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Summary CBR VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Anime comes in many genres, delivering superheroes in My Hero Academia, horror in Death Note, and even cooking in Food Wars! In the 2000s, anime based on trading card games were all the rage. Some anime inspired trading cards, such as Pokémon, but others

The following contains spoilers for Barbie, which is now playing in theaters. Greta Gerwig’s new Barbie movie is already one of the biggest films of 2023, telling an emotionally resonant tale of self-acceptance and equality through Mattel’s iconic doll brand. Complete with a cast of A-list stars led by Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, Barbie

Summary The Eisner Awards have been recognizing and celebrating the best in the comics industry since 1988, showcasing the impact of comics on pop culture. The Eisners value indie releases as much as big name titles, highlighting lesser-known works that may have otherwise gone unnoticed. The awards recognize the work of influential comic book creators

John McTiernan’s Die Hard is rightfully credited with changing the face of action movies forever. The unstoppable killing machines that reached their apex with 1985’s Rambo: First Blood, Part II had outworn their all-too-indulgent welcome when John McClane showed up for that fateful Christmas party. In the wake of it, vulnerable everymen replaced gun-toting John

So every week, I post a topic here. You reply to it on the CSBG Twitter page (just write @csbg with your reply), our artists will each pick one of your suggestions and I will post their drawings based on your suggestions here every week. So every week you will have a new question and

Barbie director Greta Gerwig has just made box office history. Per Variety, Barbie‘s $162 million opening weekend is now the largest debut ever for a film directed or co-directed by a woman. The previous titleholder was 2019’s Captain Marvel ($153 million), which was co-directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. Wonder Woman held the record

Many classic romance anime titles still hold up today. Some vintage titles are hidden gems that may have a devoted cult following but have slipped through the cracks and haven’t gained a larger modern audience. Titles like Vampire Princess Miyu are out of print, so fans will struggle to revisit the manga in its entirety,

Berserk is a famous seinen manga series whose protagonist, the wandering swordsman Guts, wields one of manga’s most iconic weapons of all time. Guts is almost synonymous with oversized swords throughout Berserk‘s story, using broadswords in the Golden Age story arc before moving on to his famous Dragonslayer sword after the horrific Eclipse. For Guts,

AMC’s The Walking Dead would have been a completely different show if Robert Kirkman, the creator of the franchise, had one wild pitch accepted by the TV show’s writers. Inspired by the original comic book series written by Kirkman, The Walking Dead is a zombie drama that begins with police officer Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln)

TV is full of hard-working doctors such as Grey’s Anatomy’s pioneering neurosurgeon Dr. Derek Shepherd and Lost’s unrelated but ingenious Dr. Jack Shephard. However, there’s a growing list of quirky doctors who would never be taken seriously as medical professionals. Instead, they become memorable for their sense of humor, clever schemes and carefree attitude while

Marvel reveals that this November, the events of Zeb Wells and John Romita Jr’s Amazing Spider-Man run are now spilling over into the rest of the Marvel Universe in a new crossover event, Gang War! At stake is the control of super-crime in New York City, and the criminals who are going to war with

The Krakoa Era has reached a terminal point for the X-Men. The story was never supposed to last forever, but original head writer Jonathan Hickman’s departure slowed the whole process down. Recently, the X-Men participated in two massive events — A.X.E. Judgment Day and Judgment Day — that showed their cracks to the world, setting

The Simpsons has plenty of ideas that never made it to fruition, going through the writing process but never seeing the light of day. Sometimes, these unproduced episodes are missed opportunities. In one particular case, it was for the best that the idea never made it across the finish line — as it would have

Dark Horse Comics announced to The Hollywood Reporter that it has struck a deal with superstar writer, J. Michael Straczynski, creator of the acclaimed TV series, Babylon 5 and Sense8, and longtime comic book writer (perhaps best known for his best-selling run on Amazing Spider-Man), to do new creator-owned comic book series for the award-winning

AMC is doubling down on The Walking Dead, with the network renewing both The Walking Dead: Dead City and The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon for second seasons. Announced during San Diego Comic-Con 2023, the renewal comes ahead of both the Dead City Season 1 finale on July 23 and the premiere of Daryl Dixon on

This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the [series/movie/etc] being covered here wouldn’t exist. For the first time in decades, both the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists unions are both

Summary “Skybound Entertainment announces The Walking Dead: Betrayal, a cooperative multiplayer game set in post-apocalyptic Canada, where players must survive hordes of zombies while traitors attempt to sabotage them.” “Developed by Other Ocean Interactive, the game combines social deception gameplay with zombie survival and combat tactics, pitting teams of up to eight players against each

The Flash mantle has been taken by several heroes throughout the DC Universe, though two characters in particular have defined the role the most: Barry Allen – the Silver Age Flash – and his sidekick and nephew Wally West, who would become the new Flash after Barry’s death. This led to decades of stories in

Marvel’s Savage Avengers spent months battling the villainous Kulan Gath across the globe and through time. With the help of the likes of Doctor Doom and Kang the Conqueror, the heroes eventually ended Gath’s reign of terror on Earth. Most surprisingly of all, Conan of Cimmeria and Kang took it upon themselves to ensure that

The highly-anticipated Barbie film is edgier than initially anticipated, as the big-screen take on Mattel’s iconic fashion doll features the blasting of an F-bomb along the way. Per The Town podcast, Hollywood insider Matthew Belloni revealed he watched the film’s premiere, claiming the Greta Gerwig-helmed movie includes a censored F-bomb, along with a few boob

It’s no secret that the allure of The Vampire Diaries lies in the romances and love triangles, but none of that would have been possible without engaging characters. The supernatural drama had a large ensemble of characters, and almost all of them had some stellar character development throughout eight seasons. The result was fleshed-out, realistic

Since the beginning of the comic book industry, accusations of plagiarism, stolen ideas, and blatant rip-offs have been common. One of the oldest such cases, that between Marvel’s Man-Thing and DC’s Swamp Thing, is actually an instance of both publishers copying the same Golden Age character. Marvel and DC have been in fierce competition with

Netflix has pulled the plug on a planned Masters of the Universe movie, resulting in a potential loss of $30 million. For years, there have been plans to develop a new live-action adaptation of Masters of the Universe at Netflix. This would follow multiple animated adaptations which have been made for the streaming platform in

The following contains major spoilers for Captain America #750, on sale now from Marvel Comics. One of the most divisive topics over the last few years at Marvel has been Sam Wilson as Captain America. Sam assumed the mantle in the Marvel NOW! relaunch after Steve Rogers got aged up over a decade ago. Since

While Superbad may have helped make Michael Cera a household name, the 2007 coming-of-age comedy almost made him leave Hollywood for good. Per The Guardian, the actor discussed how appearing in the beloved comedy and the Oscar-winning film Juno made him especially wary of his newfound fame, describing the experience as “overwhelming” when he was

Netflix’s Journey to the West-inspired animated film has debuted its first official trailer. Via Netflix’s YouTube Channel, The Monkey King sees its titular character journey alongside Lin and Stick in an action-packed adventure to defeat 100 demons and ascend to heaven. Shunned from a young age, the trailer’s opening line addressing Monkey King as “the

The original Rogue came out in 1980, and while that individual title has largely faded into history, its legacy is still felt to this day. Roguelikes are more popular today than ever, from turn-based games following directly in Rogue’s footsteps to fast-paced action combat titles. While the genre derives its name from a 40-year-old title,

Japanese popular culture has done a lot to impact Western action media over the decades, such as toys that inspired hit franchises like The Transformers. Anime like Dragon Ball Z also served as the backbone of action scenes in movies like Creed III. However, the biggest impact came from the genres of Mecha and Kaiju,

With the SAG-AFTRA strike igniting widespread conversation online over the way actors have been paid, Kimiko Glenn found herself going viral when she shared how much she made for her last royalty check for the hit Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. On TikTok, Glenn shared a video of her Orange Is the New

In Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku, the fundamental source of energy, Tao, is responsible for the power in all living things. Like the real-life Taoist teachings of China, the Tao of Hell’s Paradise can only be correctly harnessed by achieving a balance of weakness and strength, or Yin and Yang. As an assassin raised in the Shinobi