Fans of One Piece since the very earliest days will recall a certain sperm whale named Laboon. He was a very important side character in those early days too, despite being merely a giga-sized whale. His backstory with Brook combined with his abilities made him an especially memorable part of the
Netflix has really been working hard cranking out first look at their upcoming second season of their live-action One Piece. They only recently showed off a first look at Loguetown: the town of the beginning and the end. Now we're going to get a look at another iconic scene from Eiichiro Oda's
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My Dress-Up Darling Ep. 24 "Dear My Dress-Up Darling" ends the second season on quite the high note. All with the entire group getting in on the Coffin cosplay in a beautifully horrific way. Add in some interpersonal revelations among the friend group and even a confession from Marin to Wakana, and
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DAN DA DAN Ep. 24 "Clash! Space Kaiju vs. Giant Robot!" finishes the second season of the anime with one heck of a showdown. Seriously, when you're watching a fight between a giant mecha-Buddha and a lightning-tossing kaiju, you tend to just sit back and enjoy the show, mouth agape the whole time.
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My Dress-Up Darling Ep. 23 "I Didn't Think Anything Good Would Ever Happen to Me" is basically the calm before the storm. With the calm being a chance for Juju to finally get over her hangups about cosplay. All while the storm being the upcoming Coffin group cosplay, which is coming along
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The main focus of DAN DA DAN Ep. 23 "Hey, it's a Kaiju" is all in the title. It's not quite Godzilla due to copyright reasons. However, it's as close to the King of Monsters as you can get in this anime, and wow, is the fight a blast to watch. Quite literally in many cases. DAN DA DAN Ep. 23 "Hey,
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DAN DA DAN Ep. 20-22 is a trio of episodes that span the genres, yet all involve beatdowns. We've got a beatdown from classical musicians, a beatdown from an evil spirit who turns out to be not so evil after all, and a beatdown from something that turns out to be a kaiju. All in all, while we get
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DAN DA DAN Ep. 19 "Feeling Kinda Gloomy" has one of the most casually apt titles in anime history. It is indeed quite gloomy in tone. However, behind the gloom lies some intense preparation going on for the main characters as they prepare for what looks more and more like an upcoming showdown with
I remember seeing the trailer for The Dog Stars and having my eyes roll back in my head. Do we really need more post-apocalyptic stories when we're living in a real life apocalypse? Do we need another movie that has an analog for COVID-19 and the aftermath that had on our own society. Well,
Daemons of the Shadow Realm reveals the depths a certain hunter named Ivan has in Ep. 20 "The Hunted and the Hunter". It's very bloody and dark depths, but it does show that Ivan will likely be a major recurring villain in the story, and will play a major role in that story somehow. As well as
Dinosaurs may be the most beloved creatures to ever exist - sans cute puppies and cats on the internet. They're usually everyone first obsession when they're young, and no one ever gets tired of seeing a T-rex. So why are most dinosaur movies, built on the backs of surefire hit animal so bad all
