WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE FOR A REVIVAL? EPISODES: 12 EPISODES WATCH: HULU Disclaimer: I knew the premise of the series but not the execution. SYNOPSIS 29 year old Satoru Fujinuma possess a strange ability he dubs “Revival”, an ability to go back in time moments before a deadly event occurs; which gives Satoru the ability to prevent the event from happening. After successfully preventing a truck crash, Satoru’s mother is murdered triggering Satoru’s Revival ability yet again. This

DON’T LET THE YANDERE FOOL YOU EPISODES: 26 EPISODES & 1 O.V.A. WATCH: HULU & FUNIMATION (The OVA you have to look for.) Disclaimer: This is my second time watching this, but I had to show it to my wife. SYNOPSIS Fourteen year old Yukiteru Amano is dragged into a death battle royale with 11 other people to determine the successor to the god of time and space: Deus Ex Machina. Despite that log-line, this anime is not a Shonen Jump piece. Mirai Nikki is one of those rare anime

ANOTHER SHORT SERIES TO DEBUT ON YOUTUBE The Pokemon anime for generation eight is in full swing, but the twist this time is that Ash and Go don’t necessarily trek across the Galar region. In order to combat this detail, Pokemon and Game Freak have announced that a short series called Pokemon: Twilight Wings will debut on YouTube. Twilight Wings will be the second series to premiere on YouTube, after Pokemon Generations, which was a short series that covered various story mom

NEW CHARACTERS, NEW ADVENTURES, SAME ASH Ash has finally won a Pokemon League in Alola, but his journey isn’t over yet. With a new generation of games about to drop, it’s time to find out what the anime has in store for fans. First off, the new entry of the anime will release on November 17th, two days after the games release worldwide. Many people have speculated that Ash would leave the series, but he does in fact return for the anime. This time, however, he will be joined

In our newest segment, Franchise Friday, we take a look at some brands (new or old) making big moves. In this week’s installment we profile the “Revenge of the Black Nerds” podcast. From a personal standpoint, being a person of color and liking anime/nerd culture has somewhat been a contradiction; as tech is not available to most POC’s and anime does not have a great track record of including POC’s throughout their stories. Therefore, it’s a relief to meet more and more POC’s

REVISITING THE ORIGINAL, ITS REBIRTH AND REBOOT Disclaimer: This is not only a review, but a retrospective. Also, SPOILERS! It takes me a little longer to binge shows so while everybody has moved on from Neon Genesis Evangelion, I have just finished it. Actually, I just finished the Rebuild movie franchise of it. I finished the original show last week. On top of that, I had already watched the original series (through nefarious means) almost a decade ago; before the Rebuild f

OFFICIAL TRAILER FOR ORBITAL ERA BY AKIRA CREATOR KATSUHIRO OTOMO Sometimes it’s hard to live up to past successes, and Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo still has to meet the bar he set with his 1988 film. Despite releasing Steamboy in 2004, Akira is still the film that brings people into the world of anime. Over the weekend at Anime Expo, we finally learned what Otomo has been up to these past few years. Otomo has teamed up with Sunrise to produce his third film called Orbital

PACIFIC RIM FILM BECOMES A NETFLIX ANIME (WITH TWO SEASONS?!) The first Pacific Rim film was a hit with the sequel feeling lackluster, but the franchise has enough star power and niche to be adapted into an anime series. Legendary Entertainment (the entity that brought the films to theaters) have wrapped up their deal with Netflix to create an anime series in the world of the Pacific Rim universe. Most of the details are still unknown, but fans now know when to look out for t

THE NEXT DLC FIGHTER FOR JUMP FORCE IS BAKUGO The Shonen Jump crossover fighting game Jump Force just wrapped up its first DLC with Biscuit Krueger, but datamines a few months ago had confirmed the existence of six more fighters to come. Over the weekend at Anime Expo, the first character of the second pack was revealed as Bakugo from My Hero Academia. The trailer is only 20 seconds long so we only get to see Bakugo’s special move, but all of his prideful fury will be present

FAN-FILM GETS ANIME LIVE ACTION CROSSOVER RIGHT Both Afro Samurai and Samurai Champloo both derive inspiration from hip-hop but are comprised of completely different themes. So what happens when both series crossover? Well a fan- made film from Team Red Productions shows us what exactly happens. The film is called Afro Samurai Champloo and was directed and shot by Joseph Le. The short film is 30 minutes long and will be released in separate parts, with the fight sequence rele

GAME FREAK HAD SOME GREAT SURPRISES Earlier this year, Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield were announced with a good chunk of information to keep fans waiting. While fans thought they’d have to wait until E3, Game Freak went ahead and released a Pokemon Direct a few days before the gaming convention. Let’s take a look: GYM LEADERS RETURN The stadium-like buildings featured in the game’s announcement were actually Pokemon Gyms. Classic gym battles return, except it looks as if t

GT ERA GOKU JOINS THE FIGHT The second season pass for Dragon Ball FighterZ was announced back in January and we still have another character to reveal. With the roster comprising of the Super and original versions of the anime arcs, this newest fighter is quite the surprise. Goku from the GT arc will join the fight. In order to compete with the other versions of Goku in the game, GT Goku is able to power up his moves to a greater extent than the other Gokus. His Kamehameha W

ALL MIGHT JOINS SETO KAIBA AS JUMP FORCE DLC The Shonen Jump crossover fighting game Jump Force had a staggering amount of playable fighters on launch and recently announced DLC packs that would add nine more characters. The first pack will feature three characters with Seto Kaiba being the first character announced. With the first pack ready to debut in May, the second fighter to join the fight is All Might. All Might brings his massive strength and sense of justice to the g

ANNIVERSARIES FOR BOTH FRANCHISES CREATE CROSSOVER MINISERIES The two franchises could not be more different and yet the fates of Hello Kitty and Mobile Suit Gundam will collide. Partially sponsored by CrunchyRoll, a crossover event will take place when Hello Kitty meets the cast of the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime. As a way of celebrating the 40th anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam and the 45th anniversary of Hello Kitty, the interactions between both franchises will tak

SETO KAIBA IS THE FIRST DLC FOR JUMP FORCE The Shonen Jump crossover fighting game Jump Force dropped to a mediocre response. In what was supposed to be a celebration of the publication lasting 50 years, players felt underwhelmed. The game was flashy and the roster well-rounded, but nothing of real substance was offered. In an attempt to get the game over, the first DLC fighter has been revealed. It’s time to screw the rules. Everybody’s favorite character from Yu-Gi-Oh!, Set

A VIDEO GAME FRANCHISE AND A CULT CLASSIC JOIN JUMP FORCE When Shonen Jump crossover fighting game Jump Force drops on February 15th, it will be the celebration of the publication lasting 50 years. Now to finally complete it’s roster, the last five characters have been announced. Out of the five characters, only three are new additions. The first two characters to be added to the roster are actually the villains Kane and Galeena. They won’t be available at the start, but they

JIREN AND VIDEL JOIN THE FIGHT It’s been about a year since Dragon Ball FighterZ debuted and to celebrate another season pass of DLC fighters has been announced. The last season ended with the pair of Cooler and Android 17 joining the likes of Base Goku/Vegeta, Fused Zamasu and Vegito (Super Saiyan Blue Super Saiyan) and Bardock and Broly. Six new characters will be up for grabs with four of them revealed already. To kick things off, the first pair of characters were revealed

MORE NARUTO CHARACTERS APPEAR IN JUMP FORCE 50 years is no small feat, but 50 years of publishing constant hits is even more phenomenal. The Shonen Jump crossover fighting game Jump Force has added four more characters from one of their iconic franchises to its roster. Attributing to the success of the publication, one of the four characters is actually from a spin-off. The four characters come from the Naruto franchise with everyone’s favorite sensei Kakashi, former enemy G

THE REASON FOR THE FIGHT IS REVEALED 29 characters have already been announced for the Shonen Jump crossover fighting game Jump Force. With the game celebrating 50 years of the publication, there’s no limit to how many characters are left to be announced. At this years Jump Festa, the story mode to the greatest crossover in video game history was revealed. We now at least know why all these characters will be meeting. Part of that story actually involves one of the latest cha

RURONI KENSHIN FRANCHISE ENTERS THE JUMP FORCE ROSTER The Shonen Jump crossover fighting game Jump Force will mark the publication’s 50th anniversary next year. There have already been 25(?) characters announced and the game won’t release for a few more months. The newest franchise to be represented is Ruroni Kenshin, in the form of titular Kenshin Himura and his greatest foe, Shishio Makota. Kenshin was an infamous samurai who slaughtered all in his path during the Meiji era