Kids movies so often bear little of the actual lived-in experience of growing up, but Yamada Naoko’s luminous anime “The Colors Within” gently reverberates with the doubts and yearnings of young life.

Anime villains have become extremely popular in the past few years and the female antagonists have also gained fame and recognition from fans.

Anime with child protagonists can offer a ... A dark fantasy thriller, The Promised Neverland follows orphaned children who make a horrific discovery—they are being raised as food for demons.