Month: August 2021

Sentai Filmworks, a global anime distributor and merchandise company, announced its recent acquisition of the anime thriller Kakegurui.  According to Sentai Filmworks, Kakegurui has joined the company’s extensive library of hit shows, which includes Food Wars!, Made in Abyss, Kaiji, Bloom into You, O Maidens in Your Savage Season, Parasyte -the maxim- and many others. Kakegurui will be released on home video in the United

Today, we look at the short-lived revelation that Wolverine wasn’t an actual mutant, but presumably a mutated wolverine (it did not go anywhere). In every installment of “If I Pass This Way Again,” we look at comic book plot points that were rarely (sometimes NEVER!) mentioned again after they were first introduced. Last week, I

WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Titans Season 3, Episode 4, “Blackfire,” available now on HBO Max. Season 3 of Titans has found Dick and Barbara all about business, working on stopping Jason Todd’s bloodbath as the Red Hood. They’re doing their best to ensure a safe Gotham emerges without a Batman around, but thanks to carelessness

After over a year since his most recent match for the company, Brock Lesnar is officially back in WWE. In the main event of SummerSlam 2021, reigning Universal Champion Roman Reigns successfully defended his title against challenger John Cena. Roman’s victory celebration was short-lived, however, with Lesnar’s music playing over the loudspeakers before the Best

Usually, when a TV star gets the chance to go to the big screen and have a career in movies, they drop whatever show they’re on and accept the first script that comes their way. Hollywood is filled with TV stars who, like Eddie Murphy, successfully made the jump to the silver screen, but there

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has seen many villains, but none have been more intimidating or as destructive as Thanos. Believing his cause to be for the best, Thanos sought out the Infinity Stones and used them to reduce the universe to only half its population. Thankfully the MCU’s heroes were able to stop him, though it

Before the merger between Disney and Fox allowed most Marvel characters to exist in the same cinematic universe, continuity within the X-Men films was hard to pin down. For the TV series The Gifted, the connection to the films was even more tenuous. Matt Nix, creator of The Gifted, talked about the difficulties in making the

Tim Drake is one of the most popular characters to take up the mantle of Robin. After the death of Jason Todd in “A Death in the Family,” it was clear that Batman needed a Robin and Tim was available to fill the void. He believed in the Dynamic Duo’s partnership so much that he sought out the Dark

The term Gundam is synonymous with anime. Debuting in 1979’s Mobile Suit Gundam, the concept of piloted robots with amazing powers ushered in a new and exciting genre – one that continues to exist today. RELATED: 10 Most Popular Mecha Anime, According To MyAnimeList Yet, evolution had to take place before its inception. This started with manga and

Both the Twilight films and books attracted controversy upon their release. Whether due to the age difference between the technically 107 year-old male lead and the 17-18 year old female protagonist; the perceived abusive nature of Bella Swan’s relationships with both Edward Cullen and Jacob Black; and perhaps most controversially, Jacob imprinting upon Bella’s infant daughter; the

With the upcoming release of The Matrix 4, looming fan theories are kicking into high gear. Fans noticed immediately that the announced cast had a glaring omission. Laurence Fishburne, who plays Morpheus in the original trilogy, was suspiciously absent, and the actor has confirmed that he was not approached to appear in the sequel. RELATED: The

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Suicide Squad: King Shark #1, on sale now from DC Comics. With the release of The Suicide Squad and his recurring role on the Harley Quinn animated series, it’s no surprise that King Shark has been propelled into the limelight. His latest turn in the spotlight comes in Suicide Squad:

Trevor Belmont is one of the main protagonists of Netflix’s Castlevania, but by no means is he a happy-go-lucky role model or heroic character. In fact, he has multiple layers to his personality and reasons for his behavior, ultimately molded by his past experiences and trauma. RELATED: Castlevania: 10 Characters Who Deserve Their Own Spin-Off Ultimately, Trevor

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Episodes 1-2 of Fena: Pirate Princess, now available on Crunchyroll and Adult Swim. In Fena: Pirate Princess, we’re quickly introduced to the titular white-haired maiden who gets lost after an attack at sea separates her from her father. It turns out she’s Fena, daughter of the elite known as Franz Houtman and a

Across the Marvel Universe there have been plenty of different villains introduced in many different stories. And due to the multiverse and branching timelines, there have been a lot of stories that have featured these villains having to deal with different versions of themselves. On these occasions it isn’t uncommon to see these versions of characters

Superheroes have been part of pop culture for over half a century, and in 1962, Marvel Comics introduced Spider-Man. The hero quickly became one of Marvel’s best, mainly because young men were able to relate to him. Spider-Man possesses enhanced strength, the ability to climb walls and produce webs, and a Spider-Sense that alerts him to

Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece is a story where pirates set out to sea in the search of freedom and the grand treasure that the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger, left behind. Among the many mystical powers that exist in the One Piece world, Devil Fruits play the most important part. RELATED: One Piece: 10 Times Chopper

DC Comics has begun to offer more and more of its classic comic book library via its DC Universe Infinite app. Formerly a comic book reading and show streaming app, the service is more devoted than ever to providing readers with an easy way to enjoy DC‘s best comics. While some of these comics require a

The Man has come back around. At this year’s SummerSlam pay-per-view, Becky Lynch shocked the world by making her highly-anticipated return to WWE. Not only that, but she defeated Bianca Belair in less than a minute in order to reclaim the SmackDown Women’s Championship. RELATED: Why WWE’s SummerSlam Isn’t Airing on a Sunday After it came to light

With fantasy manga, readers are able to dive into new worlds and experience the lives of the characters, live through their joys, and cry through their times of sadness. They can also discover many magical and mythical beings and dive into the imagination of authors to experience the creativity of others. RELATED: 15 Isekai Manga That

Brian K. Vaughn and Pia Guerra’s Y: The Last Man focuses on Yorick Brown, the literal last man standing after an unknown plague eliminates the majority of male life on the planet. As he journeys across America with Dr. Mann and Agent 355 in hopes of finding a way to ensure the survival of humanity, he joked about being the most

Over the years, The Simpsons has become notorious for including dozens of celebrity guests, from comedians like Phil Hartman to sci-fi icons like Leonard Nimoy. They’ve also become the source for many theories and Easter eggs like the A113 logo seen in every Pixar film. But on rare occasions, both of these factors come together to create something

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Sweet Girl, now streaming on Netflix. In Netflix’s Sweet Girl, while it seems like Jason Momoa‘s Ray Cooper is killing people involved in the Big Pharma conspiracy that indirectly caused his cancer-ridden wife to die, the final act confirms it’s a fake-out. The Ray taking down henchmen and evading

As both Nintendo and Sony announce massive sales numbers for their consoles, with the Switch currently at 89 million consoles sold and the PlayStation 5 at 10 million consoles sold, it can be easy to forget that neither system has been the easiest to find lately. While the Nintendo Switch has been more readily available

Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure has become more popular than ever in the past decade, thanks in part to its monstrously successful anime adaptation. The fittingly bizarre shonen series follows a rather abnormal family throughout the generations as each successive “Jojo” faces new paranormal threats in a colorful, but often violent, world. With five of the manga’s sagas already

Black Panther has entered the prestigious league of famous figures to be honored with their own wax sculptures as Madame Tussauds New York unveiled stunning photos of the Marvel Cinematic Universe hero, its latest addition. Marvel, who made the announcement, enlisted the help of special effects and costume providers FBFX to create the wax king of Wakanda’s special

Today, we look at your picks for #9-7 of the greatest Fantastic Four stories ever told! As always, you voted, I counted the votes and now we count them down, four at a time. If I don’t add a date for the series, it means it is the original volume of whatever series I’m talking

Netflix’s The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf is just a few short days from release. To stoke the eagerness of franchise fans, the streaming giant has released a series of new character posters, introducing some of the witchers, mages and nobles that audiences can expect to see in the anime tie-in. The posters introduce a

Zeke Yeager is one of the main characters of Attack on Titan, originally being one of the main antagonists and becoming one of the most complex characters by the end of the manga. Ever since he was born, he’s made a huge impact on the series after his parents had expected too much from him, hoping that

The horrifying nightmare of the future seen in Thor returns with the mad titan Thanos killing a major protagonist with Mjolnir. A preview for Thor #16 flashes forward once again to the events that were last teased in the series’ sixth issue. After Thor defeated Galactus and the Black Winter, the latter being showed the God of Thunder a