When I was a teenager, I was—shockingly, I know—deeply nerdy. At a science-fiction convention, I bought a button that read, “186,282 miles/second: Not just a good idea, it’s the law.” It was poking ...

There’s something unforgettable about a moment in anime when a character just disappears. Not because they turned invisible, not because of some camera trick, but because they moved that fast. Faster ...