Animated TV series, from anime to cartoons
The following contains spoilers for Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop, along with the original anime Let’s get this out of the way: to say I was skeptical about Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop is…an understatement. Live-action anime adaptations aren’t necessarily new for Netflix—and given that they are currently working on a One Piece adaptation they’re not likely […] More
Let’s talk jazz. You’ve most likely heard by now, but in just under a month, Netflix is going to be setting loose a live action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop, an anime series that…well, let’s just say the only real debate over the show is whether it’s the best anime of all time or merely one of […] More
When A New Hope released in 1977, its explosive success shocked studios and even Lucas himself. Its sparse 43 theatre release would reverberate through and redefine both the science fiction genre and the nature of blockbusters as a whole. The film blended familiar American staples like sci-fi serials and spaghetti westerns with pivotal Japanese cinema. […] More
After countless rescue missions, The Bad Batch can’t save Disney from their redundant writing. Adding another mantlepiece to Star Wars’ wall of disappointment, The Bad Batch is precisely why causal fans can’t get into the cartoon shows. The similarities in The Bad Batch’s writing to Rebels, The Mandalorian, and the sequel trilogy are even worse than the bulk of […] More
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis. This week, Hawk Ripjaw gets excited about The Suicide Squad, Caemeron Crain recommends checking our Mr. Corman on Apple TV+, and Hal Kitchen sings the praises of Princess Mononoke. The Suicide Squad Hawk: The Suicide Squad. Oh […] More
The following contains spoilers for the Season 1 finale of Ultra City Smiths: S1E6, “Family of Orphans” For some reason, even after “O-o-h Child” last week failed to advance major plotlines, I had continued to think that Ultra City Smiths would wrap up its central mysteries in the season finale. This was not the case, […] More
The following contains spoilers for Ultra City Smiths S1E5, “O-o-h Child” Ultra City Smiths S1E5 almost feels a bit like an attempt at Andy Kaufman-esque humor. As the penultimate episode of the first (and perhaps only) season, surely we were all hoping for a bit more plot movement with regard to the show’s central mysteries, […] More
The following contains spoilers for Ultra City Smiths S1E4, “The Little Baby Hand Pinky Grip Thing” Who shot Carpenter K.? There isn’t a lot of movement on that central mystery in Ultra City Smiths S1E4, but that’s OK. It’s increasingly clear that this show isn’t really about that. It’s about Ultra City and how “she […] More
Rick and Morty S5E7 is a fast-paced riot that rattles through genres and homages like there’s no tomorrow. It feels like the show is back on its A game after a mediocre spell that marked the middle section of Season 5. ‘Gotron Jerrysis Rickvangelion’ is not a joke-per-line kind of episode, finding comedy in the […] More
The following contains spoilers for Ultra City Smiths S1E3, “Hot Clues” Who killed Carpenter K. Smith? To suggest that Ultra City Smiths is structured around this question may bring to mind the murder of Laura Palmer, and while it is hardly the only show to formulate itself around such an inaugural mystery, I find myself […] More
The following contains spoilers for the premiere of Ultra City Smiths: S1E1, “She Don’t Care,” and S1E2, “The King of the Night” From the opening of Episode 1, “She Don’t Care,” Ultra City Smiths throws us into its world. Yes, there is a narrator (Tom Waits), but he doesn’t so much provide narrative framing and […] More
In the destabilising second instalment of Rick and Morty Season 5, Rick continues to be haunted by the consequences of cloning Beth, and, among other things, Morty finally gets that cool laser whip he asked for in ‘Promortyus’. S5E2 also includes enough decoys to make for a seriously dangerous drinking game, one visually confusing boss battle, […] More
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