Month: October 2021

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight 2, now streaming on Netflix. Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight 2 deviates a lot from the original, with this sequel turning into a romantic story in its final act as opposed to a brutal rampage a la The Hills Have Eyes. Zosia (Julia

The Big Bang Theory came into itself when it began to focus on the strangeness of its central characters, and their disconnect from normal, everyday human life. As a result, there is often a low-level weirdness to most episodes, with one or more of the gang’s members acting in an unusual way and the episode

Weapons in anime can come in all shapes and sizes. Since anime is fiction that means weapons don’t have to be realistic at all and are usually embellished quite a bit. Anything is possible, from massive swords that should be impossible to wield to characters that can actually turn into weapons. RELATED: 10 Most Unconventional Anime Weapons,

Earlier this year, Crunchyroll uploaded the first six minutes of the new anime series The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat online, and now, the streaming service has released the entire series premiere for fans to watch for free. The episode, titled “Quantum of Trust,” is available on Crunchyroll’s official YouTube account

My Hero Academia is filled with an incredible amount of fan-favorite characters. If a character isn’t likable immediately upon their introduction, they’re likely such a well-written and fleshed-out character that they’ll end up having at least a small group of supporters by the time their on-screen moments come to an end. While many of the students

Despite his gruff exterior, Wolverine has regularly proven himself to be a highly effective mentor to younger members of the X-Men, helping troubled young mutants like Jubilee and Armor hone their abilities while simultaneously providing them with much-needed emotional support and advice. While Wolverine has had a deep impact on all of his proteges, none of

The Pokémon series has been largely defined by its initial tagline of “Gotta catch ’em all,” a sentiment that often rings true not only for players going through the games but for characters within the series as well. After all, Ash is on a journey to become a Pokémon Master and to catch as many different kinds

Warning!! The following contains spoilers for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, available now. Following the release of Marvel’s Avengers, the last thing anyone expected was yet another Marvel video game to release less than a year later. Square Enix and Eidos-Montréal had other plans when they announced the release of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. Though

Captain America: The First Avenger was the first Marvel Studios movie not set in the present day — and that was initially a concern for the studio’s advisory team. But Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige was able to successfully assuage their trepidations. There was internal resistance making the film a period piece, according to Tara

The police department of Mumbai, India channeled the “red light, green light” challenge from Netflix’s Squid Game in a social media video reminding drivers about the importance of traffic safety. The South Korean survival drama series Squid Game quickly became a massive international success after after it premiered earlier this year, its debut season attracting audiences from all over the world. The show has played a particularly

Although Seinfeld‘s finale aired in 1998, the series continues to have a notable presence in the 21st century. It won dozens of awards and has become an eternal landmark in the comedy genre—Seinfeld arguably did more to reconfigure the modern structure of the sitcom than any other ’90s program. RELATED: Seinfeld: 10 Ways The Show Changed Between The First & Last

Isekai anime have been around for many years, and even some of the greatest classics can be considered isekai by definition. However, since the 2010s, the genre has seen a boom in popularity. Fans love watching these heroes as they journey through worlds never thought possible. RELATED: 10 Most Anticipated Isekai Anime Of 2021 Some

Any anime fan who has spent their childhood watching Pokémon along with Sailor Moon or Mew Mew Power will have imagined what a crossover between their favorite magical girls and cute, superpowered critters would have looked like. Saving the world is no easy task, after all, and even the most powerful of magical girls could use a little help sometimes. RELATED: 10

In the latest Comic Book Legends Revealed, learn whether it was the U.S. Government who gave Stan Lee the idea for doing a Marvel comic about drugs. Welcome to Comic Book Legends Revealed! This is the eight hundred and seventeenth installment where we examine three comic book legends and determine whether they are true or

The Naruto universe is known for its powerful jutsu driven by pain, but none are more tragic than the Six Paths of Pain itself. As a god-like ability that makes him nearly invincible, the Akatsuki’s Nagato uses this Rinnegan technique to manipulate the dead as an extension of his own body. Here’s the origin and use of Nagato’s

Ash Ketchum has been traveling all around the big wide world of Pokémon for many years now. Between exploring new regions, catching all kinds of Pokémon, and battling gyms and other trainers, he’s definitely come a long way from where he started. That being said, nobody’s perfect and Ash has more than a couple of bad moments under

With Halloween right around the corner, it’s easy to get caught up in a good jump scare, but that may not be what you’re seeking this time around. Luckily, there are light hearted anime that embrace the spirit of Halloween without inflicting everlasting fear into your soul. To get you into the spirit of Halloween,

WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for What We Do in the Shadows Season 3, Episode 10, “The Portrait,” now available on Hulu via FX. As Season 3 of What We Do in the Shadows concludes, it’s quite bittersweet as the Staten Island coven breaks up in the wake of Colin Robinson’s (Mark Proksch) death

Natsu, Fairy Tail‘s main protagonist, has gotten into fights too many times to count. Sometimes, he’s even in way over his head but he still manages to gain the upper hand in the end. With Natsu being an incredibly powerful dragon slayer, there were times his enemies accorded him the respect he deserved. RELATED: Fairy Tail: Erza’s

Zendaya featured prominently in the marketing for director Denis Villeneuve’s long-awaited Dune. However, when it came to the film itself, Zendaya had just seven minutes in total of screen time and her wide fanbase noticed. The underwhelming use of the actor in the film has stirred up plenty of outrage on social media. All over Twitter,

Star Wars: Visions is a stunningly original series of anime shorts that use the Star Wars universe as a sandbox for a wide variety of different stories. Despite their key differences, many of the episodes deal with the ancient war between the dark and light sides of The Force. Should Star Wars: Visions be renewed at

Squid Game‘s production took a physical toll on creator Hwang Dong-hyuk, who lost six teeth due to stress. Speaking to The Guardian, Hwang stated, “It was physically, mentally and emotionally draining… I kept having new ideas and revising the episodes as we were filming so the amount of work multiplied.” During the same interview, the director and

Today, we look to see how Marvel dealt with their ORIGINAL Eternals! This is “The Book of Knowledge,” a feature where I spotlight instances where notable revelations that affect comic book continuity were first made in texts outside of comic book stories themselves. In other words, times when stuff like the Official Handbook of the

Comic book power levels never change, prompting countless debates about which character could defeat who or which artifact is more powerful than any other. In the early days of comics, it caused writers a number of headaches — determining whether adamantium or vibranium was stronger, for instance, or setting popular heroes against each other without

WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Dragon Ball Super Chapter 77, “Bardock, Father of Goku,” by Akira Toriyama, Toyotarou, Caleb Cook and Brandon Bovia, available now in English through Viz Media. If there’s one thing Dragon Ball is definitively about – beyond buff dudes from space punching each other really, really hard – it’s

Elaborate costumes, workplace tension and party planning drama were always something to look forward to in the Halloween episodes of The Office. The staff of Dunder Mifflin went out of their way to wear creative costumes for the office Halloween party, which made drama in the workplace even funnier than usual. With Halloween just around the corner, let’s

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Dune, now playing in theaters and on HBO Max. The millions of people who’ve seen Dune, either in theaters or on HBO Max, without having read Frank Herbert’s book beforehand, probably noticed an overwhelming number of similarities to other storied franchises. That’s not a coincidence. The 1965 novel isn’t the origin point

With this year marking the 25th anniversary of the Resident Evil franchise and new live-action coming in Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, it is a great time to be a fan of Capcom‘s enduring video game franchise. Defining the survival horror genre, Resident Evil has plenty of scary moments across its celebrated history, keeping

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Transformers: Beast Wars #9, available now from IDW Publishing. Like the other parts of the sprawling Transformers franchise, Beast Wars has appeared in various forms of media over the years. While these primal Cybertronians have starred in cartoons, comics and video games, the series got its start as a