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This Overlooked Anime Classic Does Podracing Better Than Star Wars
It’s kind of a weird time to be a Star Wars fan: the Sequel Trilogy was a bust, over half …
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The Live-Action Japanese Genre On Netflix That Defined Your Childhood And Created The Future
Saban Entertainment, originally owned by Disney, found success bringing programming from Japan to an international audience. The company accomplished this …
Netflix’s Smash Hit Assassin Series Returning For Another Season
Buried beneath the arrival of Stranger Things was an announcement that anime fans had been hoping for, but given Netflix’s …
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The Ultraviolent Sci-Fi That Inspired Stranger Things
For a generation, Elfen Lied was an introduction to the world of anime,mostly because if you can get through the …
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Sexy Sci-Fi Classic That Inspired The Matrix Now Streaming For Free
Many of the best sci-fi movies ever made have been inspired by a single animated masterpiece from the mid-90s. Ghost …
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Scandalous Anime Studio Shuts Down Forever
Studio Gainax, the Tokyo anime studio behind the massively popular anime Neon Genesis Evangelion, has been dissolved. A long battle …
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Fans Waited Years For The Worst Television Season In History To Rip Out Their Hearts
There’s nothing worse for fans than waiting, years, nearly a decade in some cases, only for the series that you …
High-Flying Anime On Netflix Is A Raunchy Season Of Death-Defying Perfection
Netflix has invested heavily in anime, creating fan-favorite original series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and Delicious In Dungeon. Buried in all the …
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The Most Perfect Sci-Fi TV Show Themes Of All Time, Ranked
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The Best Anime On Netflix Takes It To The Next Level
Would you believe the best anime on Netflix isn’t actually an anime? The show I’m talking about is Blue Eye …
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Where To Start Watching Dragon Ball
Dragon Ball is a massive anime franchise comprised of over 800 episodes, 20 movies, and five different series, with a …
The Forgotten Sci-Fi That Once Set The Internet On Fire, Now Streaming Free
Every now and then, a movie sets the world on fire in a blaze of hype before burning out and …
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Where To Start Watching Gundam
Sometimes, an anime has released so many different shows and movies over the years that it’s difficult for a new …
The Best Japanese Sci-Fi Is Coming To American Theaters
2025 has been the year anime movies have finally broke out in the North American box office, starting with Solo …
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End Of An Era: All 2025 Hollywood Movies Destroyed By Huge Box Office From An Import
We’re long past the point where American audiences had to import VHS copies of Ninja Scroll by calling up numbers …
Netflix’s Sexiest, Saddest Sci-Fi Series Has A 100% Fresh Rating
Netflix is the home of plenty of anime, some of which are mindblowingly great (like Devilman Crybaby) and some of …
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Demon Slayer Box Office Proves Success At Movie Theaters Isn’t About Blockbusters
Demon Slayer just changed the entire conversation around box office opening weekends and the kinds of movies we see get …
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Wildly Controversial Dark Fantasy Wasn’t Worth The Outrage
Anime has gone so far mainstream that it’s heavily influencing modern Western animation. Anime movies are becoming massive box office …
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Outraged Crowd Beats A Pervert To A Pulp At A Demon Slayer Screening, Captured On Video
A horrific incident unfolded this weekend during a showing of the new anime movie Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle when a …
I Miss When Anime Actually Felt Dangerous
The modern landscape of anime is simply not for me. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t take any particular umbrage …
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The Rules of Demon Slayer
This weekend, anime is doing big business in movie theaters. Kimetsu No Yaiba: Demon Slayer is releasing the show’s latest …
The Year’s Best Action Movie Hits Theaters With A Rigid Discipline Fans Will Love
Demon Slayer has dominated the world of anime fans for a couple of years now, as it takes its time …
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Marvel Created The First Modern Isekai Anime
Before the success of Iron Man and the MCU, Marvel was struggling, and not for a few years; this wasn’t a temporary …
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The TV Series Schooling Hollywood On How To Make Good Prequels
Prequels are the new sequels in movies and television, with Hollywood shoving out Wonka, Furiosa, Andor, NCIS: Origins, Paramount’s various Star Trek shows, and Dexter: …
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One Form Of Entertainment Is Flourishing While Hollywood Fails, And It’s Using LEGO Science
There’s been a lot of talk recently about Hollywood’s inability to get men to watch what it’s been producing. It’s …
The Most Successful Movie Of 2025 Skipped Theaters For Netflix
The most successful movie of 2025 isn’t a comic book movie; it’s animated, and it’s not in theaters. KPop Demon …
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Channing Tatum Is Now A Voice For Anime’s Biggest Series
Hollywood usually ignores anime until they’re ready to buy the rights to a property and ruin it, but now one …
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The Live Action Sci-Fi Anime With A Legit Fighting Move Named After It
Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers was one of the biggest phenomenons of ‘90s sci-fi pop culture for kids. If you weren’t …
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Why The Ghost In The Shell Movie Failed
Big budget, star-laden, special effects bonanzas are no longer guaranteed hits. But the box office landscape was different in 2017, …
My Hero Academia: You’re Next Is On Netflix And You Won’t Believe How Popular It Is
Anime is bigger now outside of Japan than it’s ever been, and the continued success of the medium on Netflix …
