Shonen Protagonists, Ranked by Pure Stupidity
Shonen anime protagonists come in many varieties, but dumb shonen heroes seem to emerge with surprising regularity. Perhaps it is due to the fact that many of them are based on Dragon …
From The Suicide Squad to Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Here Are This Week’s Best Trailers
With March 2021 coming to an end and spring officially in full swing, the first week of April saw a lot of new trailers being released. Teasers for some pretty high-profile …
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How High-Rise Invasion Sets Up Season 2
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Season 1 of High-Rise Invasion, now streaming on Netflix. The first season of Netflix’s High-Rise Invasion paints a very brutal picture in this war-torn world of …
Naruto: Shikamaru Almost Faced a Sexual Harassment Charge (No, Seriously)
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Naruto: Shikamaru’s Story – Mourning Clouds by Takashi Yano and Masashi Kishimoto, available in English from Viz Media. In the Naruto series, Shikamaru was …
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Nickelodeon’s Make It Pop Was Ahead of Its Time
Make It Pop was a now-forgotten Nickelodeon series that, looking back, had seemingly everything going for it. It featured a diverse cast, a setup that had worked for several of …
Cowboy Bebop’s Spike Meets a Friend-Turned-Foe in this Impressive Live-Action Fan Film
Cowboy Bebop: Midnight Rambler, a new fan film from Rogue Origin Films, is an action-packed prequel to the Cowboy Bebop anime series. Set early in Spike Spiegel and Jet Black’s …
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Reincarnated as a Slime: Can Rimuru Possibly Defeat All His Enemies?
WARNING: the following contains spoilers for Episode 36 of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, now streaming n Crunchyroll. Surviving in an isekai world isn’t easy, but Rimuru Tempest …
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Crunchyroll, Viz Media Send Jujutsu Kaisen, Tower of God and More to Home Video
Following a year of breakout and original series, Crunchyroll and Viz Media have announced plans to bring five of its popular titles to home video, including Jujutsu Kaisen and Tower of …
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Pokémon: Team Rocket’s Meowth Is More Screwed Up Than You Think
Meowth has been a staple of Team Rocket since the beginning of the Pokémon anime, with his fast-talking, quick-scheming nature and gleeful pursuits of villainy alongside his teammates, no one could argue that …
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Is Netflix’s Slasher-Thriller Anime High-Rise Invasion Worth Watching?
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Season 1 of High-Rise Invasion, now streaming on Netflix. Netflix’s adaptation of High-Rise Invasion runs for 12 episodes in its first season and focuses …
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