Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox’s assets means that the company will own a portion of BOOM! Studios if the deal is finalized. In 2009, Disney purchased Marvel Comics to take advantage of the publisher’s supply of readily available assets. Fox did something similar in June when it purchased a minority stake in BOOM! to
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In Meta-Messages, I explore the context behind (using reader danjack’s term) “meta-messages.” A meta-message is where a comic book creator comments on/references the work of another comic book/comic book creator (or sometimes even themselves) in their comic. Each time around, I’ll give you the context behind one such “meta-message.” This time around, based on a
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It’s our yearly Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar! Every day until Christmas Eve, you can click on the current day’s Advent Calendar post and it will show the Advent Calendar with the door for that given day opened and you can then click to see what the “treat” for that day will be! This
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Animal Crossing‘s friendly secretary Isabelle is the latest character to join Goodsmile’s collection of “Premium” Nendoroids! Isabelle debuted in the 2012 Nintendo 3DS game Animal Crossing: New Leaf, in which she assisted the player in their role as “Mayor”. In a special “Winter Clothes” version, the Isabelle Premium Nendoroid comes with two interchangeable faces, “smiling”
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Ever since the first trailer for Alita: Battle Angel released, the title character’s uncannily large eyes have sparked a lot of conversation among fans and critics alike. Now, we know exactly who was behind this particular creative decision: producer James Cameron. “It was always Jim’s intention to create a photo-realistic version of the manga eyes
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Mister Immortal actor Derek Theler has taken to Instagram to unveil the first cast photo of Marvel’s New Warriors. This marks the first photo we’ve seen of the entire core cast together with showrunner Kevin Biegel. The series is set to mark Marvel’s first foray into half-hour comedies and will be overseen by Biegel, who
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SPOILER WARNING: This article contains major spoilers for “Silent Night, Deadly Night,” the midseason finale of Riverdale Season 2. At long last, Riverdale‘s Black Hood has been unmasked. In “Silent Night, Deadly Night,” the midseason finale, Archie Andrews and Betty Cooper had a deadly encounter with the Black Hood, which led them to discover that
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Anime has its fair share of great big brothers, but which ones are your favorites? To find out, Anime!Anime! ran a survey by gathering fans’ votes on a selection of 35 characters suggested on Twitter. Where did your beloved big brother place? 10. Kousaka Kyousuke ( Oreimo )10. Matsuno Osomatsu ( Osomatsu-san )9. Araragi Koyomi
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A new commercial for the recently released games Pokemon Ultra Sun and Pokemon Ultra Moon answers a question fans have been left wondering for months nows: who would win in a rap battle between Mimikyu and Pikachu? Pretty wild, right? For those wondering who were wondering what mastermind is behind this eccentric commercial, the Japanese
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Takahashi Youichi’s classic soccer manga Captain Tsubasa is getting a new anime! First serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1981, Captain Tsubasa follows the journey of soccer prodigy Oozora Tsubasa, who dreams of conquering the FIFA World Cup. The manga is still continuing as Captain Tsubasa: Rising Sun in Grand Jump, and has been adapted
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The highly anticipated Star Wars: The Last Jedi arrives in theaters this week, and fans are eager to see what writer and director Rian Johnson has in store for Episode VIII in the Skywalker saga. RELATED: Star Wars: The Last Jedi Is The Epic Adventure You’ve Been Waiting For Naturally, there’s a lot of hype
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A second trailer for the upcoming premiere of the TV anime series The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of the Commandments has been released! The opening and closing themes have also been confirmed as “Beautiful” by Anly and “Howling” by FLOWxGRANRODEO, respectively. Check out the trailer below for the new season, which is scheduled to kick
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It’s our yearly Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar! Every day until Christmas Eve, you can click on the current day’s Advent Calendar post and it will show the Advent Calendar with the door for that given day opened and you can then click to see what the “treat” for that day will be! This
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Disney is expected to announce a major asset purchase later this week. The seller: 21st Century Fox, owners of coveted Marvel superhero film rights like the X-Men and Fantastic Four. There’s no doubt Disney would pay just about anything (and likely will) to get those characters back in their court after the rights were sold
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The trailers for Black Panther have been emphatic about one thing: Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa doesn’t freeze in the heat of battle. A new international trailer for the film likely explains why. The Japanese trailer reveals a slightly more in-depth explanation of his costume’s capabilities. Previous trailers have driven home that the suit is built from
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Thinking of starting up a homegrown comic book convention? Best to excise the term “comic con” from your event’s title now, because a jury just sided with Comic-Con International in San Diego in a trademark case against a Utah-based comic convention. A jury has ruled that Salt Lake Comic Con was in the wrong for
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Despite the somewhat-uncertain future of the DC Extended Universe following the performance of Justice League, Warner Bros. plans to forge ahead ahead with several superhero films, including the sequel to 2016’s Suicide Squad. While the film was previously on the fast track, it now appears if production may be delayed to accommodate Will Smith’s schedule.
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A special trailer for the live action movie adaptation of Arakawa Hiromu’s Fullmetal Alchemist has been released to celebrate its performance at the box office. Over 300,000 people flooded theaters across the country to catch a viewing of this long-awaited film from its premiere date of Dec. 1, which earned it over 350 million yen
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