Hands up if you played Psychic Force on PS1? The Taito title was a bit pants, but it had an awesome 90s anime aesthetic, so there’s a good chance it somehow made its way into your collection anyway.

As the Japan Times points out, these whimsical, escapist books have long been popular in that country, where the iyashikei (healing) genre already thrives in manga and anime. In Korea ... "It's not ...

The idea of unrequited love is by itself sad, but also an all too common reality for most people, and so it gets explored all across forms of media. There are several excellent anime stories about ...

Some anime movies are standalone, touching the audience's heartstrings with sad stories and bittersweet romances. Popular anime films like Your Name and A Silent Voice feature compelling ...

Sadness is generally seen as a negative emotion, but we tend to find it pleasurable in an aesthetic context. What is the nature of pleasure that people experience from listening to sad music?

While many American citizens have been affected by the wild swings in weather and environmental factors, so to has the anime industry been affected by some of these changes in the atmosphere.

While legends like Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson and Patsy Cline set the standard for sad songs, modern country music has more than held up its end of the bargain. If anything, the lyrics have ...