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FLCL: Grunge Is An Anime No One Asked For And Its Premiere Doesn’t Help Much
7.9.2023
FLCL, otherwise known as Fooly Cooly, is uniquely a product of the early 2000s, something that comes through in its provocative art direction, its hectic action sequences, and its unforgettable alternative rock soundtrack. It’s also a cult classic, known for its disorienting fever-dream-esque story...
Five Riveting Gaming & Anime YouTubers You Should Check Out
5.9.2023
Whenever I’m not sitting in front of my laptop writing or reviewing video games and anime, I’m sitting in front of my laptop watching YouTube video essays. My eye doctor is worried, but we’re not here to talk about how terminally online I am. Instead, I’m gonna put you on five YouTube video...
Five Riveting Gaming & Anime YouTubers You Should Check Out
5.9.2023
Whenever I’m not sitting in front of my laptop writing or reviewing video games and anime, I’m sitting in front of my laptop watching YouTube video essays. My eye doctor is worried, but we’re not here to talk about how terminally online I am. Instead, I’m gonna put you on five YouTube video...
Fullmetal Alchemist Is A Brilliant, Piercing Critique Of Capitalism
11.8.2023
Earlier this year, Hiromu Arakawa’s Fullmetal Alchemist celebrated its 20th anniversary, and after recently re-reading the manga, I can confidently say it’s still one of the best pieces of art and storytelling ever created—just as impactful, and relevant, as when it was first released. The series...
All The Recent Big, Surprising Anime News You Should Know About
7.7.2023
This week, Anime Expo had a bunch of announcements and trailers for visitors and folks at home to get excited about. In fact, the “largest celebration of Japanese pop culture in North America” almost had too much to reveal for attendees to take time and parse, especially if they were stuck in...
The 10 Best Dragon Ball Z Episodes, Ever
5.7.2023
It’s hard to overstate the impact, popularity and appeal of Dragon Ball Z. Across every manga chapter, every episode, every character trait, battle trope, etc., you’ll find something that has influenced the Shonen series that came after it, all the way up to modern day manga and anime. Dragon Ball...
Yoko Taro’s New Death Game Anime Sounds Typically Wild
4.7.2023
During an Anime Expo interview, I spoke with creators Yoko Taro (NieR Automata), Atsushi Ohkubo (Fire Force), Hiroyuki Seshita (Ajin), and the mononymous Jin (Kagerou Project) about how they came together to make the upcoming anime sci-fi death-game anime, KamiErabi GOD.App.Read more
Your Summer 2023 Anime Guide: What To Watch And Where It's Streaming
23.6.2023
Congratulations, you survived watching (and/or backlogging) last season’s whopping 50 new anime shows. Your reward: a helpful guide to yet another wave of new and returning anime shows and movies coming to your favorite 2D streaming service.Read more
Classic Trigun Manga Gets Fancy Reprint After Being Gone For 15 Years
17.5.2023
On Tuesday, Dark Horse Comics announced that the Trigun manga as well as its sequel manga, Trigun Maximum, are getting their own deluxe hardcover reprints later this year and in early 2024, respectively. Read more
The Top 5 Anime To Watch While You Have The Munchies
20.4.2023
If you’re a foodie like me, your algorithm on apps like social media TikTok is filled with over-stylized cooking videos from influencer chefs endeavoring to broaden your cooking horizons. While these overly-produced videos make for helpful slap-dash references whenever I put on my big boy pants...
Evangelion Creator Can Finally Take A Damn Vacation
11.4.2023
Hideaki Anno, the auteur behind the mid-‘90s smash-hit mecha anime Neon Genesis Evangelion, recently revealed that his work schedule is clear for the first time in 30 years.Read more
Attack On Titan’s Secret Jaeger Basement Is Now In Fortnite
11.4.2023
On Tuesday, Fortnite announced that it’s bringing Attack on Titan characters Eren Jaeger, Mikasa Ackerman, and Levi Ackerman to the mega-popular battle royale game. However, Attack on Titan skins aren’t the only items Fortnite’s dropped into the game. It’s also tucked away the anime’s most...
Twitch Star Hasan Thinks One Piece Is Socialist (And He’s Right)
3.4.2023
Did you know that political Twitch streamer Hasan Piker watches One Piece? If you aren’t a regular viewer of Piker’s Twitch or YouTube streams, you may not know that he’s been going through his first One Piece watch. And his takes are impeccable. Piker was recently on the YouTube podcast show Trash...
Dragon Ball Z Statue Turns Goku And Vegeta Into Hot Gamers
3.4.2023
Gokue and Vegeta have never been hotter, or more relatable, then as these hulked-out statues of the two Dragon Ball Z heroes crushing some retro games on the couch. The energy here is more pure and powerful than any Kamehameha or Galick Gun. I want to fill every room in my house with it.Read more
Rarest Yu-Gi-Oh! Card In The World Will Be Sold After 18 Years
30.3.2023
The rarest Yu-Gi-Oh! card in the world will finally be sold this April. Only one copy was ever printed, and it’s been in the hands of one owner since 2005. Now, the owner is finally ready to part ways with it after 18 years.Read more
Fraud Alert: Goku Has Never Actually Beaten Vegeta
23.3.2023
Yesterday, I came across a viral post from a Dragon Ball Z fan account called Dragon Ball Perfect Shots showcasing Vegeta’s victory over Goku in the after-credit scene in the new film Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. In Vegeta and Goku’s cinematic fight, which served as the B-plot of the film,...
Your Spring 2023 Anime Guide: What To Watch And Where It's Streaming
22.3.2023
The spring anime season is jammed packed with 50 more shows for your to watch and backlog. Read more
Dragon Ball Z's Goku Is A Good Dad, No Matter What People Say
20.3.2023
Goku is misunderstood. Memes and misinterpretations have greatly contributed to some inaccurate conclusions about the Dragon Ball Z character — with perhaps the most common misconstrual being that Goku is a bad dad. This perception of Goku’s fatherly abilities have been perpetuated by jokes...
Fornite's Gets Car Chases Cyberpunk 2077 Never Had, Jet Set Radio Grinding
10.3.2023
Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 2 is live, transforming Fortnite’s multiplayer map into a giant cyberpunk block party. The update adds a massive new metropolis, a bunch of new skins, and the ability to grind around skyscrapers during firefights. Plus players can now recreate the car chases they only...
One Piece Creator Asked AI To Write A New Manga Chapter
1.3.2023
Last week, the official One Piece staff Twitter account posted a video of creator Eiichiro Oda diving completely off of the deep end by asking ChatGPT, the world’s most popular AI chat software, to write a new One Piece chapter for him. The tweet described the bold request as Oda asking “the taboo...