Ludwig, Valkyrae, Banks & more unhappy after Elon Musk changes Twitter verification

Ludwig, Valkyrae, Banks & more unhappy after Elon Musk changes Twitter verification

Virginia Glaze   ❘   Published: 2022-11-10T22:11:22   ❘   Updated: 2022-11-10T22:11:35 Influencers aren’t happy with Elon Musk’s recent changes to Twitter’s verification system, with names like Ludwig, Valkyrae, and even FaZe Banks speaking out […]

The best ‘Chinese anime’ donghua you can watch right now

A small child with large blue eyes peers into the sky, with the stars reflected back in their eyes, in Pan Gu.

Donghua — Chinese animation, sometimes mistakenly conflated with anime — covers as wide a variety of tones and subjects as any other type of animated story, from sunny necromancers to particularly rebellious children with dragon […]

Chinese animation is booming — but don’t confuse it with anime

A young person wearing a white robe puts their hand on a dragon’s head while standing over it in a drawn image from Nezha Conquers the Dragon King.

In 2021, Funimation viewers got what might have been their first introduction to donghua when the anime streaming service added the series Heaven Official’s Blessing to its roster. But the service mistakenly listed the language […]

Chinese animation is booming — but don’t confuse it with anime

A young person wearing a white robe puts their hand on a dragon’s head while standing over it in a drawn image from Nezha Conquers the Dragon King.

In 2021, Funimation viewers got what might have been their first introduction to donghua when the anime streaming service added the series Heaven Official’s Blessing to its roster. But the service mistakenly listed the language […]

Meet Shylily, Twitch’s unapologetic orca VTuber who rewrote the rulebook

Meet Shylily, Twitch’s unapologetic orca VTuber who rewrote the rulebook

Shylily went from unknown to Twitch sensation basically overnight. The orca VTuber has climbed to nearly a million followers in less than a year, rewriting the rulebook for the medium along the way by being […]

One Piece Film: Red review: A fantastic new character changes everything

Uta, a woman with half-pink, half white hair, dressed in elaborate fluffy pink-and-white robes and gold arm gauntlets, draws a line in the air with one extended finger and leaves ribbon-like traceries hanging in space in One Piece Film: Red

It’s kind of fascinating that most of the more than 1,100 characters introduced in the One Piece franchise fall into two groups. The World Government — the tyrannical, repressive global regime that dominates the franchise’s […]

New to Disney Plus in November 2022: Andor finale, Disenchanted

Diego Luna as Cassian Andor pretending to be Keef Girgo, wearing a tan vest as he pleads at the court bench, while a green alien guard stands behind him with a weapon in hand

Disney Plus launched in 2019 with most of Disney’s back catalog, but the platform still hasn’t reached maximum capacity just yet. In addition to original content, like the currently airing Andor series, there is a […]

Alternatives to Elon Musk’s Twitter: Mastadon, Reddit, Cohost, Tumblr, and more

Front page of Mastodon.social social networking server, with welcome cartoon.

Twitter now has a new owner (yes, I know you knew, but it does bear repeating), and the social network (not to mention most other media outlets that follow popular culture and tech) is awash […]

Disney’s best movies for Halloween to watch on Disney Plus

The headless horseman in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad holds his sword and pumpkin in the air

Happy Halloween to all who watch scary movies! This season, we provided a whole host of horror recommendations for you to watch at home. There are the best horror movies to stream, the best horror […]

Normalizing cosplay: As conventions return, cosplaying is forever changed – by TikTok

Genshin Impact cosplayers at CRX AUS 2022

Conventions shutting down across 2020 and 2021 put the cosplay community on ice. However, the medium survived, and even thrived, as it adapted to new challenges. As conventions return, how has the craft evolved, and […]