Toho is one of the largest anime production companies in the world. Anime fans will know this quite well, seeing as how Toho's logo appears on numerous famous anime series like My Hero Academia, Jujutsu Kaisen, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Apothecary Diaries, and much, much more. It's a sign of
Witch Hat Atelier has always been more than a bit queer-coded, but Ep. 11 "The Test in Serpentback Cave" is where they make it obvious. The yuri is quite strong here between Coco and Agott, even if it's quite a bumpy road towards the yuri. And with Richeh getting her traumatic backstory here, this
At every Anime Expo, you can expect to see Hulu having at least some sort of presence. It's no surprise either. That particular Disney-owned streaming service has been trying to compete with HIDIVE and Netflix by streaming anime. They've even taken the logical next step of grabbing a few famous
Daemons of the Shadow Realm gives us no small amount of tail-shaking in Ep. 9 "Embrace and Whisper". Some of the tail-shaking is from Yuru practically shaking his metaphorical tail like a puppy as he's shown around a modern city for the first time in his life. Other tail-shaking is of a more
As one of the biggest names in the anime industry, it's only natural for Crunchyroll to have a presence at Anime Expo. Year after year, Crunchyroll has not only maintained that presence, but that presence has increased with each passing year, increasing in both size and extravagance. All to promote
Witch Hat Atelier shows off the defeat of ableism via a bit of magic by Coco and Tartah in Ep. 10 "A Promise in Silver". Specifically: this episode shows off the harmful effects ableism has on a kid's development, with the disability in this case essentially being monochromacy / total color
Daemons of the Shadow Realm gives Yuru and Asa a very tense breakfast to look forward to in Ep. 8 "Suspicion and Conviction". All with a whole bunch of lore dropped and many characters being explored for their motivations and goals, which all leads to some rather critical decisions on both Yuru's
Crunchyroll has been trying to bring their anime series into NA theaters for some time now in the form of their monthly Crunchyroll Anime Nights. Sure, you can just watch all of those anime series directly from Crunchyroll on their streaming platform. However, they really want to make anime series
A common theme through many of the films at TIFF - especially the historical ones - feature women who lament being girls. Whether it’s The Julia Set (2026), Magazine (2026) or even La Bola Negra (2026), it’s hard being a girl, but also beautiful and Priscilla captures that irony with compassion
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a franchise revival that feels like it understands what made the original games so much fun. The gameplay is fast, frantic, and often delightfully violent, while the game throws a surprisingly large number of systems and mechanics at you. Thankfully, most of them feel
Winifred Notty is a woman looking for answers. When we meet her in Zachary Wigon's film Victorian Psycho, she is a slightly off governess for a family. Mr. and Mrs. Pounds (Jason Isaacs and Ruth Wilson) have two children who need to be taught. A young boy named Andrew (Jacobi Jupe) and Drusilla
