Anime columnist Andrew Osmond has been looking at some of the new shows that started streaming this month.

AWN’s latest survey highlights under-the-radar animated shorts that are currently making their way through the festival circuit - or are newly available for online viewing.

With ‘Cowboy Bebop’ director Shinichiro Watanabe’s newest anime launching this Sunday, AWN columnist Andrew Osmond reviews a classic series the legendary filmmaker made in 2004… set in samurai Japan and boasting a strikingly different soundtrack.

Andrew Osmond crosses over to Chinese animation this week, to consider ‘Ne Zha 2,’ the highest grossing animated film in the world.

AWN columnist Andrew Osmond reviews this week’s cinema preview of the series, coming to both Crunchyroll and Netflix in April, reflecting on the rise of TV anime in American theaters and elsewhere.

AWN’s anime columnist Andrew Osmond looks at 2 series about the spoken word, though he doesn’t necessarily subscribe to the notion that the idea of animation celebrating what Chuck Jones referred to as ‘animated radio’ shows the medium’s decline.

AWN’s anime columnist Andrew Osmond looks at a new film streaming on Crunchyroll about a plucky group of female singers that tells a familiar enough story… with an intriguing twist.

AWN’s anime columnist Andrew Osmond looks at 2 intricate mystery-thriller anime serials on Netflix: the real-world drama ‘Monster,’ inspired by ‘The Fugitive,’ and the sci-fi ‘Pluto,’ about the humanity of robots.

Great cinema has the fundamental superpower to help an audience see the world through different eyes, and in Chris Sanders’ remarkable, gorgeous film, we watch the mechanical eyes of a domestic robot, Roz, stranded on a remote island, struggle to make sense and adapt to the sometimes harsh, always challenging natural world she encounters.

AWN’s anime columnist Andrew Osmond enthusiastically recommends an older anime title, set in a world with smart glasses, originally broadcast in 2007, currently streaming on Netflix.

AWN’s anime columnist Andrew Osmond discusses the show – currently streaming on Hulu - about an 11-year-old girl determined to become a champion figure skater, and how it fits into the universe of sports anime.

AWN’s anime columnist Andrew Osmond considers the popularity of the historical-mystery series, now streaming on Crunchyroll.

The popular Netflix series isn’t anime, is it? AWN’s anime columnist Andrew Osmond wades into the definition debate.

AWN’s anime columnist Andrew Osmond dives into not one but two huge science-fiction franchises.

Aardman’s newest stop-motion film finds our hapless inventor and faithful canine companion wrestling with a 21st-century issue that is making headlines around the globe - the rise of AI - before concluding that there are some things a machine just can’t do; now streaming on Netflix.

AWN’s anime columnist Andrew Osmond looks at MAPPA’s comedy fantasy, one of the best shows currently streaming, now on Crunchyroll; but first he discusses the often mis-identified universe of TV anime.

AWN’s anime columnist Andrew Osmond discusses the much-extended version of Sunao Katabuchi’s acclaimed 2016 war drama film, ‘In This Corner of the World,’ now available on Crunchyroll; but first he asks, ‘When did animated films get so long?’

Japan catches up with the Middle-Earth anime that most of the world has already written off as a flop – AWN’s anime columnist Andrew Osmond was there to see it.

Anime columnist Andrew Osmond discusses the recent smash series and how its production studio worked with ‘Scott Pilgrim’ and Naoko Yamada.

Journalist and animation expert Andrew Osmond returns to AWN’s pages after almost 20 years, explaining his reshaped attitude - from skeptic to convert – towards anime while sharing his review of Kiyotaka Oshiyama’s newest film.

Set in a charming coastal town during Christmas, Simon Otto and Locksmith Animation’s new film explores themes of empathy, compassion, and human connection, weaving stories of love, resilience, and community through the perspectives of children and adults; now streaming on Netflix.

With breathtaking animation and a heartfelt narrative, Studio Ponoc’s hand-drawn animated film celebrates the unrestrained magic of childhood imagination while addressing universal themes of loss, memory, and the enduring power of stories. 

Shannon Tindle’s new 3DCG feature combines breathtaking visual design with a heartfelt story that explores themes of family and identity through the journey of a young athlete, Ken Sato, struggling to balance his life as a baseball star and a giant superhero when suddenly faced with raising a baby kaiju.

Christopher Nolan’s 7-time Oscar-winning biopic invites audiences to share the ‘father of the nuclear bomb’s insight and vision through extraordinary images of exploding stars, spinning atoms, and esoteric phenomena that depict his co-existence between earthly and cosmic realms and begs the question: ‘Is he blessed or cursed?’

The latest survey of under-the-radar animated shorts currently travelling the festival circuit or new to online viewing.