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The past decade has made anime streaming more popular than ever, with many streaming platforms coming out on top in the race to host the next hit. Netflix is still the biggest name in the game when it comes to streaming as a whole, while the Crunchyroll streaming service is the premiere home for anime specifically. While these host some great anime, one shopping network's streaming service has its own fair share of the medium's greats.

Amazon Prime Video is one of the most underrated destinations for anime streaming, especially since it hits so many targets for different demographics. From various retro anime gems to newer favorites, Prime Video is a great place to build up a must-watch anime backlog. Add in the fact that it's connected to the biggest online commerce hub, and it's a one-stop shop for anime fans looking to stream and collect.

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Exclusive: Mena Suvari (American Beauty), Nick Stahl (Let the Right One In) and India Marie Cross (Wicked City) will star alongside Caleb Landry Jones in Down the Arm of God, an indie drama co-written by Jones and Peter Brunner, which is being introduced at EFM by Kinology.

Inspired by real stories, Down the Arm of God follows a young pastor through a harsh winter in a small Texas town, where his mission to help the homeless is faced with resistance by his congregation, exposing deep-seated prejudices and systemic failures.

Directed by Brunner, the film is rooted in real-life interviews and firsthand accounts of homeless individuals surviving on the streets. More than just a narrative about homelessness, Down the Arm of God is the result of years of direct collaboration with the homeless community — not just as subjects, but as partners and storytellers shaping the film with their lived experiences.

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After paying homage to ’70s horror with Brute 1976, the body count continues in the ’80s horror throwback Brute 1986 from director Marcel Walz.

Bloody Disgusting has your first look at exclusive stills from the standalone sequel below, including Tokio Hotel frontman Bill Kaulitz in his film debut.

Gigi Gustin (Night of the Missing), Sarah French (Blind), Pancho Moler (3 From Hell), Lew Temple (The Devil’s Rejects), and Heather Grace Hancock (“Wicked City”) also star.

Dazelle Yvette, Jed Rowen (Blind), Joey Jupiter- Levin, Sarah Kaplan, Mark Justice (Death Count), Matt Wiggins, Ryan James (Mutilator 2), Ramiro Leal (Planet Dune), James Preston (“The Bay”), Scotch Hopkins (Verotika), and Bishop Stevens (Girl on the Third Floor) round out the cast.

The film follows glam metal band Leather Kobra as they film a music video at an abandoned Western town in the middle of nowhere. Ignoring the ‘no trespassing’ signs, the rebellious group have no...

Exclusive: Bill Kaulitz has swapped the concert stage for the big screen by landing his first film role.

The Tokio Hotel frontman, whose band is among Germany’s most successful music acts, has landed a role in Brute 1986, an indie pic inspired by 1980s slasher movies.

In the film, Leather Kobra, a Sunset Strip-style glam metal band films a music video in an abandoned Western town in the middle of nowhere. Ignoring ‘no trespassing’ signs, the rebellious group have no idea they are being watched by the Birdy family, who will meet them with a “level of brutality that is as vicious as it is creative,” according to producers.

Starring alongside Kaulitz are Gigi Gustin (Stiletto), Sarah French (Blind), Pancho Moler (3 From Hell), Lew Temple (The Devil’s Rejects), Heather Grace Hancock (Wicked City) and Dazelle Yvette (Garden of Eden).

Joe Knetter (Twilight of the Dead) is the writer, with...

From gory slashers to petrifying psychological thrillers, horror has always been an incredibly prolific and prominent genre across mediums - one rich in subgenres and themes that have, over time, become staples of fiction. Zombies are a beloved archetype in horror and survival media, and the face of these undead flesh-eating monsters in Western TV is, undoubtedly, The Walking Dead franchise.

A tense survival narrative that mixes poignant drama with bloody post-apocalyptic horror, The Walking Dead was a turning point for the zombie trope in pop culture, rejuvenating fans’ interest in the theme and keeping it alive for over a decade. In anime, classic zombies are far less common. The horror anime genre, however, is rich with blood-curdling monster stories that might be even more frightening than the iconic Walkers.

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The nominations have been revealed for the 2025 GLAAD Media Awards, and one critically acclaimed LGBTQ+ film is notably absent from the pack of nominees.

The annual awards ceremony will return for a 36th year in 2025. According to GLAAD, it’s goal is to “recognize and honor fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of the LGBTQ community in an ever-expanding and media landscape.”

On Wednesday (January 22), the organization revealed the crop of nominees that would be honored at the ceremony. While projects such as Wicked and Queer were notably featured, Netflix’s Emilia Perez was left off the list.

The snub comes after GLAAD declared that the movie, which stars Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez and trans actress Karla Sofia Gascon, was “not good trans representation” in a November 2024 essay. The story included reviews from transgender film critics and noted that “inauthentic portrayals of trans people are offensive and even dangerous.”

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The 36th annual GLAAD Media Awards nominations list included one significant omission. Netflix’s Emilia Pérez was left off the nonprofit advocacy group’s list of “303 culture-changing nominees across 33 categories, honoring outstanding fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues in film, television, gaming, publishing, stage productions, music, podcasting, journalism, and more.”

The snub further illustrates the disconnect between LGBTQ media and the entertainment industry over the controversial crime musical from French filmmaker Jacques Audiard. Emilia Pérez is widely predicted to receive several Oscar nominations on Thursday. The movie could set multiple Academy Awards records, including the most nominations ever for an international film and the most nominations for any film. The film’s star, Karla Sofia Gascón, is also predicted to make history as the first openly trans woman nominated for Best Actress. Emilia Pérez has already set a Golden Globes record with the most nominations ever...

The 2025 GLAAD Media Awards nominations have been revealed.

Wicked, Queer, Love Lies Bleeding, Mean Girls and My Old Ass are among the nominees in the outstanding film — wide theatrical release category.

Joining those three are Cuckoo, Drive-Away Dolls and Problemista.

GLAAD, the LGBTQ media advocacy organization, also announced nominees in TV, music, journalism, Broadway and podcast categories.

In the TV categories, notable nominees include comedy nominees Abbott Elementary, Ghosts, Hacks, Loot, The Sex Lives of College Girls, Shrinking, Somebody Somewhere and What We Do in the Shadows; drama nominees 9-1-1: Lone Star, The Chi, Doctor Who, Found, Interview With the Vampire, Star Trek: Discovery and The Umbrella Academy; new series nominees Agatha All Along, Black Doves, Brilliant Minds, How to Die Alone, No Good Deed and Palm Royale; and limited or anthology series nominees Baby Reindeer, Becoming Karl Lagerfeld, Expats, Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, Get Millie Black,...

The nominations for the 36th Annual GLAAD Media Awards were announced on Wednesday, totaling more than 300 nominees from some of the year’s most talked-about series, films and TV programming.

“The GLAAD Media Awards were created nearly four decades ago to champion LGBTQ stories amid a deeply hostile and unsafe time for our community. Today, this mission holds true and ever-more important as attacks against LGBTQ people are not only growing, but finding new avenues,” GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said in a statement. “Whether it’s rampant misinformation or defamation of transgender people, LGBTQ youth, or the...

GLAAD has unveiled the nominees for its 36th annual GLAAD Media Awards, with Variety securing two noms for outstanding print article (senior entertainment writer Adam B. Vary’s piece on Joe Locke) and magazine overall coverage.

Other nominees include “Wicked,” “Queer,” “Love Lies Bleeding,” “My Old Ass,” “Abbott Elementary,” “Hacks,” “What We Do in the Shadows,” “Fancy Dance,” “Mother of the Bride,” “Baby Reindeer,” “Selling Sunset,” “Queer Eye” and “Real Housewives of New York City.” There are a total of 318 nominees across 33 categories at this year’s Awards.

The GLAAD Media Awards is a yearly event that honors outstanding, accurate and inclusive representations of LGBTQ+ people and issues in film, television, gaming, publishing, stage productions, music, journalism and more.

“The GLAAD Media Awards were created nearly four decades ago to champion LGBTQ stories amid a deeply hostile and unsafe time for our community,” said GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis.

“Wicked,” “Queer,” “Mean Girls” and “My Old Ass” are among the movies that have been nominated as Outstanding Film at the 36th annual GLAAD Media Awards, which announced its nominations on Wednesday. Other nominated projects included “Cuckoo,” “Drive-Away Dolls,” “Love Lies Bleeding” and “Problemista.”

GLAAD, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer media advocacy organization, leaned heavily toward smaller independent films in its nominations, with “Wicked” and “Mean Girls” the most high-profile films in the top category. It did not nominate “Emilia Pérez,” the Netflix film about a Mexican drug lord (played by transgender actress Karla Sofía Gascón) who undergoes gender-affirming surgery.

Television nominees included “Abbott Elementary,” “Hacks,” “Loot” and “Shrinking” in the comedy category, “9-1-1: Lone Star,” “Arcane” and “Interview With the Vampire” in drama and “Agatha All Along,” “Diarra From Detroit” and “Palm Royale” in the Outstanding New Series category.

GLAAD also nominated documentaries, reality programs, children’s programming,...

We have the nominees for the 36th annual GLAAD Media Awards, which honor fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community in film, TV, music, videogames, podcasts, journalism and more.

But the noms don’t include one of the most talked-about films of 2024 or its trans star. More on that below.

Vying for the Outstanding Wide-Release Film prize are Cuckoo, Drive-Away Dolls, Love Lies Bleeding, Mean Girls, My Old Ass, Problemista, Queer and Wicked. Up for the Limited-Release Film award are 20,000 Species of Bees, Backspot, Before I Change My Mind, Big Boys, Close to You, Crossing, Fitting In, High Tide, Housekeeping for Beginners and A Place of Our Own.

Noticeably absent from the GLAAD noms is Jacques Audiard’s Oscar contender Emilia Pérez, which won the Golden Globe this month, and its trans star Karla Sofía Gascón, who also won a Globe and is...

The AMC Networks February 2025 schedule has been announced and includes new episodes of AMC’s Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches; Sundance Now’s supernatural romance Fallen, based on the best-selling book series; and Acorn TV murder mystery, A Remarkable Place to Die, and moving limited series, Best Interests, starring Sharon Horgan and Michael Sheen.

The lineup also includes We TV’s new original series, Love After Lockup: Crime Story, and BBC America’s natural history landmark, Planet Earth: Asia.

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Film debuts deliver edge-of-your-seat thrills including futuristic mind-bender Levels, Shudder’s erotic horror The Dead Thing and flesh-eating gorefest Little Bites, starring scream queens Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator) and Heather Langenkamp (Nightmare on Elm Street).

In celebration of Black History Month, AMC Networks is launching the Featured Collection: Black Voices: Uncompromised, featuring signature AMC+ series and films plus new releases. These films, series and more join an extensive catalog of compelling dramas,...

If you happened to catch Misery Signals on their farewell tour, first of all I am extremely jealous. Not just because you got to see one of the most influential metalcore bands of all time, but you also got to see one of the best up and coming metalcore bands around, Trench. Trench brings the heavy and dark, and it may not be a surprise to learn how much of that is influenced, whether directly or indirectly, by the anime they watched growing up and still watch to this day. I chatted with vocalist Jay Breen about anime and how they were able to bring their influences to life in the video for “Divided Between New Skin.” Can you tell me a little about your anime journey? How it started and where you are now? Are there genres you gravitate toward? What is your favorite anime series or movie of all time?...

Anime is one of Japan's biggest and most popular exports. The unique animation style has allowed multiple directors to push boundaries and craft ambitious narratives that appeal to various audiences. By far, the most groundbreaking anime title to make a sizable impact in the United States was Akira, released in 1988. The release of Akira would help pave the way for other successful anime films such as Ghost in the Shell, Ninja Scroll, and the Evangelion series. Akira combined elements of body horror and cyberpunk in a modernized version of Tokyo that enthralled many audiences, particularly those who had flocked to see other notable tech-noir features such as Blade Runner and Terminator.

Before Akira found its way to American shores and helped usher in the anime craze as we know it today, Wicked City, released the year prior, implemented tech-noir and elements of cyberpunk fused with a captivating story regarding a...

Taylor Polidore Williams and Crystle Stewart lead the cast of Tyler Perry's new soap opera Beauty in Black on Netflix as two very different women whose lives unexpectedly collide. Perry has produced the show as part of his creative partnership with Netflix. Under their multi-year first-look deal, Perry is contracted to write, direct, and produce movies and TV shows, and Beauty in Black is the latest project to come from that deal. Part 1 of the new series drops on Netflix on October 24, and it consists of 16 hour-long episodes.

Set in Atlanta, Beauty in Black revolves around two women on two very different paths in their lives. One of them, Kimmie, is struggling to scrape by after being kicked out by her mother, while the other, Mallory, is running her own successful business. Before too long, these two characters get swept up in each others lives. Polidore Williams and Stewart...

The AMC Networks November 2024 schedule includes the season finale of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol and the premiere of Acorn TV’s new original detective series Inspector Ellis, starring Olivier Award-winner and Tony Award-nominee Sharon D Clarke.

The month also features new film premieres, including AMC+ deep-sea thriller The Last Breath, Allblk original rom-com The Contract, and Sundance Now’s true crime documentary Dickweed on Legalization Day, among other new series, films, and specials.

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Shudder’s “Season of Screams” lineup continues with the debut of the series The Creep Tapes, based on the cult films Creep and Creep 2, from writers and executive producers Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice.

The schedule includes new films, such as Doc of Chucky, an in-depth look at an iconic franchise; the Nick Frost-led Black Cab; dark orphanage tale Rita,...

Even before the anime adaptation was announced, Uzumaki has been widely praised as one of the best works by mangaka Junji Ito. Featuring a cursed town besieged by a strange spiral design, the story of the manga showcases unrelenting terror and creepiness. More than most attempts at a scary manga or anime, however, Uzumaki mainly excels at inhuman body horror.

Junji Ito himself is known for body horror, with most of his works using this concept to unnerve readers and the relationships with their own human forms. This is used to grievous effect in the Uzumaki manga and anime, with the spiral's curse seeing its victims lose control of their own agency. Sadly, the new anime adaptation falters a bit in this regard, but it still showcases just why the Ito story has been so widely regarded in the fear factor department, especially compared to how sanitized anime as a whole has become.

This October, Crunchyroll's premium anime streaming service is adding over a dozen new titles to its free-to-watch AVOD collection. In the spirit of Halloween, this lineup encompasses a wide variety of genres, from edgy dark fantasies like Overlord and Hell's Paradise to spine-chilling Junji Ito horror stories.

Crunchyroll announced the special seasonal lineup in a recent press release. From Oct. 1-31, those without a paid Crunchyroll membership will have access to every season of 20 additional series from Crunchyroll's 1,300+ anime catalog. Some of these works, including Soul Eater and Devil May Cry, will also be added to Crunchyroll's 24/7 anime channel, which will feature an exclusive series of titles from Halloween onward. This limited-time program block will be available from Oct. 28 at 12 p.m (Pt) through Nov 1. The complete list of upcoming AVOD titles is included below.

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Adult Swim is currently gearing up for the worldwide premiere of Uzumaki -- a black-and-white anime adaptation of Junji Ito's iconic horror manga. According to Uzumaki director Hiroshi Nagahama, the upcoming series faithfully tributes Ito's haunting story despite of utilizing a medium that, generally speaking, "isn't suited for horror."

In a recent interview conducted by Anime News Network at Otakon 2024, Nagahama takes a somewhat surprising stance when asked about an apparent lack of audience interest in horror anime. "It's not that [horror anime] isn't trendy, but when it's drawn by a human hand and done in the medium of anime, it makes it more obvious that it's fiction and that its not taking place, so I don't think it's very suited for horror," Nagahama explained. With this in mind, the director and his team used stylized animation techniques to recreate Uzumaki's terrifying universe.

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The AMC Networks October 2024 schedule delivers the thrills and chills with a monster lineup of streaming programming, including new episodes of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol and the Acorn TV/Sundance Now debut of limited series adaptation The Midwich Cuckoos: Village of the Damned, and

The month also features new seasons of Allblk’s supernatural drama Wicked City, Hidive’s popular fantasy franchise DanMachi—Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, and Acorn TV’s beloved detective drama Whitstable Pearl.

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All month long, AMC+ offers its “FearFest” collection of iconic horror classics, including the Halloween franchise (10 films), Friday the 13th franchise (all 8 films), Children of the Corn (original and remake), Night of the Living Dead (original and remake), Child’s Play (original and remake), the Stephen King library, and more.

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Anime is more popular than ever, with the late 2010s and early 2020s seeing widespread success for the medium. This is not only in Japan, but the world over. While the modern day may have raised the stakes for anime as a whole, some of the best examples of what the medium has to offer were released in the 1980s and 1990s.

Various retro anime OVAs took the concept of animation to its limit, reveling in breathtaking animation and experimental storytelling. These works also broke the mold in terms of adult content in anime, with many known for their violent and action-packed scope. They all, in their own ways, defined anime for a generation of viewers, which is why both older fans and newcomers should check out these original video animation gems from yesteryear.

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1980s Japanese horror movies pushed boundaries by blending ordinary life with daunting experiences, setting the bar for future films. Experimental classics like Evil Dead Trap and Wicked City inspired the evolution of j-horror, mixing horror with sci-fi and fantasy. Films like Battle Heater and Cyclops offered bizarre, yet captivating horror experiences, challenging traditional tropes for a lasting impact.

When discussing Japanese horror movies, fans often bring up the late '90s to early 2000s classics like Ju-on: The Grudge or Audition. Decades earlier, in the '80s, the genre was starting to become more experimental, ultimately leading it to evolve and inspire what we today know as a more customary movie subgenre, j-horror.

During the 1980s, Japan impacted audiences by taking people's ordinary lives and twisting them into daunting experiences. Directors took a liking to giving the impression that this could happen to anyone, making it both relatable and anxiety-inducing.

30 years after Ninja Scroll redefined how far an anime could go for audiences everywhere, Cbr got the chance to touch base with the legendary Yoshiaki Kawajiri. Writer and director of Ninja Scroll, Yoshiaki Kawajiri reflects on a career that's transitioned into storyboarding, what a new Ninja Scroll would look like, and the "No. 1" movie he's made.

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30 years after its original release, the legendary anime movie Ninja Scroll is set to be screened in theaters across the United States in 2024.

Cbr: Its been over 30 years since Ninja Scroll released and left its mark on the industry. How do you reflect on the film three decades later?

Yoshiaki Kawajiri: The impact of a really good movie does not fade after time, even if it was made 50 years ago. I have...

Exclusive: Lil Rel Howery, Janelle James, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Maude Apatow and Katt Williams have joined TriStar’s untitled buddy comedy starring Keke Palmer and four-time Grammy-winning musician Sza. Joshua Neal, Aziza Scott and Patrick Cage will also star.

The logline is being kept under wraps. Lawrence Lamont is directing with the screenplay written by Syreeta Singleton. Producing is Hoorae’s Issa Rae and Sara Diya Rastogi, ColorCreative’s Deniese Davis and Macro Film Studios’ Charles D. King, James Lopez and Poppy Hanks. Singleton is co-producing. Big Boss’ Palmer and Sharon Palmer are executive producing. Macro Film Studios is also co-financing.

The project came together from the CoCre lab at Sony Pictures, a previous pact between ColorCreative and Sony to source and incubate emerging, diverse screenwriters to develop and write their first studio feature based on original ideas.

Howery is continuing to busy, recently starring in Vacation Friends 2,...

Kizumonogatari -Koyomi Vamp- begins with a kinetic display of carnage where its main character bursts into flames and careens down a skyscraper like a rogue pinball. It’s a violent, chaotic way to begin this vampire tale that feels all-too thematically appropriate for its conflicted hero, Koyomi Araragi, who gets pulled in extreme directions as he struggles to gain control of his life. It’s not dissimilar to the madness that the audience experiences as Koyomi Vamp’s aggressive storytelling grabs hold of them and doesn’t let go for two-and-a-half hours.

Anime is dense in groundbreaking and foundational vampire texts, whether it’s Vampire Hunter D, Blood: The Last Vampire, Hellsing, or even absurdly violent monster titles like Wicked City and Demon City Shinjuku. However, Kizunonogatari -Koyomi Vamp- clears them all. There’s a strong case to be made that Koyomi Vamp is not just one of the best anime vampire movies of all-time,...

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Ninja Scroll is one of the most iconic and influential anime of the 1990s. Now, it's coming back in a big way, with a new theatrical release planned in honor of the legendary movie's 30th anniversary.

Via a press release, and revealed at Anime Expo 2024, the upcoming theatrical release is part of a wave of similar screenings set across 2024 and 2025. Available in two different formats, the movie will be able to reach a wider audience than ever. Brought about by a collaboration between Hidive and one of the biggest movie theater chains in the U.S., tickets are set to be made available soon.

Related Exclusive: DanMachi Returns to Hidive With Debut Season 5 Teaser Trailer & Simulcast Release Window

Hidive acquires DanMachi Season 5 (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?), which is set to be one...

CBS's golden goose is back for another riveting season this Fall as the whole team at the bureau returns for more homeland mayhem that'll keep audiences begging for more.

Luckily, viewers won't have to beg very hard since the network made a surprising but exciting announcement about the series and the entire franchise.

Even though the sixth season saw some delays and a sad conclusion to a series regular, CBS isn't slowing down its government agents despite a few episodic changes for FBI.

We've got all the information to get you excited before the show's return in the Fall.

Here's everything we know so far about Season 7!

Related: CBS Fall Schedule 2024-25: Tracker on the Move, NCIS: Origins, Matlock Trailers Are Here!

Has FBI Been Renewed for Season 7?

Reader, you are in for a treat because, yes, FBI has been renewed for another season And two more after that!

Prepare to Be Spoiled: Megan Tremethick Teases Debut Feature Asmr Horror ‘Spoiling You’

Taking inspiration from the cultural phenomenon of anime cosplay and Asmr YouTube performers, Megan Tremethick (The Slave and the Sorcerer) is producing a startling psychological horror that follows the clandestine activities of a lonely girl who discovers a liberating second life through her invention of ‘Miss Mutter’, an alluring anime cosplay character she uses to perform Asmr on YouTube. She soon acquires a legion of devoted fans, but as her popularity grows so too do the lines between fantasy and reality begin to blur. As the world begins to learn more and more about Miss Mutter, we soon realise that the woman underneath all the makeup and costume remains a mysterious figure… one with a spine-tingling secret.

A secret that is revealed when Miss Mutter invites her number one fan to spend the night with her for an intimate in-person session.

Prepare to Be Spoiled: Megan Tremethick Teases Debut Feature Asmr Horror 'Spoiling You': "Taking inspiration from the cultural phenomenon of anime cosplay and Asmr YouTube performers, Megan Tremethick (The Slave and the Sorcerer) is producing a startling psychological horror that follows the clandestine activities of a lonely girl who discovers a liberating second life through her invention of 'Miss Mutter', an alluring anime cosplay character she uses to perform Asmr on YouTube. She soon acquires a legion of devoted fans, but as her popularity grows so too do the lines between fantasy and reality begin to blur. As the world begins to learn more and more about Miss Mutter, we soon realise that the woman underneath all the makeup and costume remains a mysterious figure... one with a spine-tingling secret.

A secret that is revealed when Miss Mutter invites her number one fan to spend the night with her for an intimate in-person session.

Launched in 2012, Kontravoid is the solo project of Cameron Findlay. Born in Canada and based now in LA, Findlay has perfected his own brand of dark pop that cruises freely through electronic music genres. With the release of the video for his latest single “Reckoning,” Findlay also showcased his love for anime. Tapping into his love of the works of Yoshiaki Kawajiri, the video provides a window into this overall influence anime has on his artistic endeavors. When an artist is so clear about their love of anime, naturally we have to talk to them! Keep reading to learn more about Findlay’s influences and see his top 10 favorite anime. Can you tell me a little about your anime journey? How it started and where you are now? Are there genres you gravitate toward? Findlay : I grew up in Toronto, and in the late ’90s/early 2000s there used...

Hideyuki Kikuchi's horror anime delves into Japanese myths and legends beyond traditional Western concepts. Kikuchi's work, like Vampire Hunter D, influences modern anime such as Tokyo Ghoul and the Shin Megami Tensei video game series. The master of science fiction horror continues to craft tales blending action, suspense, and eroticism in iconic classics.

Whispering fields of ghostly pampas grass. Gargantuan skeletons slaking their thirst for hot human blood. Unrestful dead haunting those foolish enough to enter their desecrated domains. Japanese horror is a horse of an entirely other color when compared to Western concepts and tropes. The ethereal yurei, the monstrous bakemono, and the possessed tsukumogami, along with the countless shapes, entities, and forms they can assume, all populate Japan’s myths and legends. Spirits are forces of nature, many peaceful and benevolent, with just as many being ferocious and malicious. The forces of the dead are not simply...

In 1987, Yoshiaki Kawajiri released one of the most seminal anime ever in “Wicked City,” a celebrated tale of the fragile existence between humans and demons, featuring a series of imaginative concepts to enhance a spectacular storyline. In 1992, Hong Kong filmmaker Tsui Hark brought about a live-action version of the film with the same general story but several key differences to make for a wholly intriguing remake.

Both “Wicked City” Titles are screening at Hong Kong Arts Centre, as part of the Late Night Series-Art X program

Working in a futuristic version of Hong Kong, agents Ken (Jacky Cheung) and Taki (Leon Lai) are among a team tasked with trying to keep order between humans and Rapters. The Rapters are a race of superpowered beings that live in harmony despite some outliers like Shudo (Roy Cheung) and Orchid (Carmen Lee) playing both sides against each other. After a series of incidents...

13 April 2024 (Saturday) @ Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre Individual tickets and ticket packages are available on Popticket

The Hong Kong Arts Centre (Hkac)'s signature programme, Late Night Series – Art X, with the theme of Japanese yokai this year, presents a journey with diverse arts and culture on 13 April, 2024 (Saturday). To complement the exhibition, Yokai Parade: Supernatural Monsters from Japan, at the Pao Galleries of the Hong Kong Arts Centre, moving image programme, Wicked Cities: Hong Kong x Tokyo, presents a double bill of the Japanese classic Ova (original video animation), Wicked City (1987), directed by animation master Kawajiri Yoshiaki; and another live-action adaptation of the titular novel, The Wicked City (1992), produced by legendary Hong Kong director, Tsui Hark, and directed by Hong Kong's multi-talented Peter Mak Tai-kit, who just passed away last year in 2023.

Following the screening of The Wicked City (1992), there will be an after-screening talk, Yokai in Urban Sci-fi,...

Exclusive: The majority of the managers working at LA rep firm The Green Room have abruptly exited to launch management and production outfit Untamed Artists LA.

The move was made in the last few weeks and follows what the group described to us as “irreconcilable differences” with Green Room founder Alex Czuleger, who as of last week was understood to be the only manager left at the firm.

Czuleger, who set up The Green Room in 2014, declined to comment on the reason for the departures but noted that the Green Room would continue to operate as a management company and that replacements for the departing staff would be joining shortly. There is discrepancy between the two parties as to whether all agents left of their own accord.

The departing reps comprise Jemme Harper, Brenda Fisher, Chris Cope, Sasha Vassell, Nicole MacNaughton, Andrew Leon, and Eric Ziech. At least three are...

Wicked City is returning for a third season. The supernatural drama, co-created by Kristin Iris Johnson and Serena M. Lee, has been renewed by the Allblk streaming service two months after the second season finale aired on December 7th.

Starring Vanessa Bell Calloway, Shaquita Smith, Gary Sturgis, Chantel Maurice, and Chanel Mack, the Wicked City series follows five urban witches who have pushed their powers to the limit.

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Exclusive: The AMC Allblk supernatural drama Wicked City has been renewed for a third season with production set to begin in March.

From co-creators and co-writers Kristin Iris Johnson and Serena M. Lee, Wicked City follows five urban witches who push their supernatural powers to new heights after uncovering dark secrets and accidentally entering the world of the forbidden.

Season 2 was set three months after failing to stop a magical slaver named The Handler (Karon Joseph Riley) when the Atlanta coven found themselves broken and separated. Jordan (Shaquita Smith) – who runs The Mystic Haven – and Angela (Chantal Maurice) try and fail to find Sherise (Chanel Mack) who’s being held captive by The Handler. Mona (Mercedez McDowell) moved away, and Camille.

Unbeknownst to the coven, Tabitha (Vanessa Bell Calloway) and Caden (Malika Blessing) are trapped inside...

Quick Links Goku Midnight Eye is an Adaptation of Journey to the West Goku Midnight Eye’s Heavy Cyberpunk Aesthetic is What Makes it So Memorable Goku Midnight Eye Took a Radically Approach to its Source Material Than Other Anime Journey to the West is a classic Chinese novel that combines comedy, fantasy, action, and historical drama. Goku Midnight Eye is a unique cyberpunk anime adaptation of Journey to the West with a heavy cyberpunk aesthetic. Goku, the protagonist of Goku Midnight Eye, shares similarities with Sun Wukong from Journey to the West and possesses incredible powers.

Of all the classic Chinese novels, Journey to the West is arguably not just the most famous, but the most influential. Combining comedy, fantasy, action, and historical drama into a single narrative, Journey to the West tells the tale of a monk who travels far from his home in China in search of Buddhist sutras.

Taissa Farmiga, an American actress, was born on August 17, 1994. She hails from Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, and is the younger sister of actress Vera Farmiga. Known for her appearances in numerous horror films, she has gained recognition as a prominent scream queen.

Encouraged by her sister, Farmiga embarked on her acting career by making her debut in Vera Farmiga’s film, Higher Ground (2011). Subsequently, she gained prominence for her work on the anthology series American Horror Story, where she starred in the seasons Murder House (2011), Coven (2013–2014), Roanoke (2016), and Apocalypse (2018). In her early film roles, she appeared in the romantic comedy At Middleton (2013), the crime drama The Bling Ring (2013), and the psychological thriller Mindscape (2013), which marked her first leading role.

Farmiga received praise for her performances in the comedy slasher film The Final Girls (2015) and the drama films 6 Years (2015) and Share (2015), all of which premiered at South by Southwest. These...

Allblk, the popular streaming service for Black television from AMC Networks, has unleashed the trailer for the sophomore season of supernatural drama, “Wicked City.”

The 8-episode series premieres Thursday, October 19, with new episodes dropping every Thursday exclusively on Allblk. Watch the trailer for Season 2 below, only here on Bd.

In season one, we followed a coven of Black witches who pushed their supernatural powers to new heights after uncovering dark secrets and accidentally entering the world of the forbidden. This season, three months after failing to stop a magical slaver named The Handler, the Atlanta coven find themselves broken and separated.

Jordan – who now runs The Mystic Haven – and Angela try and fail to find Sherise who’s being held captive by The Handler. Mona has moved away, and Camille is put in permanent hiding by her birth mother, Claudette. Unbeknownst to the coven, Tabitha and Caden are trapped inside...

[This interview was conducted prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike authorization.] How well do you know Jeremy Sisto‘s TV and film characters? Is it as well or perhaps better than he does? When Sisto stopped by TV Insider’s office in the spring (ahead of the FBI–Most Wanted–International crossover event and before the actors’ strike), we not only had to have him dish on his costars and recall his audition for Clueless, but also test his knowledge of his own characters. What makes it tricky is that Sisto has played law enforcement characters on at least three shows — Detective Jack Roth on Wicked City, Detective Cyrus Lupo on Law & Order, and currently Assistant Special Agent Jubal Valentine on FBI (returning for its sixth season on CBS) — and so some of those quotes are very similar … and therefore not the easiest for Sisto to answer. But his characters elsewhere, like in Clueless and on...

Shaquita Smith, known for her breakout role in AllBlk’s supernatural drama series Wicked City, has signed with The Green Room for management.

Smith starred as Jordan Davis alongside Vanessa Bell Calloway, Taylor Polidore, Mercedez McDowell, Chantal Maurice and Chanel Mack, in Wicked City, directed by Dale S. Lewis and executive produced by Tressa “Azarel” Smallwood and Donte Lee.

Smith also guest-starred in television series including New Amsterdam, NCIS: New Orleans, Hap & Leonard, Homicide Hunter and Survivor’s Remorse, among others.

She most recently was seen starring in BET+ rom-com, My Valentine Crush, directed by Christopher A. Nolen, alongside Travis Cure and Jeff Logan.

Smith continues to be repped by Amy Lord at Eris Talent Agency and Noonie Relations.

Back in the 1980s and 1990s, there were numerous anime OVAs (original video animation) that told grisly, gritty, and grimy stories. Full of blood, guts, gore, and all manner of other "adult" content, these projects were instrumental in positioning anime as the "grown-up" cartoon alternative in the West. Some of these Ova movies and TV shows were based on manga, though in some cases, this source material was never actually completed.

A great example of this was Genocyber, which is a somewhat infamous science fiction horror anime. As with others of its era, this Ova was premier "late nite" fare, namely due to its graphic content. It's also defined solely by its adaptation, with the actual manga that the series is based on still being incomplete to this day.

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The classic Sailor Moon anime has two hundred episodes plus several movies with encapsulated story arcs. So much content means that there are a vast amount of characters that come and go, sometimes for just an episode or a couple short cameos. They tend to be minor villains or talented humans targeted by eldritch entities like the Dark Kingdom.

Sailor Moon's filler episodes have fun and interesting plot arcs with characters that are unique, if short-lived. Even the minor characters tend to have intriguing powers, story lines, and character design. They're iconic, even if they aren't featured beyond an episode or two.

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Game Machine Joe comes from the episode "Jupiter Comes Thundering In," and he only exists in the original anime. He's not in the manga, but he proves to be a cute love interest for Sailor Jupiter. He may...

With the exception of genre masters like Junji Ito, anime and manga aren’t exactly the most horror-friendly mediums out there. However, from the Cenobite-inspired God Hand of Berserk to the near-Lovecraftian archeology of Made in Abyss, there’s no denying that Japanese artists often manage to sneak in some unexpected scares into their work.

And with decades of Japanese animation to choose from, there are bound to be at least a few oddball productions likely to satisfy audiences with a craving for animated frights. With that in mind, we’ve decided to come up with a list highlighting six of the best anime for horror fans, as not all nightmares have to be in live-action!

While this list is obviously based on personal opinion, we’ll only be considering Japanese productions as proper “anime,” which means no Western animations like Netflix’s Castlevania! With that out of the way,...

Exclusive: AMC Networks streaming service, AllBlk, has renewed four of its most popular series: Double Cross, Terror Lake Drive, Hush and Wicked City.

The vigilante “Wonder Twins,” are back as Double Cross returns for its fifth season. Ashley A. Williams and Jeff Logan will reprise their roles as crime fighters Erica and Eric Cross, respectively, and continue their crusade against child trafficking no matter the cost. This season the duo is faced with a case hitting extremely close to home as Eric’s newborn son is kidnapped. Meanwhile, the twins discover a bus full of elementary school children has mysteriously vanished. With the stakes higher than ever it will take a village to get everyone home safely.

Hush, which has been renewed for a second season set to premiere in November, follows the story of top marriage and sex therapist, TV personality, and best-selling author, Dr. Draya Logan (Joyful Drake...

Parenthood was a tough act to follow, for Erika Christensen. No doubt. But ABC’s Will Trent has been delighting the actress with its own unique mix, one of humor and “darkness.”

Reflecting on her six-season run as Julia Braverman on Jason Katims’ Parenthood — which ended eight years ago January — Christensen tells TVLine, “I’m kind of an optimist to a fault, but I knew that it was a unique experience from every angle from which you could view it.

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Exclusive: CBS Studios is developing The Mysterious Mortons, a detective drama series for CBS from Amy Rardin (Charmed), George Northy (Charmed), and Laurie Zaks (Castle), Deadline has learned.

The show follows a homicide detective who enlists his quirky family of mystery writers to assist him in cracking the cases that perplex the authorities.

Rardin and Northy will serve as writers and executive producers; Zaks executive produces under her banner Rosewood TV.

Rardin is currently an executive producer/writer on Amazon/Temple Hill’s Teton. She previously served as head writer and co-executive producer on Marvel/Disney+’s Echo, and co-creator/executive producer on the reboot of Charmed for the CW. She also served as co-executive producer and writer for four seasons of Jane The Virgin for the CW and began her staffing career on ABC Family’s Greek. Rardin is repped by Verve and Sugar23.

Northy sold Ozma to Netflix,...

Exclusive: Laurie Zaks and her Rosewood Television banner are adapting a series of novels from Roselle Lim after striking a development deal with ITV Studios America.

Zaks, who was behind popular ABC drama series Castle, launched her company in 2021. At the time, having spent seven years as Head of Television at Todd Lieberman and David Hoberman’s Mandeville Films, she had a deal with ABC Signature.

She recently struck a deal with the U.S. arm of the British broadcaster and production group, and this marks her first major development project under that new agreement.

Rosewood Television and ITV Studios America will adapt three novels by Lim, a Canadian author of Filipino-Chinese heritage, as series. Books include Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune, which was published in 2019; Vanessa Yu’s Magical Paris Tea Shop, which came out in 2020; and Sophie Go’s Lonely Hearts Club, which was published last year.

Winter Everett’s weight loss journey has given The Family Chantel star the confidence to show off her boldest and bravest makeup looks on Instagram. The younger sister of 90 Day Fiancé alum Chantel Everett, Winter has become a fan-favorite herself after choosing self-love over a troubled relationship. Winter got over her heartbreak by putting herself first; Winter received weight loss surgery that helped her drop over 100 pounds.

The split with her ex-boyfriend finally pushed The Family Chantel's Winter Everett into starting her wellness journey. While Winter’s family was against her getting the procedure done, she did what she felt was right and flew to Tijuana, Mexico, to get gastric sleeve surgery, which was successful. However, it’s not just the operation that helped keep Winter healthy and fit. She is consistent with her trips to the gym and her healthy diet. With her new body, she also got a...