the beauty of anime

A scene from the ending credits of the 1993 anime OVA <n>Idol Defense Force Hummingbird</n>.

<n>Faye Valentine</n> from the anime series <n>Cowboy Bebop</n>.

A scene from the 1985 Original Video Animation <n>Megazone 23 Part I</n>.

A scene from the anime series <n>City Hunter</n> (1987).

<n>Sweet ℋoney Nights</n>, an illustration of the character <n>Soren</n> from <n>The Dragon Prince</n>.

<n>Death and the Maiden</n> (2008) by Japanese artist <n>Takato Yamamoto</n>.

A still from the 1995 anime <n>Bio Hunter</n>.

<n>Shikamaru Nara</n> from the manga series <n>Naruto</n>.

Still from <n>Cream Lemon: Moriyama Tou Special 2</n>, an anime OVA directed by <n>Tō Moriyama</n>.

<n>Cybernetic Dreams</n>, an art installation by <n>Farewell Inc.</n> with videos by <n>Anime Ultraviolence</n>.

A panel from the manga series <n>No Guns Life</n>.

A still of <n>Faye Valentine</n> from the <n>Cowboy Bebop</n> episode “My Funny Valentine,” 1998.

<n>Mima Kirigoe</n> in a still from the 1997 film <n>Perfect Blue</n>, directed by <n>Satoshi Kon</n>.

The character <n>Satoru Gojo</n> from the anime series <n>Jujutsu Kaisen</n>.

A still of the character <n>Jet Black</n> from the 1998 anime series <n>Cowboy Bebop</n>.

A wash and gouache illustration by <n>Shoko Ishida</n>.

<n>A Window to the Soul</n>, a 2021 digital illustration by <n>Coiled Karma</n>.

A still from <n>Mamoru Oshii</n>'s 1995 film <n>Ghost in the Shell</n>, featuring <n>Motoko Kusanagi</n>.

A still from the 1995 film <n>Ghost in the Shell</n>, directed by <n>Mamoru Oshii</n>.

An illustration by comic artist <n>Wally Wood</n>.

The Pokémon character <n>Gyarados</n> from the <n>HeartGold & SoulSilver Expansion Set</n>.

The character <n>Shigeo Kageyama</n> from the anime series <n>Mob Psycho 100</n>, created by <n>ONE</n>.

A scene from the 1995 anime film <n>Ghost in the Shell</n>.

A manga panel from <n>Death Note</n> featuring <n>Misa Amane</n> and <n>Light Yagami</n>.

A <n>Studio Ghibli</n>-style illustration of <n>Satoru Gojo</n> from <n>Jujutsu Kaisen</n> by <n>Emmanuel Dmaestro</n>.

A scene from the anime series <n>Oh! My Goddess</n>.