The first episode of the new season of the anime starring our favorite young lord and his demonic butler kicks off with Black Butler -Emerald Witch Arc- Ep. 1 "His Butler, Doing Fieldwork". This time, Ciel and Sebastian are headed abroad to Germany to solve a series of very strange deaths. It's a
Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon is basically all set to make its NA theatrical debut in both the US and Canada. When will that be, you might ask? Well, this anime film recapping the events of the first season of Kaiju No. 8 will make that debut on a trio of dates on April 13, 14 and 16, 2025. The first
It's that time of year again, folks! Crunchyroll has just announced that the Anime Awards 2025 are now open for voting! However, despite its name, you're actually voting for the best anime of 2024 instead. Mostly because, well, the actual anime series for 2025 haven't aired yet. Want to see if Spy
Remember back when Crunchyroll first announced every anime series that was incoming to their streaming platform for the Spring 2025 anime season? Well, they're now back with a newly updated lineup. The new updates include some new anime series that weren't in the lineup previously, as well as
Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- Ep. 25 "On to the Next Target" marks the finale of the second season of this anime. Alas, it's a finale that begins and ends with curbstomp after curbstomp. Such things might be entertaining as an opening act, but by this point, it feels more boring
Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon is exactly what it says on the tin. It's literally just an anime film recapping most of the first season. Not even entirely the first season either. Oh well, at least we get a fun OVA starring Soshiro Hoshina tacked on at the end as a treat. Now if only the entire cast
Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- Ep. 24 "Are You the King of Humans" sets itself up as an epic clash between champions. However, it soon becomes apparent that the fight isn't even remotely a fair one. Spoilers: it's not Jin-woo. As a result, despite the setup and how good-looking the
Zenshu Ep. 12 "ZENSHU" has got to be one of the most satisfying finales I've seen in any recent anime. All because of the depth of emotion here as Natsuko and her new friends try to stave off the end of this fantasy world. No spoilers here, but let's just say that this finale makes all of the main
Remaking Faces of Death is a hell of a move in 2026. Although, this movie doesn't really remake that diabolical film from 1978, it instead takes inspiration from it and it even exists in the universe that this film takes place in. So getting that out of the way so that the horror "diehards" who
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
The last few episodes of HBO's The Pitt have been a whirlwind of activity. Though not covered here, the show ran the gamut from staff assaults to ICE's appearance. The latter was a prescient addition to the storyline given the current climate in America, and something the show portrayed correctly.