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Oh No, Yu-Gi-Oh Wiki Suffers ‘Catastrophic’ Loss Of Content Spanning Years
7.3.2023
It’s a nightmare scenario for Yu-Gi-Oh fans who have to look up cards with convoluted descriptions. Over the weekend, the administrators of Yugipedia—which, as its name implies, is a wiki on all things Yu-Gi-Oh—announced that they had accidentally deleted half of the wikia’s primary database....
Naruto Games, Ranked From Worst To Best
28.2.2023
There are so many games (maybe too many?) based on mangaka Masashi Kishimoto’s wildly popular shonen series Naruto. Some date back to the Game Boy Advance and OG PlayStation, while others, such as the *new* game Naruto x Boruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections that was revealed during Sony’s...
Translator Steps Down From Shonen Jump Manga After Declaring It Untranslatable
21.2.2023
Anime and manga enjoyers often come across the odd joke or pun in their favorite series that lands in Japanese but doesn’t translate well into English. While English translators do their damnedest to provide context behind either cultural or phonetic puns in editor’s notes (typically within a manga...
The New JoJo Manga Proves Hirohiko Araki Still Has The Midas Touch
21.2.2023
Last week, the world (specifically Japanese citizens) read the latest installment of Hirohiko Araki’s mega-popular manga series, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: The JOJOLands. While I was uneasy about whether or not Araki should continue the series with yet another saga since its previous part, JoJolion...
Death Note, Sailor Moon, And Other Classic Animes Are Now Free On YouTube
17.2.2023
Anime and manga publisher Viz Media just made a handful of really big anime series freely available to watch on YouTube. If you’re looking for a good entry point into some really prolific shows, this is an excellent opportunity to dive into some stone-cold classics.Read more
The Top 30 Best Anime Of The Decade, Ranked
15.2.2023
The last decade of anime has brought about a bunch of new names and faces to recognize than the early aughts did, thanks in part to the exponential growth of the industry. And while not all of those shows made are hits, many have left an unquestionable impact on both pop culture and the anime...
Top Five Anime Couples Who Never Got Together
14.2.2023
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Yu Yu Hakusho's Justin Cook On Why The Anime Series Still Resonates 30 Years Later
10.2.2023
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Fortnite Fans Say New Skin Is A JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Rip-Off
13.1.2023
Recently, Fortnite has become a wacky and eclectic ensemble of the best anime characters of all time with its Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, and My Hero Academia crossovers. However, some fans are calling out the battle royale’s latest original skin for not being so original at all, but rather what they...
Chainsaw Man Does The Shonen Anime Trio Formula Right
29.12.2022
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Kotaku’s 2022 Manga Recommendations
21.12.2022
2022 was not only jam-packed with quality anime to watch, but also bursting at the seams with a cavalcade of stellar manga to sit down in an easy chair and lose track of time with. Granted, the majority of my manga reading was done while waiting for Chicago’s better-late-than-never buses...
River City Girls 2 Is The Beat ‘Em Up That Dreams Are Made Of
20.12.2022
When the year began, there were only a handful of video games that piqued my interest, and chief among them was the spin-off to the classic beat ‘em up series Kunio-Kun (or River City). River City Girls 2 finally arrived in the U.S. on December 15 after shifting release dates all year, and the game...
Netflix Removed A Fan-Favorite JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Scene To Avoid Disney’s Lawyers
2.12.2022
Although Netflix fumbled the bag with its marketing of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean, it managed to avoid a hefty copyright strike from Disney by removing one of the most beloved scenes in the manga.Read more
Netflix’s Binge-Model Release of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean Ruined The Anime’s Hype
2.12.2022
Finally, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean is done, but I wouldn’t hold it against you if you didn’t know that because Netflix’s binge-watching model and its handling of the anime’s promotion has circumvented any hype and online discussion for it. And now I’m worried about the fate of...
This Sports Anime Is Captain Tsubasa Meets Squid Game
24.11.2022
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Comes To Life Like That Star Wars 3D Chess Game
31.10.2022
After 7 months of testing, work and tinkering, French Yu-Gi-Oh! fan SuperZouloux has built one of the coolest card game tricks I have ever seen: a game mat and camera setup that, thanks to augmented reality tech, is able to broadcast 3D versions of his monsters as he plays his cards.Read more
Report: Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Creator Died Trying To Save People From Drowning
12.10.2022
In July, the world learned of the sad passing of Kazuki Takahashi, the creator of Yu-Gi-Oh! At the time his death was recorded by officials as a drowning, but a recent report from the US military’s newspaper has provided some extra details not known at the time.Read more
Chainsaw Man’s Bombastic, Gory First Episode Lives Up To The Hype
7.10.2022
Although the fall anime season is stacked as hell, one anime sits atop the catalog of new and returning isekai, mecha, and shonen shows as the most hotly anticipated show of the year: Chainsaw Man. Whether you’re in the anime community or not, chances are decent you’ve seen fans hype up...
One Piece Gets Every Volume Merged Into One Long, 21,450 Page...Piece
12.9.2022
One Piece fans are always dying to tell you, a person who’s yet to read creator Eiichiro Oda’s 25-year-old seafaring epic, that the manga is a work of art. Now that sentiment has become reality in the most ridiculous way possible: An artist has compiled all the 21,450 pages of One Piece that...
The New JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Fighter Is A Perfect Celebration Of The Manga And Anime
9.9.2022
It’s rare for a fighting game to extend an olive branch allowing both casual and hardcore players to have their fun, but JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R does a remarkable job while evincing the massively popular anime series’ undeniable charisma.Read more