The anime industry is notorious for its challenging working conditions, including long hours, tight deadlines, and often insufficient compensation. Anime studios fighting for the right to animate what they think will be the next big thing, or the desire to become the next content supplier of a popular streaming service, often come at the cost of the…
While Batman Returns is viewed favorably today in 2024, back in 1992, its macabre charm wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea. Eager for a change, Warner Bros. decided to take the Batman franchise in a new direction with Batman Forever, placing Joel Schumacher at the helm for a lighter, more family-friendly approach. Swapping directors wasn’t the…
If you didn’t know better, you’d assume Hunter x Hunter was a happy-go-lucky shonen anime that’s filled with light and joyful moments. Earlier on in the series it certainly appears that way, and later on when they’re doing things like fighting Bubble Horse on Greed Island, it still is exactly that. However, HxH fans know there’s a…
What have you done to our boy?! Sometimes anime fans are sadly forced to utter these words when their favorite characters start to lose their cool factor, almost always due to writing choices. In some cases, these characters just didn’t get the greatest development; they aren’t terrible, but they could stand for some improvement. This…
For more than 40 years, Saturday Night Live has been a breeding ground of some of America’s greatest comedy minds. But when you put that much talent in an enclosed space, you’re asking for trouble. Even the best SNL members have their bad moments. Not all of the behind the scenes SNL fights ended with someone getting punched in their face. Some of…
It’s hard to argue that Batman doesn’t take the cake when it comes to having the best rogues gallery in comics. The Joker, Two-Face, Bane, Riddler, Poison Ivy…the list of incredible villains who call Gotham City home goes on and on. Even the more obscure Batman villains are formidable in their own right and don’t get nearly…
Some of the most powerful scenes in shonen anime come when the protagonist is at their worst. Whether they’ve lost a loved one, been trounced in a fight, or been publically humiliated, these moments show us who the hero is on a deep level. We see how they respond to the toughest of circumstances –…
Naruto has one of the best villain casts in shonen history. While canon gives fans plenty of interesting information, the characters are so fascinating that it can be hard to stop thinking about them once you’re done reading or watching them at work. For this list, we’ll be looking at theories and headcanons thought up by Naruto fans from…
From unexpected obstacles to sudden enemy attacks, anime is filled with events that totally blindside the characters. Sometimes they react with total panic and have no idea what to do next, like how nearly everyone in Sword Art Online responded when they couldn’t figure out how to exit the game. Sometimes they rise to the occasion, like when…
Leonardo DiCaprio slept in what to prepare for The Revenant?! Sorry, we’re getting ahead of ourselves. Unconventional or over-the-top actor preparation for film and television roles often gets a lot of attention from the press, especially when the actor earns acclaim. Actors like Heath Ledger and Jim Carrey are legendary for the lengths they’ve taken to make…
