Everyone's definition of what makes an anime "gothic" is different, but the best ones manage to stand out no matter what. From their preoccupation with death and decline to their grimly ...

No doubt the most popular of those is the Dabi Origin Theory. Ever since My Hero Academia introduced the League of Villains’ psycho pyromaniac, fans have leaned heavily into a theory about who ...

Dabi shook the fandom when he announced his identity to the world, and fans are still coping with the announcement. And after taking some time to process, some fans are wondering if Dabi could be ...

Please verify your email address. Gothic and alternative fashion styles are prominent in anime characters. Each character has a unique style that enhances their personality. These characters ...

You can find these sorts of things in a spooky story genre called Gothic. Jeffrey Weinstock loves a good spooky story. He is also a member of Central Michigan University’s English faculty and ...

But while some of us switch out the skulls for snowmen come November, many embrace a modern Gothic style all year long. How do these spooky decor enthusiasts determine what style elements will ...

The Gothic Revival was a conscious movement that began in England to revive medieval Gothic forms, from the second half of the 18th century and throughout the 19th century. The 18th century examples ...

Gothic novels have been scaring us for 250 years. The mid-18th Century - an era of dark, satanic mills at home and nightmarish social upheaval abroad - saw public taste shift from traditional ...

With its culturally and historically rich context, the city of Cologne, also called Köln by its locals, is considered one of the most important centers in West Germany. Nestled on the banks of ...

But why do we call it 'goth'? We've asked Emma McEvoy, Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Westminster and expert in all things Gothic, to tell us about how the word travelled through ...

A major exhibition touring Europe argues that modern artists who turned to the dark side were inspired by Gothic art from the Middle Ages. By Nina Siegal Reporting from Helsinki Why did Vincent ...

But Bayona started his film career in an entirely different genre with 2007’s The Orphanage (El orfanato in Spanish), a haunting Gothic-style ghost story set in – you guessed it – an ...