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Pokemon Fans Mourn Team Rocket
Since Ash Ketchum first started his Pokemon journey, Team Rocket has been a hindrance when it comes to him achieving his dream of becoming a Pokemon master. With Jesse, James, and Meowth becoming the most recognizable villains in the series, fans were dismayed when the latest episode gave us an [...] → Read More
Naruto: What We Know About Boruto Part 2
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations is bringing its anime adaptation to an end. Fear not anime fans, as this isn't the end for the Hidden Leaf Village by any stretch of the imagination. Studio Pierrot has already announced that there will be a part 2 for this sequel series and now seems like a [...] → Read More
One Piece Cosplay Gives Zoro Battle Scars
Roronoa Zoro is one of the most recognizable Straw Hat Pirates in the history of One Piece. With the green-haired swordsman remaining one of the earliest swashbucklers to join Luffy in his quest to become the king of the pirates, it should come as no surprise that he remains a popular character [...] → Read More
Yu Yu Hakusho Collab Releases Yusuke's Iconic Jacket
Yu Yu Hakusho recently released a new OVA that featured the return of everyone's favorite anime spirit detectives. Despite not creating new stories featuring the likes of Yusuke Urameshi, Kurama, Kuwabara, and Hiei for quite some time, the shonen series remains a beloved franchise for those who [...] → Read More
My Hero Academia Drops New Art Highlighting Deku and Dynamight
My Hero Academia is looking to end its sixth season on a far quieter note than how it began. With Deku's Dark Hero storyline seeming to come to an end now that his friends have managed to talk some sense into him, it's clear that Midoriya and Bakugo have been two of the MVPs for this latest batch [...] → Read More
Dragon Ball Super Promo Reveals Pan's Big Dream
Dragon Ball Super recently brought to a close the manga storyline focusing on Goten and Trunks in their high-school years. With the Shonen Jump story set to adapt the latest film of the franchise, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, readers were left wondering if the adaptation would add any new [...] → Read More
Mushoku Tensei Teases Big Season 2 Update
The isekai genre is only growing as more anime series and movies arrive in the medium. While there are some serious contenders aiming to be at the top of the heap, one of the biggest is most assuredly Mushoku Tensei, aka Jobless Reincarnation. Like many other members of the genre, this anime [...] → Read More
Pokemon Director Explains Why Ash Was a Perfect Protagonist
Ash Ketchum is getting ready to move on as the hero of the Pokemon anime. Despite holding the title for over two decades, his world championship victory at the Masters 8 Tournament is giving the trainer the perfect opportunity to hand the baton to the next generation. With the current season, [...] → Read More
Jujutsu Kaisen Exhibition Shares First Look Ahead of Season 2
Studio MAPPA has a busy 2023 as it stands, with Attack on Titan, Hell's Paradise, and Vinland Saga remaining some of the studio's heaviest hitters. Perhaps no series is more anticipated than Jujutsu Kaisen however, as season two of the supernatural shonen is planning to arrive this July. To help [...] → Read More
Dr. Stone Reveals Season 3 Release Date
Dr. Stone has one of the more interesting concepts in the anime world today. Following a young scientist who has awoken from a stone prison, having been locked away for thousands of years, Senku is attempting to free humanity from a similar fate as he discovers new allies and enemies along the [...] → Read More
Chainsaw Man Cliffhanger Unveils a Big Power Shift
Chainsaw Man is exploring some wild territory in the pages of its bloody manga. With Denji sitting on the sidelines as the new protagonist Asa Mikata takes the reins, the War Devil might have some serious strength at her disposal, but a ominous threat is throwing off the power structure of this [...] → Read More
My Hero Academia Anime Unmasks Pro-Hero
My Hero Academia's main young heroes, for the most part, share their faces with the world, not worried about keeping secret identities as they work at becoming the world's next crime fighters. However, one professional hero has been hidden behind quite the outfit in the shonen anime adaptation. [...] → Read More
Attack on Titan Follows Creator Hajime Isayama in New York: Watch
Attack on Titan only has one episode left before the end and the stakes have never been higher. With the first half of the series finale seeing the Scout Regiment facing down their former friend Eren Jaeger, most of humanity is now relying on Mikasa, Armin, and their allies to save them from the [...] → Read More
Dragon Ball Symphonic Adventure Releases Musical Trailer: Watch
The Dragon Ball Symphonic Adventure is aiming to perform some of the shonen anime's biggest musical numbers for live audiences. While the performance has gone through some difficulty and delays thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, the musicians are aiming to show off their stuff later this year. [...] → Read More
Yu Yu Hakusho Nearly Didn't Feature Hiei As a Main Character
Like so many other shonen franchises, Yu Yu Hakusho saw a number of enemies becoming allies when it came to the adventures of the spirit detectives. Perhaps the most popular to join Yusuke Urameshi, the protagonist who died and was reborn as a warrior fighting the supernatural, is Hiei, the [...] → Read More
Cyberpunk Edgerunners Cosplay Reassembles The Cast
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners was recently voted the anime of the year for 2022 during the latest Crunchyroll Anime Awards and with good reason. The Netflix original anime adaptation from Studio TRIGGER introduced a new side of Night City via the young protagonist David as he attempted to stay alive and [...] → Read More
Why Is the Internet So Hyped for More Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 4?
The anime gaming world was thrown quite a curveball when it was recently announced that Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 4 was on the way. With the previous entry released in 2007 on the PlayStation 2 and the Nintendo Wii, it's been quite some time since the Z-Fighters battled one another in this [...] → Read More
One Piece: Red Features a Throwback Villain Cameo
One Piece: Red was able to take the crown as the biggest anime movie of all time featuring Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates. With the fifteenth film of the shonen franchise hitting Amazon Prime in Japan, many anime fans have taken the opportunity to pick over the footage with a fine-toothed comb. [...] → Read More
Naruto Writer Breaks Silence on Boruto's First Finale
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations is preparing to bring its 'first chapter' to a close later this month. Ending the Code Arc and giving Studio Pierrot a much-needed breather, a return date has yet to be announced for the sequel series that sprang from the mind of creator Masashi Kishimoto. In [...] → Read More
Godzilla's Next Movie Better Be a Shin Crossover
Godzilla might be set to fight King Kong in the upcoming Legendary Pictures sequel to Godzilla Vs. Kong, but Japan is aiming to release the first movie featuring the lizard king since 2016's Shin Godzilla to beat North America to the punch. Following the 2016 more realistic take on the king of the [...] → Read More