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The fantasy genre of the anime industry has been completely dominated by Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End as the series continues to gain popularity despite only having a single season under its belt. It was deemed one of the greatest anime of all time and was instantly renewed for a second season, which is only going to add more flesh to the the story.

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End | Credit: Madhouse

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End follows the story of the elven mage Frieren, who was a member of the adventurer party that, after a ten-year quest, killed the Demon King and brought peace back to their universe. She then goes on to learn more about the world and returns fifty years later when everything is changed, making her take a different look at her surroundings.

On her new journey, she meets with an intriguing character by the name of Stark.

Rai: The Book of the Darque sets the stage for Valiant's upcoming Resurgence event with a mix of horror and humor. This issue introduces new threats to Rai, including betrayal and a battle against an incursion from the forces of Darque. Valiant's revamped Rai series, with a focus on science fiction and horror elements, offers a fun and compelling read.

Warning: contains spoilers for Rai: The Book of the Darque #1

Valiants new Rai: The Book of the Darque mixes superheroes and horrorand is a darkly hilarious high point on the way to Resurgence. Valiant Comics is heading towards a massive, universe-defining event later this year called Resurgence. Rai: The Book of the Darque not only builds the hype for Resurgence, but stands on its own as a fun read, one laced with dark humor.

Rai: The Book of the Darque #1, written by Dan Abnett and drawn by Emilio Utrera,...

Exclusive: Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi (Entergalactic) will star in and produce the new animated feature Slime which will serve as animator Jeron Braxton’s (Baby Demon) feature directorial debut. Brian Ash (The Boondocks) penned the script and will executive produce.

The project hails from Mescudi’s production banner Mad Solar alongside Hammerstone Studios and Capstone Global.

Slime is described as a classic monster movie decked out in fashion-forward video game skins that are wickedly satirical, scary as hell and trippy Af. In a not-too-distant, but all-too-dystopian future, Muna, an optimistic, but broke young woman, signs up for a paid medical trial. Hope turns to horror when she is unknowingly injected with a foreign creature’s slime and begins to have visions she does not understand and unleash destructive powers she cannot control.

Hunted and desperate, Muna kidnaps Glenn (Mescudi), a lab worker from the mega-corporation who injected her. Together, they...

First up, I have to answer the question I had when I picked up this book: yes, that tin man. Well, one of those tin men, to be clearer.

Justin Madison’s debut graphic novel Tin Man is set in a version of L. Frank Baum’s Oz, and his tin man, Campbell, has the familiar shape and form Americans expect from their tin men since 1939. But that’s not particularly clear at the beginning of the story, and it’s never important. It’s something bigger than an Easter egg, I guess, since there are plenty of references to Baum here, but it’s all background.

We’re in a recognizably modern world: suburbia, TV news, two-paycheck families, junkyards, high school students who play video games and hang out to do mischief. The land is called Oz, which is mentioned but not emphasized. It looks mostly like our world,...

On Jan. 9, Hulu debuted its animated comedy Koala Man, the latest installment in what was then Justin Roiland’s sprawling empire. An absurdist superhero series that features a voice cast with Hugh Jackman and Succession‘s Sarah Snook, the project seemed to cap off a particularly prolific period for its producer. In a matter of months, Roiland had released a hit video game, put a collection of paintings on exhibit, aired a sixth season of his Adult Swim juggernaut Rick and Morty, and snagged a fifth season for his other Hulu series, Solar Opposites.

Three days later, that image as a high-flying animation maestro came crashing down. On Jan. 12, NBC News revealed that Roiland was facing two felony charges in Orange County stemming from an alleged 2020 domestic violence incident that occurred with a woman he was dating at the time. That August, he was arrested and released on bail. Roiland has pleaded not guilty.