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WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Turning Red, now streaming on Disney+. Turning Red did a pretty great job with young Mei, having the 13 year-old deal with her ability to turn into a giant Red Panda once she hit puberty. It quickly evolved from a story of her and her friends trying to see

As the final season of Attack On Titan airs, Eren Yeager’s character arc becomes increasingly complicated and messy. Once a young boy determined to kill all the Titans and see beyond the walls, Eren has grown into a darker character who’s willing to do anything in his pursuit of freedom. RELATED: Attack On Titan: Eren’s 10 Worst

Titans star Joseph Morgan says the DC streaming series’ upcoming fourth season will effectively serve as an origin story for his villainous character, Brother Blood. “Hello, everyone. I thought I’d give you an update on Titans Season 4,” Morgan said in a video posted online. “So, I have started shooting. We’re currently shooting Episodes 1

There are a plethora of tropes within both current and past anime series. These range from iconic trends, such as characters shouting attack names, to the more negative recurrence of weak female love interests. Regardless of how each of these is considered, anime tropes remain highly distinctive and an important part of understanding the history

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for The Batman, now in theaters. Robert Pattinson’s version of Bruce Wayne and the titular character in The Batman is just the latest live-action portrayal of the iconic Caped Crusader. In the new film from director Matt Reeves, Batman faces off against The Riddler and the corruption of Gotham City. This

When people think of attractive anime characters, they think of beautiful women across various series. But anime men deserve a little love too. When it comes to beautiful men and anime characters that people would die for a chance with, Naruto has an endless list of possibilities. The story introduced hundreds of men of all

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for The Walking Dead Season 11, Episode 12, “The Lucky One,” which aired Sunday on AMC. Last week’s episode of The Walking Dead, “Rogue Element,” saw Eugene desperately putting the pieces together behind “Stephanie’s” sudden disappearance and, in the process, discovering a great conspiracy involving a rogue government — hence

With The Batman recently hitting theaters, many fans are discussing the movie’s main villain, The Riddler. Using parallels to real-life murder mystery cases like the Zodiac Killer, the film presents The Riddler in a way never done before on screen; a sadistic and seriously threatening sociopath. With this darker interpretation of The Riddler bringing new attention

During Sony’s recent State of Play, Capcom announced a new game, Exoprimal. While many fans thought they might finally be getting a spiritual successor to Dino Crisis, they were instead presented with something very different. Exoprimal will be a four player co-op shooter that appears to follow games like Left 4 Dead, something that many not necessarily work with its

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for The Walking Dead Season 11, Episode 12, “The Lucky Ones,” which aired Sunday, March 13 on AMC. Ironed white slacks, a plaid suit vest and a pair of polka dot socks aren’t the usual apocalypse attire, but The Walking Dead‘s Lance Hornsby is here to represent the best for

Though the age-old saying warns against judging a book by its’ cover, some of the manga covers from the My Hero Academia series are too enticing to pass up. Kohei Horikoshi did an excellent job illustrating the covers of each volume of the manga. These illustrations are vivid and detailed, giving potential readers an idea

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for The Batman, now playing in theaters. The Batman has hit theaters, and with the film comes another wave of viewers nitpicking the practicality of the Caped Crusader and his impact on the city of Gotham. One of the most popular nitpicks that always comes up is the fact that

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for One-Punch Man Chapter 157, “Blessing,” by One, Yusuke Murata, John Werry and James Gaubatz, available in English at Viz Media and Manga Plus. Transformations are a common sight for the monsters in One-Punch Man but the heroes, who are mostly humans, rarely shift appearances. Cyborgs like Genos are an exception to this,

Pokémon follows Ash Ketchum on his journey to becoming a Pokémon master. For over 20 years, Ash has continued to lead the franchise as one of its most recognizable characters. Multiple generations have grown up watching his battles and have been inspired by the way he treats his Pokémon. RELATED: Ash’s 10 Best Performing Pokémon In League

The future generation of heroes will have mighty legacies to live up to down the line, a premise often explored in the pages of Marvel comics. One world that introduced a whole host of future heroes was What If? #114 by Jay Faerber, Gregg Schigiel, Jose Marzan Jr, Chris Eliopoulos & Paul Tutrone. The story included the

Ironheart star Dominique Thorne has officially wrapped filming on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. “And that is a picture wrap on Riri Williams,” Thorne announced on her Instagram story. “God is so good. See y’all in November.” The actor will make her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut as Riri Williams/Ironheart in the upcoming Black Panther sequel, ahead

The book-to-movie pipeline has always been popular in Hollywood, but nothing has taken to it like the teen movie genre. As the 2010s left the campy and over-the-top humor of the 2000s behind, the new decade opened itself up for more honest and raw stories, often based on the most popular coming-of-age novels of the

Godzilla is one of the most iconic movie monsters of all time, with the best stories about the character often meshing the deep pathos of the monster’s symbolism with the destructive capabilities it displays. But sometimes, the leviathan just caused destruction no matter what was thrown at it — including Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Godzilla once came

Harley Quinn had a meteoric rise from her humble beginnings on Batman: The Animated Series. She’s now one of DC’s most popular characters, working with the Bat-Family and doing her best to erase her years with the Joker. Harley is thoroughly insane, yet she’s also an intelligent woman and has a knack for getting her

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Ozark Season 4, Part 1, streaming on Netflix now. Ozark‘s Ruth Langmore has been put through the wringer too many times thanks to her connections with the Byrdes, Snells, cartel and mafia that surround the Lake of the Ozarks. She’s pushed to her absolute breaking point when her cousin Wyatt

Some anime characters stuck around until the end of their series, despite their immense unpopularity in the fanbase. These characters just rubbed the audience the wrong way, and fans didn’t like them. Regardless of if the character was intended to be comic relief or not, they managed to strike a nerve among viewers — and

Among its other assets, The Batman completes an unlikely career ascent for actor Robert Pattinson. The one-time star of the Twilight movies turned his back on bigger projects once that franchise was complete in favor of edgier independent fare like Cosmopolis and The Lighthouse. The Batman marked a return to blockbuster moviemaking, and his brooding,

Carnage discovers that it has a super fan in the villain’s brand new ongoing series. Written by Ram V. with art by Francesco Manna, a preview for the issue opens with a flashback to Absolute Carnage. In the 2019 event, Cletus Kasady was resurrected by a cult worshipping Knull, the original God of the Symbiotes, and created his

The upcoming Deadpool 3 will presumably bring the Merc with a Mouth to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with actor Ryan Reynolds reprising the role. That is one half of a duo director Shawn Levy is determined to work with. In an interview with Comicbook.com, Levy, who has a long history with both Reynolds and actor

Marvel is one of the biggest names in pop culture, and their comics output is always among the best selling. Marvel’s heroes are iconic, battling the worst evils imaginable. These villains have become some of the most popular antagonists of all time, with many of them just as well known as the heroes they fight.

Fans of Hirohiko Araki’s stylish JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure received a pleasant surprise during the March 2022 PlayStation State of Play. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle R was revealed with a trailer, bringing a new JoJo fighting game to modern systems. This isn’t developer team CyberConnect2’s first time making a JoJo fighting game, as All-Star Battle R is

Anakin Skywalker was a hero of the Republic and a brave Jedi before his fall to the dark side. He fought valiantly in all the campaigns of the Clone Wars and formed many close friendships. While most fans would assume that Obi-Wan Kenobi or Ahsoka Tano was Anakin’s closest ally, others would argue that it

In the latest Comic Book Legends Revealed, see how close Iron Man came to having to explain why his company was involved in making Sentinels. Welcome to Comic Book Legends Revealed! This is the eight hundred and thirty-first installment where we examine three comic book legends and determine whether they are true or false. As

When designing a new Pokémon game, the designers tasked with coming up with new creatures look to all kinds of locations for inspiration. Nature and mythology are common, but plenty of Pokémon are based on inanimate objects. Since Generation I with the likes of Voltorb and Magnamite, inanimate objects have been turned into Pokémon for players to

NCIS is one of CBS’ biggest success stories. The original series has gone from a spinoff of JAG to having almost twice as many seasons as its parent show, and it’s spawned an entire franchise of equally popular procedurals. But the one thing that the NCIS franchise has never had is the complete and constant