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While some video games exist as a storyless form of entertainment and engagement, some games also have a story to tell. Narrative-driven video games draw viewers in and give them heroes to root for and villains to despise. The immense time and attention given to core details of the game, such as worldbuilding and exposition, make them prime contenders to port over to streaming platforms.

Netflix has capitalized on the video game fanbase, creating stunning anime-inspired films and shows sure to hook viewers. From the mysterious and mythological journey Lara Croft traverses in Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft to the gritty, frightening world portrayed in Castlevania, these video game adaptations prove to be some of the best among Netflix’s ever-increasing options.

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Many of 2024's biggest anime had massive expectations placed on them, and these truly lived up to the anticipation.

Studio Pierrot, known for producing many popular anime series including Naruto, Bleach, Tokyo Ghoul, and Yu Yu Hakusho, announced a partnership that was signed in August 2024 with South Korea’s Red Dog Culture House to co-produce and invest in anime content aimed at the global market.

The partnership will see both studios collaborating on upcoming projects over the next three years through a production committee based in Japan.

As the partnership’s first project, the studios will produce an anime adaptation of Lim Kyung-bae and Kwon Soon-kyu’s Latna Saga: The Survival Sword King webtoon. Full-scale production is set to begin later this year.

The companies further revealed plans to consider adapting popular Japanese manga or original Korean webtoons into anime for future projects.

Red Dog Culture House’s CEO expressed his excitement about the partnership, stating, “This is an incredible opportunity for us to showcase our talents, and we’re thrilled about it.

Just in time for Judgment Day, Netflix has a new installment in the “Terminator” franchise for fans of the iconic, long-running sci-fi action franchise. This time, however, you won’t see any familiar faces — the series is animated. However, you might recognize some of the voices, so we’ve put together a handy guide to the “Terminator Zero” cast.

You won’t see Sarah Connor, Kyle Reese or Arnold’s T-800 in this story — it introduces a new timeline and all new characters to go with it. Set in 1997, Japan, “Terminator Zero” focuses on a developer named Malcolm Lee, who is hard at work on another AI system to compete with Skynet and save the human race. Naturally, a Terminator unit is sent back in time to target him and his three children, while a soldier from the future is sent back with a mission of her own.

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Eli Roth’s Borderlands will finally hit theaters this August, almost nine years after its announcement. The film, based on the critically acclaimed video game franchise of the same name, underwent several script changes and production delays. The Cate Blanchett and Kevin Hart starrer’s trailer was a mixed bag.

Moreover, fans of the game franchise are skeptical of the big screen medium as it may not have the time to establish different storylines starting from the 2009 game.

Cate Blanchett in a still from the upcoming film Borderlands

A popular suggestion among the video game fanbase was to make Borderlands into an animated series. This animated version would be a much better way to bring the world-building, numerous characters, and their complex interconnected storylines onto the screen.

Why Would Borderlands Fare Better As An Animated Series?

Borderlands would work better as an animated series than a theatrical film (credits: Borderlands...

Actor Nicolas Cage could have played Count Dracula long before Renfield.

Per Instagram, Insidious director James Wan offered high praise for Renfield, calling it "a hoot of a film" while singling out Cage and Nicolas Hoult's performances as the Count and titular protagonist. He then looked back on his involvement in a failed Castlevania game adaptation, revealing, "Cage and I spoke many years ago about playing Dracula in my (defunct) Castlevania movie, so it's great to see he finally got a chance to play the Prince of Darkness."

Related: Renfield Confirms One of What We Do in the Shadows' Main Points

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Though Wan's film -- originally meant to be directed by Paul W.S. Anderson -- never went anywhere, Castlevania eventually received a 2017 animated series on Netflix. The show followed Trevor Belmont (Richard Armitage), a member of the...

A Girls' Love animated film has landed in the top spot at the Korean indie box office.

As translated by The Holy Mother of Yuri from Kyunghyang Shinmun, Geu Yeoreum, or The Summer in English, has become a box office hit after topping South Korea's independent art film box office. Based on a short story by best-selling author Choi Eunyoung called That Summer, the theatrical edition is an edited version of a mini-series net animation that premiered in 2021. The film has received positive acclaim for its emotional storytelling, beautiful and bright colors as well as a fresh and youthful style of animation, making it perfect for a summer watch. The film debuted on June 7 in theaters around South Korea.

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Animated by Red Dog Culture House, the mini-series streamed on Laftel from September to October 2021, who also helped crowdfund the series...

Dragon Age: Absolution is a Netflix series released in November of 2022. It is set in the Dragon Age universe and serves as a bridge between the games Dragon Age: Dreadwolf and Dragon Age: Inquisition. The creators of Dragon Age: Absolution tie the series into the games with various easter eggs and references to the larger franchise.

Dragon Age: Origins was released in 2009. It features a customizable protagonist known as "the Grey Warden." The player is tasked with finding a suitable heir to the crown of Ferelden, stopping a power-hungry Tyr Loghain, and defeating an Archdemon, which is leading a large-scale assault against the nation of Ferelden. Dragon Age: II was released in 2011 and is heavily tied in with the first game as the new character "Hawke" origin is tied to the events of Origins. The third game, Dragon Age: Inquisition, was released in 2014 and focused on "The Herald of Andraste.

Critical Role's Matt Mercer is one of the most prominent Dungeon Masters in the world because of his ability to create memorable NPCs, his worldbuilding skill, and his adaptability as a storyteller. With the newest season of Legend of Vox Machina on the horizon and the continuing adventures of Bells Hells in Campaign 3, the homebrewed world of Exandria continues to grow in new and interesting ways. However, plenty of guest DMs have sat in the chair over the course of the series, and the best guest DMs in Critical Role each offer their own unique contributions to Exandria.

From the guest DMs of Exandria Unlimited to Critical Role one-shots led by other cast members, the series has seen a lot of talented people behind the Dm screen. Of course, some appearances are more memorable than others for fans of the Actual Play series. For both old and new audiences...

"Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" is a triumph for fantasy movies. This is a film that embraces the absurdity, the playfulness, and the chaos of playing arguably the most popular tabletop fantasy RPG of all time, or at least the best-known one. It is a hilarious film that avoids snarky, meta and campy humor, but instead has humor that's fully about characters being earnest in funny and extraordinary situations.

The "Dungeons & Dragons" movies is also full of wonderful fantasy creatures, including plenty of great practical effects creatures that feel out of the "Dark Crystal" TV show. What's more, the movie even includes some of the more esoteric creatures we can only see in a "Dungeons & Dragons" movie, like the intellect devourers, the mimics, and the gelatinous cube.

Perhaps the area where the movie feels the nerdiest and most faithful to the lore and the particular style of...

Fantasy is all the rage on television. Sure, the genre has been popular before, and each decade has given us hugely influential and fantastic stories of magic and fantastical creatures, from "Xena: Warrior Princess" to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." But when "Game of Thrones" exploded onto the scene with a mature, gory, politically charged fantasy story, it kickstarted a fantasy TV race, forcing every studio and streaming service to run and make their own fantasy epic, no matter how much they had to pay for it.

Meanwhile, animation has always been at the forefront of fantasy television. There were Saturday morning cartoons like "Dungeons & Dragons" and "He-Man," shows like "Gargoyles" that focused more on worldbuilding and sequential storytelling, and also "Dragon Age: Absolution" and "The Dragon Prince," which deliver the kind of epic fantasy storytelling we commonly only see on the big screen.

And then there's "The Legend of Vox Machina.

Following her return in Clementine Book One last summer, the post-apocalyptic adventures continue for the beloved character from Telltale's The Walking Dead in Clementine Book Two. Once again written and illustrated by Tillie Walden (and taking place in the living dead world of Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead), Clementine Book Two will be published by Skybound Comet in October, and we have a look at preview pages ahead of the graphic novel's release!

You can read the Clementine Book Two preview below, and we also have the official press release with additional details. To learn more about Clementine Book Two, visit Skybound Comet's official website!

Press Release: Los Angeles 01/17/2023 – Today Skybound Comet unveiled an extra-length first look at Clementine Book Two, continuing the trilogy set in the world of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead, from award-winning writer/artist Tillie Walden.

Available everywhere books are sold October 2023, the...

We're going through somewhat of a golden age for fantasy on the screen. After the '80s saw an explosion of fantasy movies — some of them zany and unserious, others the exact opposite — the success and acclaim of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy on the big screen and of "Game of Thrones" on TV has created a race to find the big new fantasy epic, e.g. the next sword and sorcery tale that can captivate audiences.

On the small screen, there's "The Witcher," "House of the Dragon," and "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" fighting for live-action dominance, and even animation has "The Legend of Vox Machima," "Dragon Age: Absolution," and "The Dragon Prince" offering high fantasy epics for a variety of different audiences.

Now, Paramount+ wants to join the fantasy race, and they're rolling the dice on a live-action series based on the granddaddy of fantasy games,...

Dragon Age: Absolution is a 2022 mini-series created by Mairghread Scott. You can watch it on Netflix from December 9th.

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With great power at stake, a group of rebel mages and thieves goes head-to-head against a sinister force possessing a dangerous artifact.

List of Chapters A Woman Unseen

After running into an old friend, Miriam joins one last mission for the Inquisition to retrieve a mysterious object hidden at the summer palace.

The Will of the Maker

A magister seeks to uncover the history of the Circulum Infinitus. The team distracts the palace guards so they can sneak into the temple vault.

The Serpent’s Coils

To survive, Miriam and her team must get past the demons, hordes of undead and other magical forces lurking in the palace walls.

Those Who Falsely Dream

An unexpected encounter with Rezaren and a shocking discovery thwart the escape plan. The city goes on...

"Dragon Age: Absolution" is an action-packed treat for fans of the award-winning video game franchise. The six-episode animated series expands the world of Thedas, including giving us our first look at a major location and some potential plot threads of the new game, and has a memorable cast of characters, all while delivering stunning animated action. That being said, the show has next to no consideration for those not familiar with the games, with a rapid-fire dropping of names and terms, and rather little explanation for how any of it works.

The franchise takes place in a fantasy world full of magic, and one of the things that make the game and "Absolution" stand out is their exploration of the consequences magic would have on politics and religion. Being a mage is not something cool that makes you popular, because mages are severely oppressed and regulated by authorities for fear...

Exclusive: Red Dog Culture House is expanding its relationship with Netflix with a multi-year production deal to produce more animated series.

Under the pact, Netflix and Red Dog Culture House will partner on a number of shows, bringing the studio’s expertise to future animated series on the streamer.

Based in South Korea, Red Dog Culture House is a rising 2D animation studio known for its bold direction and diverse animation style spanning from anime to Western cartoon styles.

Netflix and Red Dog Culture House recently teamed on the upcoming animated series Dragon Age: Absolution (see photo above), based on the popular Bioware video game franchise, which premieres this Friday, December 9, on Netflix. Created in collaboration with BioWare, Dragon Age: Absolution is set in Tevinter and features an ensemble of new characters inspired by Dragon Age lore, including elves, mages, knights, Qunari, Red Templars, demons and other surprises.

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This year, for Christmas, Netflix is giving subscribers a wealth of new releases.

These include films you would have had a chance to see in the cinema in November – films like Glass Onion, which is Rian Johnson’s sequel to Knives Out.

There are also new Guillermo del Toro (Pinocchio), Alejandro González Iñárritu (Bardo) and Noah Baumbach (White Noise) films being added from the beginning of the month, right through to New Year’s Eve,

TV wise, there will be a new series of Emily in Paris to tear through while slumped on the sofa post-Christmas dinner, as well as a prequel spin-off to The Witcher and a spy series called Treason.

Fun for all the family, then. Find every movie and TV show coming to Netflix in December 2022 below.

And a rundown of everything being removed from the service from now until the end of the year here.

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This year, for Christmas, Netflix is giving subscribers a wealth of new releases.

These include films you would have had a chance to see in the cinema in November – films like Glass Onion, which is Rian Johnson’s sequel to Knives Out.

There are also new Guillermo del Toro (Pinocchio), Alejandro González Iñárritu (Bardo) and Noah Baumbach (White Noise) films being added from the beginning of the month, right through to New Year’s Eve,

TV wise, there will be a new series of Emily in Paris to tear through while slumped on the sofa post-Christmas dinner, as well as a prequel spin-off to The Witcher and a spy series called Treason.

Fun for all the family, then. Find every movie and TV show coming to Netflix in December 2022 below.

And a rundown of everything being removed from the service from now until the end of the year here.

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It’s almost the holiday season, which means that millions of travelers will soon find themselves in distant family members’ living rooms while Netflix blares on the TV. What Netflix shows and movies will be featured on those television sets? We now have a better idea as Netflix has released its list of new releases for December 2022.

It’s safe to say that movies are set to dominate this month. There is the usual holiday fare like Scrooge: A Christmas Carol on Dec. 2 but overall Netflix looks to be trying to end the year strong with some big ticket titles. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio arrives on Dec. 9. That will be followed by Rian Johnson’s next Benoit Blanc detective story, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, on Dec. 2. The end of the month closes out with White Noise, Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of the classic Don DeLillo novel, on Dec.

Netflix's Dragon Age: Absolution debuted its first trailer, so fans of the series are sure to be excited for the animated television adaptation. After years of relative silence, Dragon Age is coming back with a vengeance, with Absolution fast approaching and the highly anticipated fourth entry into the series, Dreadwolf set to arrive in 2024.

Fans eager for these two projects might feel compelled to revisit the extant games. However, replaying them means facing some harsh truths. After all, Origins is more than a decade old. From issues with plotting and pacing to characterizations, not everything about Dragon Age will feel as good as they did the first time around.

Dragon Age Has Tons Of Unnecessary Content

RPG games need to fill tons of hours of content, so it makes sense that they create sprawling worlds full of side quests, characters, and locations. However, there comes a point when so much content overwhelms,...

The winter holidays are rapidly bearing down upon us, so what better way to get into the festive spirit than by streaming, er, Denis Villeneuve's dramatic thriller "Prisoners"? Luckily, for those who are not in the mood to watch Hugh Jackman brutalize Paul Dano for two-and-a-half hours, there are plenty of alternate options to choose from on Netflix this December.

In keeping with tradition, the final month of 2022 will see an eclectic mix of genre films and TV series make their way onto the streamer, along with more than a few awards season hopefuls. The latter group's ranks include a new screen take on D.H. Lawrence's classic erotic novel "Lady Chatterley's Lover" and a movie adaptation of "Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical." Then there are the latest films from multi-hyphenates Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Noah Baumbach ("White Noise"), on top of a pair of much-buzzed-about director-driven features that we will get to later.