Looking at newer manga, Shonen Jump has several promising series that could be adapted into anime and become future hits. Three shonen series launched in the last three years have already shown great potential, and fans are eagerly awaiting their possible anime adaptations.
As a gamer, I was reading an article about why people choose PlayStation, Xbox, or Nintendo, and it’s really interesting! Apparently, about 41% of us in the US pick our console based on games you can only play on that system – exclusives, basically. It’s actually down a little from last year when it was closer to 50%, but it still seems like exclusives are the biggest reason most of us choose what we play on!
After briefly disappearing from streaming services, the show The 100 is now available on Pluto TV as of May 1st. Based on Kass Morgan’s books, the series begins with 100 young criminals being sent back to Earth nearly a century after a nuclear disaster to see if the planet can support life. Originally airing on The CW from 2014 to 2020, the show ran for 100 episodes and transformed from a teen drama into a gripping survival story reminiscent of Lord of the Flies. It eventually grew into a complex science fiction adventure with aliens, attracting a dedicated following, inspiring fan-created merchandise, and sometimes sparking debate.
The creators of Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel are confident in their shows’ endings, already planning to wrap up Helluva Boss with season 4 and Hazbin Hotel with season 5. This means they have a clear vision for how the stories will conclude and what will happen to the characters. Brandon Rogers recently shared with ComicBook at LVLUP which character they’d be most surprised to see turn good.
Interestingly, some of the best adaptations aren’t necessarily the most accurate. Often, they succeed because they’re willing to make changes. It’s less about recreating a story exactly as it was written – though many fans appreciate that – and more about capturing the essential elements and transforming them into something new and engaging. We’ve collected a few examples of science fiction films that did just that, taking their original stories and making them even better.
The new movie Harold and the Purple Crayon is based on the classic 1955 children’s book by Crockett Johnson. It premiered on Hulu on April 30th and picks up the story by imagining what happens when Harold, the book’s main character, grows up and faces the challenges of the real world. Unfortunately, the film wasn’t a success, earning only $32 million globally despite costing $40 million to produce (not including marketing). It even received a nomination for a Golden Raspberry Award, and Zachary Levi was nominated for Worst Actor.
Netflix has announced that next year, it will release its first movie with a traditional theatrical release. Greta Gerwig’s new film, Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, will play in theaters for more than 50 days before becoming available on Netflix. While this is positive news, the film has been delayed. Originally planned for November, Narnia, which follows Gerwig’s Barbie, will now premiere in theaters in February.
These new backgrounds for Xbox Series X and S aren’t very dynamic – in fact, the movement is barely noticeable. This seems to be a limitation of the Xbox interface, as all the dynamic backgrounds released for these consoles have had the same issue. You can check them out below.
Even if a show moves to a new network, it still needs to overcome the problems that caused it to be cancelled in the first place. Often, moving a show means a smaller budget, creative restrictions, and the difficulty of attracting viewers on a new platform. If the show doesn’t perform well enough to meet the expectations of the network that rescued it, it will likely be cancelled again.
Life is never easy for the X-Men, and things get even harder when you add in alternate realities, mind control, and villains teaming up with the heroes. We’ve seen many different versions of the X-Men face incredible challenges, and how those experiences can change them for the worse. Here are seven of the darkest versions of the team, some from bizarre alternate universes and others from the main Marvel universe.