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Publisher/developer Serafini Productions continues their work on their still-in-development BrokenLore series of games, and has released a new trailer each for two of them in Don’T Watch and Follow.

In BrokenLore: Don’T Watch (which has a demo available on its Steam page), players assume the role of Shinji, who is a young hikikomori, a Japanese term for individuals with a form of severe social withdrawal. In this case, Shiji is trapped inside his small Tokyo apartment. With unpaid rent, mounting bills, and a family that doesn’t understand him, he feels isolated from the world—and from himself. His only escape is video games, and his only window to the outside world is his PC. But even those have their limits.

You’ll explore Shinji’s mind as it unravels, which from the trailer, features plenty of eyes in some peculiar places. They’re the least of Shinji’s worries,...

Hideaki Anno’s Neon Genesis Evangelion remains a cornerstone of the anime world ever since its release in the 1990s. A lot of anime fans went in expecting a quirky mecha anime, but by the end, they were likely questioning their life choices. The show explores the complex relationships between humans and beings referred to as “Angels” and “Gods”.

Neon Genesis Evangelion | Credits: Gainax

Neon Genesis Evangelion, debuting in 1995, remains one of anime’s most influential franchises, shaping the mecha genre and the medium itself. Nge heroes are imperfect, multifaceted individuals, each taking on a uniquely challenging role to save the world and themselves from destruction.

Though some fans may adore the Nge cast, many others find the characters’ extremely flawed personalities annoying or unlikeable. Asuka Langley Soryu, one of the most influential yet heavily criticized characters in the series, embodies these extreme flaws that provoke backlash among fans. But is the hate truly justifiable?...

The official accounts for the recently announced With Vengeance, Sincerely, Your Broken Saintess light anime, which adapts Aminohada and Sorajima's manga of the same name, today revealed five main cast members, as follows (character romanizations unconfirmed): Lua voiced by Asami Seto Sven voiced by Soma Saito (Miyano in Sasaki and Miyano ) Ariane voiced by Momo Asakura Garrett voiced by Kazuki Ura (Isagi in Blue Lock ) Shiji voiced by Kazuyuki Okitsu (Elliot in Sugar Apple Fairy Tale ) The Animation ID project being produced by Imagica Infos and Imageworks Studio and is scheduled to release sometime in 2025 . Related: With Vengeance, Sincerely, Your Broken Saintess Manga Gets Light Anime Adaptation Pocket Comics publishes an official English version of the With Vengeance, Sincerely, Your Broken Saintess manga and describes the story: Lua is a saintess candidate who possesses the power of healing. But her ability had one flaw: she could only heal others...

Like its titular robotic characters, Hasbro's Transformers has taken many different forms. This has included live-action movies and variants featuring mechanical beasts, with each generation having their respective incarnation of the series. China almost gave rise to one of the weirdest of these permutations, though it never actually came to be.

Nezha: Transformers was a bizarre, unorthodox mix of a late 2010s Transformers cartoon and a Chinese series based on native mythology. This included the series' characters becoming robots in disguise themselves. For as interesting of a change as this might have been, the show still has yet to come out. Given the current state of the property, this might be a good thing.

Related: Hasbro Wants Older Transformers Back on Xbox Game Pass

Nezha: Transformers Combined Cybertronians With Chinese Mythology

Announced back in 2019, Nezha: Transformers was poised to be exactly what it sounded like -- a combination of the...

Anime often have incredible characters and diverse worlds, typically featuring wider casts than most mediums. However, having an expansive cast can be a blessing and a curse. While a large cast allows many lovable side characters, it also opens the door for screen time wasted on flawed characters.

Related: 10 Anime Characters That Never Surpassed Their Rival

Every so often, a character is so poorly executed that they actively make the series feel worse when they are on the screen. Even if they do not outright ruin the series as a whole, the scenes with them are distinctly worse than the scenes without. How impactful such a character is can also depend on their importance to the story.

Updated by Alexandra Locke on June 19, 2023: Anime has a plethora of great characters. However, there are still some characters who are so terrible that they ruin the series. Whether it is through actions or poor writing,...