Month: March 2021

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 1, “New World Order,” now streaming on Disney+. When audiences last saw Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie), aka Falcon, in Avengers: Endgame he reluctantly accepted Captain America’s shield. The first episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier proved that he was more than hesitant as
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The story of Naruto begins quite tragically. The sadness of his story is paralleled in the world around him. The shinobi system has wreaked havoc on the people in Naruto’s world, to the point where nearly everyone in Naruto’s life has had to deal with some kind of personal tragedy. Those tragedies can sometimes overshadow the beautiful, happy moments
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WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Legacies Season 3, Episode 7, “Yup, It’s a Leprechaun, All Right,” which aired Thursday on The CW. MG has been on something of a journey of self discovery lately. He got together with Alyssa after she helped bring the Necromancer down, only to split with her after she
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How are you doing? Welcome to Tokyo Otaku Mode’s Weekly Figure Roundup! Figure-wise, it’s been a pretty exciting week. I guess we could probably say that every week, though with so many awesome, creative figures making their way into the world! Speaking of creativity, it doesn’t stop with the creators themselves – we definitely have
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Clarice Starling, the eponymous protagonist of Clarice, is Hannibal Lecter’s opposite in every sense of the word. His amoral and blasé outlook in old age contrasts sharply with her youth, uprightness, and strong sense of duty. Hannibal’s very presence paints him as a harbinger of death in direct opposition to Clarice Starling’s innocence and devotion to justice. With
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All of Hayao Miyazaki’s films from Kiki’s Delivery Service onward have been blockbuster hits in Japan, but they haven’t been anywhere near as successful in American theaters. That’s not to say they’ve been failures stateside, but they’ve received fairly limited releases and have never grossed over $20 million. This doesn’t bother Miyazaki — he doesn’t
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Ultimately, superheroes and supervillains aren’t really all that different. As movies like The Lego Batman Movie touched on in perhaps a more light-hearted way, villains and heroes really aren’t complete without one another. They share a passion, for better or for worse, and the only ones that can truly understand what they are going through
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BOOM! Studios has revealed a first look at Power Rangers Unlimited: Heir to Darkness #1, a new Power Rangers one-shot from writer L.L. McKinney and artist Simone Ragazzoni set for release at the end of this month. The oversized special issue tackles the “true origin” of the villain Astronema. “Astronema is one of the most popular Power Rangers villains
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The apocalypse has always provided fodder for drama. Whether it’s religious fanatics foretelling doom or authors writing cautionary tales, the apocalypse has featured in the popular zeitgeist for thousands of o years. Granted this, it’s no surprise that science-fiction and fantasy have run far and wide with stories that take place during or after everything
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