Sonic The Hedgehog is now an iconic video game character thanks to the franchise created by SEGA. Not only has Sonic supporting characters given us hours of fun gameplay, but also some great songs to jam, not just through your gaming console, but also on Saturday morning cartoons. Here are the Top 10 Best Sonic…
‘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…
‘Africa Salaryman‘ known in Japan as ‘Africa no Sararīman’ (literally African Office Worker) is a 2019 comedy series based on the Shojo manga of the same name by Gamu. It was serialized in ‘pixiv Comic’ magazine and was adapted by Hotzipang. Funimation developed the English dub. The meek Lion (Cris George), also called Big Cat,…
‘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…
Netflix takes potshots at their competitors on cable with ‘Trial By Media,’ a six-episode documentary is executive produced by George Clooney. Yes, the actor who’s best known for ruining the Batman media franchise. The show takes on several sensationalized court cases. They start with ‘Jenny Jones murder’ when the daytime talk show host embarrassed one…
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.…
Directed by Rebecca Chaiklin and Eric Goode, ‘Tiger King’ is a Netflix documentary series covering the bizarre true of Zoo owner Joe Exotic, who had an intense feud with a self-proclaimed animal rights activist Carole Baskin and the shocking conclusion. Joe Exotic was a zookeeper in Oklahoma who had a huge collection ‘big cats,’ including…
‘The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez‘ is a harrowing and troubling six-part documentary of abuse, violence, and neglect in the case of an eight-year-old living in Palmdale, California. It is directed by Brian Knappenberger and made available through Netflix. Gabriel Fernandez was routinely beaten, starved, and locked in a cabinet by his mother and step-father. The…
‘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…
Set twenty years since the last movie, ‘Star Trek: Picard’ continues the science fiction franchise created by Gene Roddenberry continues on by focusing on Captain Jean-Luc Picard, played by Patrick Stewart. Twenty years after the death of Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner), Admiral Picard (Patrick Stewart) has retired after a falling out with Starfleet Command…
Reelz and Netflix partner together for Unabomber: In His Own Words, a documentary series of serial killer Theodore Kaczynski, who terrorized the United States between 1969 to 1995. The television show is written and directed by Mick Grogan. Kaczynski was a brutal murderer who was highly intelligent and even briefly worked as a college professor…
‘A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood‘ is a film based on the Esquire article “Can You Say … Hero?” by Tom Junod, who interviewed children’s’ TV show icon Fred Rogers. The movie is directed by Marielle Heller and released through Sony Pictures Releasing. Cynical Esquire writer Lloyd Vogel (Matthew Rhys) visits his sister Lorraine’s (Tammy…
Walt Disney Pictures was shaken up by the recent resigning of CEO Bob Iger, who had overseen the growth of the movie production company, including accusations of Pixar, LucasFilms, and 20th Century Fox. The shake-up has also affected its streaming service Disney Plus. AV Club reports that three original shows that were at various stages…
Chuck Norris might be semi-retired from acting, but his Martial Arts skills wowed audiences on the silver screen before delivering roundhouse kicks on the hit action television series Walker, Texas Ranger. During those years, he delivered some memorable lines that have become ingrained in American culture. While there are so many, here are my My…
Kelly Campagna, also known as WarriorWoman91, invited me back to her podcast ‘You Got It,’ to discuss our Top 10 Shock Moments in Movies and TV. There is no stone left unturned when Kelly and I get together. Watch it below: From the summary, “Jacob Airey returns to discuss our top picks of the most…
2020 is going to be a great year for fan conventions. To kick it off, it was time to head down to the Inland Empire area, California for Anime Los Angeles. Unfortunately, I was not able to attend the entire four-day event, but I managed to catch the festivities of the final day. This event…
Erza Scarlet is a mighty warrior, strong woman, and a highly ranked S-Class Mage from the fantasy anime Fairy Tail. Her unique abilities allow her to change or “Requip” armors, each with a unique power, to help in a given situation and show off her fashion skills. Some allow her to fight multiple opponents, some…
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…
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…
‘Hot New Hip Hop’ has an article with a rumor that Marvel Studios is developing a ‘Wolverine VS. Hulk’ film that will introduce Logan into the Marvel Cinematic Universe which could potentially lead to the X-Men being brought into the franchise. The story goes that with Sony selfishly plucking Spider-Man from the MCU, the heads…
Tyler Hummel was kind enough to have me on the GroupThink podcast where we talk about a whole slew of topics from memes to comic books to film and beyond. You can watch the episode below: From the video’s description: This week on the Groupthink Podcast, Tyler and special guest Jacob Airey (DailyWire) talk movies…
Jon Favreau is the showrunner of The Mandalorian, a new science fiction series based on the Star Wars franchise that is coming to Disney’s streaming service this year. However, before the keys of the franchise were given to current and failed LucasFilm President Kathleen Kennedy, there was another show being planned that had the working…
Warning, there might be some spoilers in this article for the series finale of the FOX show Gotham, based on the early days of Bruce Wayne and James Gordon. Taking place ten years after the showdown with Bane, Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor) is being released from Blackgate Prison, Barbara Keane (Erin Richards) starts her own…
