Modern classics of the medium, from 'Attack on Titan' to 'One-Punch Man.'
Demon Slayer, Attack on Titan, My Hero Academia, Erased
Japanese innovation is responsible for compact electronics, digital audio recording, sushi... the emoji? But film and television adherents are probably most grateful to the nation for anime. Though mainstream animation is hardly pushover material, the Japanese form truly is in a league of its own, boasting a distinctive art style and storytelling boldness that most other animated works would be too squeamish to approach.
Specifically in the TV sphere, anime has provided international audiences with shows that are now regarded as highly influential and have bored their iconography forever into pop culture, like Dragon Ball Z and Cowboy Bebop. And the industry seemingly has no intentions of slowing down. In the previous decade of the 2010s, multiple anime series debuted that are already poised to become future legends of the genre.