May is the best time to celebrate anime, even if it's just for the silly Ani-May pun. I suspect Crunchyroll are to blame for the punny name. After all, they were the ones who created it, and 2025 marks the third annual occasion of this event. Ah well, at the very least, we're going to get a whole
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The debut of any event is sure to have some issues, but for such a huge event, Universal Fan Fest Nights 2025 kicked off with some minor problems (you can even say nitpicks) but otherwise was a solid base for future events. If you've ever wondered what Halloween Horror Nights would be like without
Mamoru Hosoda is quite possibly one of the most famous Japanese anime directors in the world. Seriously, he's right up there with Hayao Miyazaki and Makoto Shinkai. If you've ever watched The Boy and the Beast (2015), Mirai (2018), and Belle (2021); then you will be familiar with his work. In fact,
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Apocalypse Hotel Ep. 3 "A Smile Is the Ultimate Ambiance" pits our robot concierge and her robot staff against what initially looks to be the ultimate in bad human guests. However, once you take a slightly closer look, you realize why they're acting like that. After all, tanukis are not known for
Did you miss OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom when this anime film made its NA theatrical debut on November 8, 2024? Maybe you just didn't have the time to go to theaters to watch this latest anime film spinoff of the Overlord anime series, adapted from the novel series of the same name by Kugane
Mechanical Marie is one odd love story. The creator/mangaka Aki Akimoto has written quite a unique romantic comedy manga with this story of a girl pretending to be a robot maid for a misanthropic young heir. It's a story that has become surprisingly popular despite the manga series being only six
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Witch Watch Ep. 3 "FRESH TRANSPARENT FASHIONS FOR SPRING / WITCH'S DELIVERY SERVICE / LOST DOGS AND THE PATTER OF RAIN" is the first episode to introduce a new main character to the anime. One who introduces some corvid-flavored chaos to the mix. However, before that, Nico inflicts her own brand of
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Black Butler -Emerald Witch Arc- Ep. 3 "His Butler, On Loan" has the werewolf's curse strike Ciel and Sebastian at long last. In fact, it strikes Ciel so hard that he regresses due to a case of trauma. All because of his highly traumatic backstory, which everyone now has to figure out how to help
When Margaret Atwood returned to Gilead almost 35 years later, with her book The Testaments, the sequel to her seminal The Handmaid’s Tale, they said she could never match its genius. The story more than matched her 1985 dystopian classic, winning the 2019 Booker Prize, feeling horrifically timely
It was just three years ago that the world was introduced to the magical world of The Super Mario Bros. Movie. That film was a runaway success at the box office and was surprisingly great, considering some of the gripes coming into it. Now, we're getting a sequel that is adapting one of the most
One of the most active and prolific filmmakers working today, Steven Soderbergh has made a career of pumping out new films every 6 months. They're rarely the same, too, as he constantly tackles new genres and cultural examinations with engaging characters, dynamic direction and fascinating ideas.
