baby! "Aggrestsuko" Season 4 key art, ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Retsuko is a typical 25-year-old who goes to her typical job at a typical workplace. But despite ...

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 ...

Netflix released several holiday specials this year for its exclusive shows like Neo Yokio and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, but it’s Aggretsuko that packs the sharpest punch. The 22-minute special ...

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 ...

Confession: I am a grown ass woman who wholeheartedly loves Sanrio. The Japanese answer to Disney is a company upheld by a cast of tender-hearted, colorful fairies and animals like (most notably) ...

In “Turning Red,” the Pixar-produced film airing on Disney+, a 13-year-old girl named Mei who lives in Toronto turns into a red panda whenever she feels a strong emotion, ranging from anger over her ...