Month: March 2018

Thanks to Kotobukiya, young shogi prodigy Hinatsuru Ai of The Ryuo’s Work is Never Done! is making another appearance as an adorable figure! This 1/7 scale figure showcases the nine-year-old Ai in a dynamic scene reflecting her cheerful personality and passion for shogi. The board is halfway overturned, her fan is in midair, and the
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The first teaser for Netflix’s upcoming superhero thriller-meets-coming of age story, Impulse, is surprisingly dark despite its fantastical premise. The series is slated to release on YouTube Red in the summer and follows the struggles of a 16-year-old girl who discovers she has the power to teleport instantaneously. Impulse is an adaptation of the novel
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Avengers: Infinity War co-director Joe Russo has put to bed any hopes that heroes from Marvel’s expansive slate of television programs might cameo in the upcoming film. In a recent interview, the director explained just how difficult such a feat would have been — calling the challenge “practically impossible.” Russo confirmed that no character from a Marvel TV series
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DC’s Legends of Tomorrow is bringing back a slew of fan-favorite characters for its Season 3 finale. In “The Good, the Bad and the Cuddly,” the Legends will travel back in time to the Wild West, where they’ll run into their old friend Jonah Hex — but he won’t be the only returning character. Matt
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Lord of the Rings alum Craig Parker has joined Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Parker will play Taryan, who TVLine describes as “a formidable wheeler-dealer from another planet.” He is slated to appear in the later episodes of Season 5. Since Season 5 kicked off, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has undergone something of an alien invasion. Phil Coulson and his
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Avengers: Infinity War co-director Anthony Russo just revealed that Vision’s scenes in the film were structured “like a horror film.” In an interview with Empire, Russo explained that the entire film was constructed using different genre templates for each scene, and the scenes with Vision and Scarlet Witch in Stockholm were developed as a horror film. “We structured that scene
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Forget what you know about Superman’s home planet of Krypton. Syfy’s new DC-based TV series, appropriately titled Krypton, puts a new spin on the Man of Steel’s home planet and the origins of his grandfather, Seg-El. Set 200 years before Superman was born, the show explores Seg-El’s struggles, Krypton’s class system, its political climate and
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Tezuka Osamu’s unfinished fantasy manga Dororo will be getting a brand new anime adaptation. Animation studio MAPPA, known for high profile projects such as Yuri!!! on Ice and In this Corner of the World, will team up with Tezuka Productions to bring Dororo into the anime world once again. Twin Engines is to produce the
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Director Peyton Reed has quashed reports that Ant-Man and the Wasp will be Marvel’s first romantic comedy. In December, the Ant-Man sequel was billed as a romantic comedy at an event in Russia, where the film was presented as “MAN-ANTS AND OCS” and described as “the first romkomom from Marvel.” In an interview with Empire, Reed
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Toyman is dead! Long live Toyman! In a new promo for “Schott Through the Heart,” the next episode of Supergirl, recurring villain Winslow “Toyman” Schott Sr. is declared dead — but his nefarious plans are still in play. Henry Czerny’s Toyman is, of course, the father of Kara’s good friend Winn. After he escaped prison
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Contrary to earlier reports, Fox’s Deadpool 2 may have actually scored better than its predecessor at its test screening. What’s more, the film may have added in a secret cameo scene. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the sequel was screen tested three different times, with the first two scores coming in at 91 and 97.
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Syfy today revealed a first look at its upcoming series Nightflyers. The show will be an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire creator George R. R. Martin’s 1980 novella about a spaceship crew looking for an ancient, nomadic race of aliens, but instead find horror aboard their vessel when an unseen force begins
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Haruna Luna made her debut in May 2012 with the Fate/Zero 2nd season ED theme,“Sora wa Takaku Kaze wa Utau.” In the five years since her debut she’s sung theme songs for many popular anime, but in 2017 she challenged herself for the first time as a voice actress in the anime URAHARA! In the
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Preorders are now open for a Nendoroid of Hinatsuru Ai, the energetic and intelligent shogi prodigy from Shiratori Shirow’s comedy The Ryou’s Work is Never Done! The chibi style of this figure is the perfect match to Ai’s appearance and personality, which is already ultra adorable. Just like in the series, this third-grader is dressed
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Star Wars legend Mark Hamill just reprised his role as Luke Skywalker for Disney’s latest Forces of Destiny short. “The Path Ahead” returns to Luke’s time on Dagobah, where he trained to become a Jedi with Master Yoda. In the episode, Luke learns an important lesson about the Force in an unconventional way. Yoda instructs
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What do you do when your kids save the world twice? Apparently, you give them a massive raise. The cast of Netflix’s Stranger Things have reportedly renegotiated their salaries for Season 3 of the hit show, and they’ve come out of it pretty darn well. The kids — Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin and Noah
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This June, the X-Men’s resident pop star will headline her own one-shot comic issue in Dazzler: X-Song #1 by writer Magdalene Visaggio and artist Laura Braga. According to the issue description, It’s all glitter and glamour in the underground punk scene… until Dazzler stumbles upon a part of her world that’s dangerous and violent. Now,
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There’s fan art, and then there are fan art masterpieces. Designer BossLogic definitely finds himself as the creator of the latter with this captivating, labor-intensive piece of fan art, “The Last Shawarma.” The image, both a reference to the famous da Vinci painting “The Last Supper” and the post-credits scene from 2012’s Marvel’s The Avengers,
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Matt Ryan’s depiction of John Constantine has experienced so many surprising twists in the afterlife it nearly resembles a Hellblazer story arc. Warner Bros. Television brought word of the latest development midday Monday: if DC’s Legends of Tomorrow returns for a fourth season, Ryan’s Constantine will be a series regular. WBTV’s release to press didn’t
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Gotham’s (not so) Dark Knight will be meeting Archie Andrews and friends in Archie Meets Batman ’66 #1. Written by Jeff Parker & Michael Moreci and illustrated by Dan Parent, the miniseries will feature Archie encountering the cowled version of Bruce Wayne portrayed by Adam West in the 1960s television show. Robin, played by Burt
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Acclaimed anime OVA FLCL, which is to return in 2018 with two new movies, has released a new visual by character designer Sadamoto Yoshiyuki. FLCL 2 and FLCL 3 will continue from the original OVA as part of a new project by Gainax, renowned for producing Neon Genesis Evangelion. Tsurumaki Kazuya, who worked on Gainax
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Sunrise has announced that the new Tiger & Bunny anime project is a spin-off titled Double Decker! Doug & Kirill, to be broadcast sometime in 2018. Directed by Furuta Takeshi ( Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments ), the series will revolve around two detectives, Doug Billingham and Kirill Vrubel. Like the setting for
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