Month: February 2022

With its rise from the ashes storyline, it’s no surprise that Yuri!!! On Ice is filled to the brim with inspirational words of wisdom for the viewer. For an anime that is only twelve episodes long, this show has an abundance of quotes that strike inspiration directly into viewers in hopes of motivating fans for their real-world issues. RELATED: Yuri!!! On

WARNING: the following contains MAJOR spoilers for Season 4 of Ozark, now streaming on Netflix. With the fourth and final season of Netflix’s hit crime thriller-drama Ozark dropping on Netflix in early 2022, fans are excited for another tumultuous season following the Byrde family and their complicated relationship with the Navarro drug cartel. Since its premiere on the

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for The Irregular at Magic High School, “Reminiscence Arc,” now streaming on Funimation and Crunchyroll. The Irregular at Magic High School is no stranger to controversy, being one of the most talked-about anime series in recent history. However, one of the biggest and longest-running discussions about Tsutomu Satō’s story and

A fan of the revered Dark Souls franchise managed to shed new light on some of the first game’s most frustrating enemies with some stunning fan art. Illustrated by René Kováč (@ReneKovacArt), the gorgeous piece shows a single Silver Knight preparing to take down his prey. Players will undoubtedly recognize the intimidating spires of the great city of

It’s no secret that the localization of popular anime series isn’t always the best. Anime fans are all well aware of the constant changes and censorship that happens when a series gets a dub. In recent years, dubs have improved, opting for translation over localization to keep the series more authentic. RELATED: 10 Anime Heroes

Michael Rosenbaum, who played Lex Luthor on Smallville, says he wants to join the next season of James Gunn’s Peacemaker. On Twitter, Gunn posted confirmation Peacemaker would return for Season 2 on HBO Max, thanking those who supported the production, including its cast and crew. Rosenbaum replied with his congratulations on the show’s renewal, adding,

Over the course of eight generations within the Pokémon franchise, Ash has enjoyed and endured all manner of difficult battles over the years, against worthy adversaries and dangerous opponents alike. Ash has so often relied on first losing a battle only to then figure out what he needs to work on. Sometimes, however, he manages to

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Archive 81, now streaming on Netflix. In Season 1 of Netflix’s Archive 81, Dan (Mamoudou Athie) played a sinister game with the boss who hired him to restore footage from the Visser hotel fire decades before. The businessman, Virgil (Martin Donovan), seemed genuinely interested in solving the mystery of the

Deathstroke is skirting the line between hero and villain no more. Though shared with the Justice League’s Black Canary, Slade Wilson has been headlining his own solo series, Deathstroke Inc., written by Joshua Williamson with art by Howard Porter and others. Before the title launched, Williamson promised that the book would definitively end the mercenary’s antihero

The Jurassic Park franchise has gone through its fair share of evolutions leading up to the climactic conclusion in Jurassic World Dominion. In that time, many dinosaurs have become fan-favorites and franchise icons. Some examples include the T-Rex and Velociraptors, more specifically Blue. While these species are nothing short of beloved, they aren’t the most

The Star Wars: The High Republic subseries has been one of the Star Wars franchise’s most ambitious undertakings. Combining art and story, the creators of the subseries have worked to create a new era of Star Wars that both has connective tissue with previous Star Wars content and also stands on its own as a

In Generation IV’s Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Trainers were offered their choice of either the Fire-type Chimchar, Grass-type Turtwig or Water-type Piplup from Professor Rowan as their Starter Pokémon. Despite taking place in an earlier form of the Sinnoh region, Pokémon Legends: Arceus threw fans for a loop by offering three starters from different generations

WARNING: The following contains speculation about The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, premiering Sept. 2 on Prime Video. All good stories must have some kind of conflict, and in The Lord of the Rings, most of the conflict is open warfare. Just in the last few years of the Third Age (the setting of

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is already massive, and it only got bigger when Eternals came out last November. The story of the immortal race of superpowered extraterrestrials and how they both shaped history and saved the world from the monsters known as Deviants spans thousands of years and tackles many different themes and subjects. Because of

WARNING: The following article contains major spoilers for the Season 1 finale of Peacemaker, “It’s Cow or Never,” now streaming on HBO Max. Throughout its first season, Peacemaker has frequently referenced the events of The Suicide Squad, with its titular anti-hero constantly haunted by his actions on Corto Maltese. The season finale, “It’s Cow or

Angelica Stasolla, the daughter of famed Star Wars writer, Tom Veitch, has started a GoFundMe fundraiser to support Veitch’s widow, Martha, temporarily, while Stasolla works out arrangements for her mother’s care in the wake of her father’s tragic death from COVID, at the age of 80. Veitch was a noted Star Wars writer whose Dark

The latest phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been exploring the multiverse and alternate timelines, like in the Disney+ series, Loki. The series introduces fans to the idea of multiple timelines and “Variants,” which are alternate versions of characters who have been weeded out of their timeline. When Loki is captured by the Time Variance

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for The Book of Boba Fett and The Mandalorian. Both of which are now streaming on Disney+ In the last episode of The Book of Boba Fett, Boba is confronted with faces from his past as well as people who believe in his culture and heritage in a way that

The release window for Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero‘s North American debut has finally been revealed. While there still isn’t an exact date for the movie, it was announced during the global live-stream event Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2022 that “the new film is coming to North America this summer!” It will premiere in Japan

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Murderville, streaming now on Netflix. There’s nothing TV and movie fans love more than a good cameo. Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett was almost drowning in them at times. Heck, the entire MCU is built on the foundation of a seemingly endless barrage of cameos. But the greatest and

While The Batman marks Matt Reeves’ first foray into making a DC Comics film, his Batman connection unexpectedly stretches back decades, courtesy of having industry veteran Jeph Loeb as a professor. Reeves said in an interview with EW that, while researching comics for The Batman with Robert Pattinson, he discovered that two of his key sources of inspiration — Batman: The Long Halloween and Batman: Dark

Today, we look at some unusual guest stars that served as “sales boost” guest stars for Marvel comic books during the 1990s sales boom. In Drawing Crazy Patterns, I spotlight at least five scenes/moments from within comic book stories that fit under a specific theme (basically, stuff that happens frequently in comics). Note that these

A hero is more than just their weapon, but it never hurts for their weapon to be pretty spectacular. Some of the implements of destruction wielded in films have taken on an iconic nature of their own — sometimes even more than the characters who wield them. RELATED: 10 Video Games Weapons Stronger Than The Master

One of the best ways for a Dungeon Master to infuriate their players inDungeons & Dragons is by planning all encounters to circumvent their characters’ abilities. A good D&D game doesn’t pit players against the Dungeon Master, so when a DM creates an encounter that directly negates a class’ features or a character’s magic items, it doesn’t

Aquaman is one of DC Comics‘ premiere superheroes. He was a founding member of the Justice League and was one of their most popular heroes for years. Aquaman’s popularity waned at the beginning of the 21st Century, but it was reinvigorated with the New 52 Aquaman title by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis as well as

To build hype for the upcoming premiere of Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, the filmmakers have released a new promotional poster that features the updated designs for fan-favorite characters Trunks, Goten and Android 18. The image, which was revealed during the worldwide live stream event Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2022, shows teenage versions of Goten and

Tabletop games and the hobby itself have evolved drastically over recent years. One of the ways the hobby has changed is that there are now many board games that players can only play one time. This could be because the game has a finale, it has a puzzle that must be solved, or the game gets permanently

NBC‘s drama The Endgame premieres less than a week before the final season of Killing Eve — which feels appropriate since the two shows are already being compared to one another. Both are led by a pair of strong female characters, and both begin with the central concept that one is a government officer while

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Texas Chainsaw Massacre, streaming now on Netflix. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ends with final girl Sally Hardesty getting away from the demented Sawyer family and their violent son Leatherface. Well, in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the story finally continues decades later, with Leatherface donning his iconic mask and wielding a chainsaw once again

My Hero Academia is set many decades into the future, in a world where superpowered Quirks rule the day and society needs an inspiring symbol of peace to stand as a champion of the common people. For decades, the seemingly invincible All Might was that symbol, and he could vanquish evil time and again with