Some anime heroes would feel a lot more at home in another series. Even if a character is the star of a show, that doesn’t mean they’re living in the fictional world that best suits their personalities, as their skill sets and idiosyncrasies often clash violently with their material realities. There are a tonof anime characters that belong in other anime, and…
The best post-apocalypse movies have richly drawn worlds that feel familiar and distant at the same time. While featuring catastrophes like extraterrestrial invasions or zombie-inducing viruses, these films are more terrifying when audiences can recognize parts of their own world in the fictional ones on screen. A lot of good, old-fashioned movie magic goes into creating this effect, and…
With a seemingly endless amount of opportunities in this day and age, South Park is as quick as ever. With 23 seasons and counting, South Park has shown its appreciation for their fans through their dedicated animation and attention to detail. These background jokes and little random details fans found while watching South Park remind us why we still love it after…
If you get cast on Saturday Night Live, you’re well on your way to a successful comedy career. But first, you have to survive your SNL audition, which is one of the toughest in show business. For starters, it’s an incredibly selective process. The show has had only 153 official cast members since it debuted in 1975. Staffers review hundreds of candidates…
When someone gets superpowers, it’s normal to think they can do anything. Folks get bitten by radioactive spiders and waste no time throwing on some spandex and kicking a criminal’s butt all over the city. Of course, it’s not exactly like that, and in the more realistic stories about flying gods with immense power, jumping in…
When most people talk about their favorite Naruto characters, their lists are full of Konoha shinobi. This makes sense – the Village Hidden in the Leaves is full of incredible ninja, and it is the village that gets the most development and attention. That said, there’s more to the Naruto-verse than just Konoha. We’re celebrating some of the greatest…
It’s no surprise that when acting out scenarios for a camera, some lines can become blurred. Two attractive actors playing pretend as a married couple or falling in love is a dangerous recipe when it comes to staying faithful. As a result, a number of movies have started forbidden scandalous affairs that became unlimited tabloid fodder….
“WTF” moments are an accepted — and often even anticipated — part of anime. After all, the genre is populated with titles as strange as Reverse Harem or Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, and accepts the feasibility of characters with “naturally” green, blue and pink hair. When watching anime, a certain level of weirdness is part of the appeal. Despite being implicitly irreverent, WTF bad anime endings are totally unacceptable….
Superhero replacements are not just commonplace but virtually inevitable, with the endless serial nature of comic book storytelling necessitating endless twists, turns, and reinventions – which sometimes even means replacing individuals under that iconic mask. Sometimes, it works out, like when Jane Foster brought new meaning to the title of Almighty Thor, but most of the time…
If you’re a fan of South Park, you already know that some of the best episodes feature the loveable Butters Stotch. For this list we’re ranking all the Butters episodes of South Park, and we want you to vote for your favorites. Starting as a background character, Butters had his first speaking role in the episode “Two Guys…
