Animevox is a gorgeous sound effect generator that produces downloadable samples in a retro anime style. There are sliders to control pitch, reverb, wobble and tone, and big beautiful buttons for each ...

Noiseman Sound Insect is a surreal anime short that centers on a town stripped of melody by the grotesque Noiseman, a monster ...

The former 'SNL' cast member breaks a lot of glass and generates a lot of laughs on his new album, but is everything meant to be funny? By Frank DiGiacomo Editor Fred Armisen has few equals when it ...

Comedian Fred Armisen has just put out a new album. It is called "100 Sound Effects" - and that's exactly what it is. Over the years, fans of Armisen's comedy have come to expect the unexpected - ...

Not long ago, Fred Armisen was reminiscing about the sound-effect LPs he used to stock at the Chicago record store where he worked in the Nineties. These vinyl platters contained all kinds of sounds, ...

Released back in July for the Switch 2, Donkey Kong Bananza lets you go bananas as Nintendo’s giant ape character Donkey Kong. Players can explore and find goodies by freely punching, smashing and ...

Learn how to color powerful glow effects in anime illustrations using markers. This tutorial focuses on lighting, color blending, and energy effects—ideal for fans of Naruto and dynamic character art.

The comedian Fred Armisen has a thing for sound. He’s a former punk musician and a master of accents, and he is now releasing a new album of sound effects. “I was lamenting that there aren’t ...

Sometimes simpler is better. The iconic Jaws theme song used just two notes to set an ominous tone, and the equally iconic sound effects in Friday the 13th used two syllables to make Jason Voorhees’s ...

For understandable reasons, most technology coverage tends to focus more on the physical or visual elements of new devices than their audio signature. It’s much easier to show and tell audiences how ...

On Sunday, July 27, 2025, Sony Music and Aniplex announced a new TV anime series, SI-VIS: The Sound of Heroes. The anime premieres in October 2025 on the popular Japanese TV network, Fuji TV.