Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist (2015)

When Western audiences think of animation, there’s this assumption that it’s just for kids, as if cartoons are something you’re meant to outgrow, like a childhood stuffed animal. But let’s be real—animation is a medium, not a genre. Japan took this notion and gave us something wonderful, fantastical, and sometimes very strange: anime. There’s anime for every demographic—from wholesome family-frien