Month: May 2021

Much like many anime genres out there, the isekai world is dominated by male characters. Female characters often have little presence and even when they do, they are usually created for two purposes – to serve as a romantic interest for the male lead or to exist for fanservice. RELATED: 15 Best Isekai Manhwa For Fans Of Manga

Persona 5 is perhaps the best entry in the Persona franchise thus far, regardless of the naysayers who claim previous titles are superior. While Persona 5 certainly isn’t perfect, it still takes the most direct and in-your-face attitude toward Japanese social ills by including politics and corrupt authority figures in its storytelling. Like other Persona entries

Justice League director Zack Snyder shot down suggestions that his movies have a “right-wing political undercurrent” while discussing his latest film, Army of the Dead. In a recent Q&A hosted by The Guardian, the director was asked various questions from a number of people, including actors he has worked with over the years. “A lot of people

Atlantis Attacks was a major Marvel crossover in 1989, pitting the armies of Atlantis against the surface world in a secret plan to bring one of Marvel’s most dangerous threats to Earth-616. And although the day was saved in the core reality, there exists a world where the storyline turned against the heroes — and

Despite the “final” in its name, Final Fantasy is an enduring video game franchise that started in 1987 and continues to this day. Since then, it’s been seen in manga, anime, and even full-length feature films. There’s even a Final Fantasy XIV-themed restaurant called Eorzea Café located in the Akihabara district in Tokyo, Japan! Final

“Clock’s ticking. Clock’s always ticking,” Agent Mobius (Owen Wilson) declares in the latest promo for Marvel Studios’ new Disney+ original series Loki, which is slated to premiere on Wednesday, June 9. The new “Clock” promo for Loki opens with the eponymous God of Mischief (Tom Hiddleston) at the headquarters of the Time Variance Authority, at which

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Wolverine #12, by Benjamin Percy, Scot Eaton, JP Mayer, Oren Junior, Matthew Wilson & VC’s Cory Petit, on sale now. As gruff and ferocious as Wolverine is, he really does not struggle with making allies. He’s been a leader on various different X-Men teams and always seems to find

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Fear the Walking Dead Season 6, Episode 14, “Mother,” which aired Sunday on AMC. While John Dorie Sr. enlightened the Fear the Walking Dead protagonists about Teddy’s past as a twisted serial killer, Episode 14, “Mother,” provides even more of the cult leader’s backstory. Now trapped at the Holding,

Along with the main story, most Legend of Zelda games come with an abundance of side quests. With so many across the franchise, not all of them are going to be great. Most involve simply collecting a certain amount of resources to obtain an item, but some can make an already great Zelda game even better, and be just

It’s been over four decades since Mark Hamill appeared on The Muppet Show, but the actor had some recent insight on his memorable appearance. In a tweet framed like a multiple-choice question, Hamill recollected four different observations about his 1980 appearance on the syndicated series, including gargling a tune with one of the cast members,

Attack on Titan‘s manga has finally come to a close, and the anime is soon to end as well later this year, bringing a conclusion to one of the most popular franchises of the 2010s. Thankfully, several new manga are currently being published in its wake, one of which has some surprising similarities and a

Spiral: From the Book of Saw has pushed the Saw franchise past a major milestone, with Twisted Pictures and Lionsgate Films’ long-running horror franchise having now earned a grand total of over $1 billion at the box office. Spiral is currently wrapping up its second weekend in theaters. Per Deadline, the Saw spinoff film made

The developers of No Man’s Sky kept a pretty big secret for the end reward of the second expedition event. Nobody could have predicted this prize: the Normandy SR1 prototype from Mass Effect. This is an incredible reward for finishing the expedition, but it’s only available until May 31. So, here’s how to get the

Monkey D. Luffy was the main protagonist of the One Piece universe and an already formidable warrior by the time of the Marineford arc. Having unlocked the second and third gears during his battle with Rob Lucci, he became a force to be reckoned with and a pirate worthy of his three hundred million bounty.

One of the most highly anticipated features in the new Dungeons & Dragons book Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft is the inclusion of Dark Gifts–supernatural abilities granted to characters that come with unnerving and unforeseen drawbacks.  A person might inherit such abilities as part of an ancestral curse. Others could make a bargain with one of the Dark Powers or Darklords who rule the

People often fear giant characters, thanks to the fact that they are big, muscular, and in some cases, a monster. For gentle giants, their appearances are often misleading. While many of these gentle giants are actually powerful fighters, they are also reliable allies. RELATED: 10 Anime Giants That Would Make Godzilla Sweat They don’t enjoy

WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Ultraman: The Trials of Ultraman #3 by Kyle Higgins, Mat Groom, Francesco Manna, Espen Grundetjean and VC’s Ariana Maher, on sale now. The world of Marvel’s Ultraman saga has been changing faster than anyone can keep up with. Ever since opening up the interdimensional Kaiju Vault in the hopes

The team behind Hulu’s M.O.D.O.K. animated series recently debuted a new Instagram filter that allows fans of the show to transform into Captain America’s foe M.O.D.O.K. Patton Oswalt, the voice of M.O.D.O.K., debuted the Instagram story filter by posting a screenshot of his own face superimposed onto the Marvel supervillain via Twitter. Oswalt captioned the

Adventure Time‘s third Distant Lands special is Together Again, a 45-minute adventure that sees Finn plumb the deaths of the Deadworlds, the afterlife for the Land of Ooo. The episode opens up with Finn’s death as an elderly man before immediately transitioning into the whacky shenanigans typical of the show. It oscillates between serious philosophical

Several new shonen anime air every season, giving fans the opportunity to enjoy new shows from their favorite genre every few weeks. Despite the influx of shonen anime, there have been certain things that have remained constant in most of them – and those are clichés and tropes that they’ve carried forward from more popular anime. RELATED:

Nintendo has some of the most recognizable and popular intellectual properties in the entire video game industry, but The Legend of Zelda has remained one of the company’s crown jewels for decades. It’s incredible to look at the progress and evolution of the Zelda series and it’s helped push the industry forward just as much

Mass Effect has one of the biggest, most interesting science-fiction settings in all of gaming. It’s also one that players have only ever really seen through the eyes of humans, either as the new kids on the galactic block in the original trilogy or leaders of a pioneering plan in Andromeda. While it may have made

Despite the psychological genre being vastly popular in Hollywood and mainstream media, it hasn’t exactly caught the fancy of fans when it comes to anime. Of course, some of this is due to shoddily written anime in the genre, while others are excellent shows that simply fly under the radar of most fans. RELATED: Top

Dwayne Johnson’s latest behind-the-scenes photo from Black Adam teases the massive scale of the film. The photo, posted to Johnson’s Instagram, features a soundstage strewn with rubble. A massive column stands tall in the far left of the photo. “Wanted to show you guys this cool shot of our enormous sound stages and massive production efforts

Warning: The following contains spoilers for “Time of Monsters” in Immortal Hulk: Time of Monsters #1, by Al Ewing, Alex Paknadel, Juan Ferreyra and VC’s Cory Petit, on sale now.  Immortal Hulk has, more often than not, been a horror comic. Throughout the series, the Green Goliath and his entire supporting cast have all been through some horrific

Dystopian settings are an ever-popular background in the gaming world. These worlds allow players to explore different futures and interact with a world in a way that would not be possible in reality. These games can have settings where alien empires take over the earth to being set in completely different worlds. They can also stretch

It’s no surprise that many anime series are set in modern-day high schools as high school is a setting that most anime fans can relate to. It also helps that most anime series are targeted towards a high-school-aged demographic. The characters in these series run the gamut of being the book-smart model senpai to being the goofball

After a Season 7 elimination on RuPaul’s Drag Race, Trixie Mattel returned to take the crown in RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 3. Since her win, the Barbie-inspired queen has continued serving greatness. From a hit YouTube series to folk albums to a successful cosmetic brand, Trixie’s created a name in drag that’s right up

Adult Swim has released a new trailer for the upcoming fifth season of the popular sci-fi satire Rick and Morty. The trailer highlights just a few of the adventures the Sanchez/Smith family will go on in the new season, including piloting a Voltron-esque giant mech, meeting “a strange, horny ocean man” and fighting an army of anthropomorphic turkeys. The trailer

Today, we look at whether DC is allowed to refer to Martian Manhunter’s favorite chocolate sandwich cookie as an Oreo or not. In Comic Book Questions Answered, I answer whatever questions you folks might have about comic books (feel free to e-mail questions to me at brianc@cbr.com). In response to an article I did about