©権平ひつじ／集英社・夜桜さんちの大作戦製作委員会 Let’s all give Mission: Yozakura Family a little golf-clap round of applause, everyone. This week’s episode promised us a “Prison Break Grandpa,” and it delivered exactly that. Mutsumi’s grandfather, Ban, is a heavy-drinking and hard-partying rapscallion who seems to regularly bust out of the joint to hit up the hostess clubs and paint the
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Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for The Acolyte episode 4 Summary Order 66 wasn’t the moment that made Darth Vader a true Sith Lord. Vader still needed to kill a Jedi without a lightsaber to prove himself, which he did in the days following Revenge of the Sith. The Acolyte series is also exploring this
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©2022 古宮九時/KADOKAWA/Project Unnamed Memory For those of you who were wondering how this series was going to end after wrapping everything up last week, now you have your answer: badly. I’m not talking about the quality of the storytelling, because honestly this is the closest we’ve gotten to the level of the first episode in
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Summary Risa has been forgotten in modern Star Trek, with only brief mentions in newer shows. The franchise’s ability to expand Risa’s story is being sidelined, missing out on its potential. Modern technology like the AR wall could help bring Risa to life like never before. Despite its immense potential, the Star Trek franchise seems
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Image via Amazon © Satoru Noda, Shueisha Voting opened for the ninth “Next Manga Awards” (Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taishō) on Friday, with 40 titles nominated in the print category and 69 titles nominated in the web manga category. Readers can vote on the official website for their favorite choice until July 8. The nominees
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Summary Brainiac is a thrilling supervillain in My Adventures with Superman , where he’s an unstoppable force that cannot be bargained or reasoned with. Despite his long comic book history and previous attempts to bring him to the big screen, Brainiac hasn’t appeared in a live-action Superman movie yet. James Gunn’s Superman could link its
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© 理不尽な孫の手/MFブックス/「無職転生Ⅱ」製作委員会 In this episode, Rudeus makes a lot of stupid decisions. He lashes out at those trying to comfort him after the death of his father, cheats on his pregnant wife, and asks his cheating partner to marry him and enter into a poly relationship without consulting his wife first. Yet, the context in
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Summary Ki-Adi-Mundi’s controversial cameo in The Acolyte sparks debate over retcon history in Star Wars lore. Jedi rules against attachments changed with Attack of the Clones, impacting Ki-Adi-Mundi’s backstory. Legends retcon explains Ki-Adi-Mundi’s multiple wives due to Cerean race, showcasing evolving Star Wars story. Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi has become incredibly controversial after his cameo in
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Quick Links Shrek 5: Further News & Info Summary Shrek 5 is already in production and a Donkey spinoff is also in the works. The original cast potentially returning, including Mike Myers and Antonio Banderas. Story details remain a mystery, but the sequel could potentially focus on Shrek and Fiona’s teenaged kids. After more than
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© Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha, Toei Animation Episode 1109 hits the ground running and hardly lets up for the entire episode. The first half of this week’s episode is a continuation of the various battles versus the Seraphim on Egghead Island. We get a brief check-in with all four intimidating child soldier experiments, but the chief battle
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