Ah, the early 2000s! During the transition into the twenty-first century, kids everywhere would wake up and watch their favorite Saturday morning cartoons! As previously stated, they would wait to hear their favorite theme songs come on to introduce these shows. From traveling to Townsville to the Watchtower to space and beyond! Here Are My…
‘Star Trek Lower Decks’ is an animated series billed to be a self-parody and comedy of the beloved Star Trek franchise. Instead, it made the whole concept of the science fiction series the subject of mockery, putting a bad taste in everyone’s mouth. In part 2 of my epic rant, I discuss why the series…
Part of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies, ‘Superman: Man of Tomorrow‘ is directed by Chris Palmer. It was released through Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment. A young Clark Kent (Darren Criss) arrives in Metropolis to work as an intern for the Daily Planet, though his parents Jonathan (Neil Flynn) and Martha Kent (Bellamy…
Fans, audiences, Trekkers, and Trekkies have been demanding Star Trek content. So Alex Kurtzman brings us a steaming pile of mess that is ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks.’ Check out the episode below: I have never been shy about my thoughts on the Star Trek animated series. Here is a series of tweets with my running…
‘Animal Crackers‘ is a 2017 animated film directed by Scott Christian Sava and Tony Bancroft. It had its premiere at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France but was not released in America until 2020 via Netflix. Owen Huntington (John Krasinski) grew up watching his Uncle Buffalo Bob (James Arnold Taylor) and Aunt Talia’s…
‘Avatar: The Last Airbender‘ showed Aang and his friends go on amazing adventures. They learned new things, encountered dangerous enemies, and met some new friends. It captured our hearts and minds, defining a whole generation. Nickelodeon brought us some pretty cool heroes and villains in this series. Check out the episode of Comics, Cartoons, and…
‘Kipo And The Age Of The Wonderbeasts‘ is an animated series produced by DreamWorks Animation, Studio Mir, and Netflix. It is based on the 2015 webcomic Kipo from Radford Sechrist, who also served as executive producer for all ten episodes of the show. 200 years after a cataclysmic event. most of humanity lives underground while…
‘Steins;Gate 0‘ follows an alternate timeline than the first series based on the video game franchise. The series is directed by Kenichi Kawamura and written by Jukki Hanada. It was produced by the Japanese entertain company White Fox and dubbed into English by Funimation. The plot diverges from the first series at the moment Rintaro…
Based on the children’s book by Lois Lowry, ‘The Willoughbys‘ is a computer-animated children’s’ movie directed by Kris Pearn, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Mark Stanleigh. The film was made by Bron Animation and released widely on Netflix. Narrated by a neighborhood Cat (Ricky Gervais), he tells the story of the Willoughbys. Their family…
Known in Japan as ‘Eien to jidou shuki ningyou’ and directed by Haruka Fujita and Taichi Ishidate, ‘Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll‘ is a spin-off from the anime television series Violet Evergarden. The movie premiered at the AnimagiC 2019 convention in Germany and was released widely in Japan in September 2019. SDI…
‘Violet Evergarden’ is an anime television show from Kyoto Animation based on a series of light novels written by Japanese author Kana Akatsuki. The series was dubbed into English by SDI Media and released in the United States by Netflix. Violet Evergarden (Erika Harlacher) was raised as a child soldier in the midst of war.…
‘Cells at Work!‘ is an anime series adapted from a manga known as ‘Hataraku Saibō’ from Kodansha’s shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Sirius. Season one brought lots of laughs as we saw cells presented as humans living in a body that appears to be a city to them. After a successful dubbing of the first…
Based on the Kodansha manga written and illustrated by Akane Shimizu, ‘Cell at Work’ is Japanese anime that anthropomorphizes cells in the human body. The comedic series is created by David Production and dubbed into English by Aniplex, the show presents the world of the human body as a city where cells work to keep…
Missing Link is a stop-motion adventure film from director Chris Butler and produced by the film company Laika. It also features an ensemble of A-list actors and actresses voicing the characters. Set in the Victorian Era, Sir Lionel Frost (Hugh Jackman) is an adventurer who seeks to join a prestigious club of fellow explorers, lead…
WarriorWoman91 guest hosts StudioJake while I am at LA Comic-Con. She talks about a wide range of your favorite film franchises and gives updates on their latest developments. From the Marvel Cinematic Universe to Star Wars to the DCEU and even The Hunger Games, no turn is left unturned. Check out the episode below: After…
Fruits Basket is a ‘slice of life’ anime, based on the young adult Furūtsu Basuketto manga written and illustrated by Japanese author Natsuki Takaya. Published from 1998 – 2006 in the ‘Hana to Yume’ magazine, it was first adapted in 2001 but was rebooted in 2019 by the Tokyo-based TMS Entertainment, with Funimation doing the…
For 2019’s Batman Day, I wanted to highlight a piece of forgotten history from the Dark Knight of Gotham. Prior to moving forward with Bruce Timm’s futuristic take on the Caped Crusader, Batman Beyond, Warner Bros. Animation was going to move forward with a very different animated series possibly titled ‘Batman: No Man’s Land.’ According…
Written and directed by Dean DeBlois, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is the final installment in the DreamWorks Animation fantasy saga, distributed by Universal Pictures. Set one year after the second film, Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) is trying to fill his father Stoic’s (Gerard Butler) shoes as leader of Berk. He, his Night…
A second and third season of the hit anime The Rising of the Shield Hero was announced at the 2019 CrunchyRoll Expo panel. The hit dark fantasy anime is based on a series of manga light novels Aneko Yusagi. Bounding Into Comics reports that Naofumi, Raphtalia, and Filo will “have new friends and will fight…
In the 17th issue of the Japanese manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump, it was announced that the My Hero Academia: Two Heroes is going to get to get a sequel that will set up the next phase for the acclaimed anime series. ‘Boku no Hīrō Akademia Za Mūb’ also known in English as My Hero…
The Rising of the Shield Hero is a new anime based on light novels by Japanese author Aneko Yusagi. It is a science fiction fantasy that combines magic with video game-style abilities for its main characters. Since I have not read the novel series, my review will focus on the recently concluded season one of…
Robotech is a classic mech anime that combined three Tatsunoko Production shows The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber MOSPEADA into the epic series merged and translated by Harmony Gold. There were several reports that Harmony Gold would lose their license to the properties, but that story has now…
In 1678, John Bunyan penned from his prison cell the allegory ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come.’ Now Relevant Media and Producer Steve Clearly brings us The Pilgrim’s Progress, a CGI animated feature film. Christian Pilgrim (Ben Price) hears of one his neighbors fleeing the city he lives in with…
I normally do not repost, but I felt like an update was in order for this particular animated comic book movie animated film. The Dark Knight and the Heroes In The Half-Shell are coming together not just in the comic books, but also in the form of a movie. I cannot begin to tell you…
One of my favorite Batman story-arcs is finally getting a film adaption, at least in animated form. The minds at DC Comics and Warner Animation are adapting The Long Halloween, the series-turned-graphic novel written by Jeph Loeb with art by Tim Sale. According to Comicbook.com, the film will feature an ensemble cast. Troy Baker, Jensen Ackles,…
