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Summary Blue Lockis being heralded as one of the best sports anime of all time, and part of that is Ura Kazuki’s portrayal of the main hero, Yoichi Isagi. The revolutionary soccer anime and manga series completely flips traditional sports shonen tropes on their head by emphasizing the need for players to be selfish in order to give them the drive to win games. Starting as a manga by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura,Blue Lockfocuses on a young man named Isagi who joins the enigmatic Blue Lock program designed to help Japan’s soccer team win big....

Summary Gen Vhas given us a look into how a group of college students would act if given superpowers. The spinoff ofThe Boysis just as raunchy and R-rated as the original.Sky High, on the other hand, dealt with similar themes of superhero adolescence with a much more PG slant. Though the film was released in 2005, the concept has since brought back into public discourse, withBruce Campbell recently pitching an idea for a sequelSky Highseries....

Charlene Tilton may not be as rich as her famousDallascharacter, but the actress still has a high net worth. Tilton has been acting since the 1970s, with her first onscreen appearance in a 1976Happy Daysepisode. That same year, she also appeared as Bambi in the originalFreaky Friday, starring Jodie Foster. However, Tilton is by far most famous for her role as Lucy Ewing, daughter of Gary and Valene and niece of the villainous J....

One of the biggest departures fromSid Meier’s Civilization 7is undoubtedly religion. Coming fromCivilization 6, where religion was a victory type,Civ 7has massively reduced the role of religion, pushing it into a more ancillary mechanic. In the Antiquity Age, religion is present through pantheons and altars, and, unlikeCiv 6, is generally beneficial to every player. The investment required to start a pantheon is also significantly reduced, with its early placement on the civics tree, meaning that every player will, eventually, receive a pantheon....

If David Ayer’sSuicide Squad 2had gone forward, theDCEUsequel would have included a big surprise for one of the remaining 2016 cast members. Despite being one of the few financially successful movies inthe DCEU movie timeline, a proper sequel toSuicide Squadnever came to fruition with Ayer at the helm. Instead, James Gunn’sThe Suicide Squadwent forward, using elements of the original 2016 film while incorporating many new characters, but some have wondered what Ayer had potentially planned for his sequel....

WARNING! Spoilers for Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter #4OfBatman’smany iconic foes, perhaps the most sympathetic isMr. Freeze. Though a villain in his own right, alongside the likes of the Joker and the Penguin, his backstory fromBatman: The Animated Serieshas elevated him to be more than a mere two-bit crook. Now, Mr. Freeze has turned his back on his most defining tragedy and subverted his usual motivations with a frightening redesign....

Batman’s most iconic villain,Joker, has appeared in multiple live-actionDCmovies, but not every appearance ranks the same. The Joker’s legacy is nearly as extensive as his heroic arch-nemesis, first debuting in DC Comics in 1940’sBatman #1before becoming just as much of DC mainstay across almost every medium.Adaptations of Jokerhave given rise to such iconic performances as Mark Hamill’s animated rendition, while his live-action movie career has exploded in recent years with seven memorable appearances so far....

Two of the most beloved properties at Marvel areX-MenandSpider-Man. Both are brand names that seem to find success in every medium, and understandably so, as both happen to be the company’s earliest examples of what a superhero looks like in the Marvel Universe.The X-Men’s first comicset the stage for Marvel’s super-teams, whileSpider-Man’s first comicdelivered the medium’s most popular hero. It’s no wonder why there have been so many instances of Marvel pairing Spider-Man with the X-Men in its comics....

Summary Denzel Washington’s highly anticipated performance inGladiator IIsets up the perfect reunion between him and director Ridley Scott.For the long-awaitedGladiatorsequel, Scott scored a remarkable castwho play a raft of new and returning characters in the franchise. TheGladiator IIlineupincludes the likes of ever-growing stars Paul Mescal (Normal People,All of Us Strangers) and Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us,The Mandalorian), plenty of other incredibly notable names, and, of course, superstar Washington to revisit Ancient Rome aroundtwo decades after the events ofGladiator....

WARNING: Contains Potential Spoilers for ABSOLUTE POWER #4!Green LanternHal Jordan has just uncovered a loophole for achieving infinite willpower, elevating his Lantern abilities to an unprecedented level. However, what the Emerald Knight accomplishes with this power boost is even more impressive, marking one of his most badass and overpowered feats to date. Jay Garrick, Wally West, Bart Allen, and Max Mercury lend their willpower to Hal Jordan, helping him hold back the multiverse....

A newHonkai: Star Rail3.0 leak has shown that the turn-based RPG by HoYoverse will see a major technical improvement added to the game’s setting, but only some players will be able to take advantage of it.Version 3.0 is the next big patch for the game and one that will introduce the destination of Amphoreus for players to explore. This new area will kick off the game’s third year of content as the Astral Express gets intertwined in yet another story arc and inevitably meets the many confirmedAmphoreus characters inHonkai: Star Rail....

Shaiapouf, one of the Royal Guards in Yoshihiro Togashi’sHunter x Hunter, is afascinatingly complex villain, particularly regarding his queer-coded identity. His loyalty and devotion to Meruem, the Chimera Ant King, are unwavering, bordering on obsession. This dedication goes beyond duty, venturing into deeply emotional and arguably romantic territory. Shaiapouf’s feelings are sensual rather than overtly sexual, portraying an intense, almost divine adoration that mirrors the complexities of unrequited queer love often depicted in media....

Dynasty Warriors: Originsputs players in the role of a mysterious wanderer who, by chance or fate, ends up becoming a vital figure in the history of the Three Kingdoms. However and as many can imagine, the focus on a self-insert protagonist also brought forward a question. After all, does his presence mean that, for the first time in the main series, players will be able to romance fan favorites such as Zhao Yu, Cao Cao, and Diaochan?...