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Grab Your Benadryl, Batwoman’s New Poison Ivy Is Here
If you’ve been watching Batwoman, you know things have gotten… thorny for Dr. Mary Hamilton (Nicole Kang), Kate Kane’s stepsister, illegal Gotham City clinic operator, and O.G. member of the Batwoman support team. Poor Mary was infected by one of Poison Ivy’s vines and turned into, well, Poison Ivy. That’s a shame for her, but…
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One Piece Celebrates 1000 Episodes With a Throwback OP and a New Film
Eiichiro Oda’s legendarily long pirate manga One Piece has been around forever, just a little bit long than a good amount of its fans have likely been alive, and ditto its anime adaptation. Last night, the anime hit episode 1000, and to celebrate the occasion, the episode brought back the very first OP from alllllll…
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John Cho’s Cowboy Bebop Injury Almost Made Netflix Do a Face/Off
When John Cho was initially cast as Spike Spiegel for Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop adaptation in 2019, the reaction was pretty positive. After all, people love themselves some John Cho and consider him a reliably engaging actor. Come six months later, Cho had an on-set injury that saw production being halted while he took the time…
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Cowboy Bebop’s Tone Was the Biggest Challenge for Showrunner André Nemec
From the moment that Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop was announced, fans of the original anime wanted to know what showrunner André Nemec could possibly bring to the classic story that wasn’t already baked into the source material. Rather than simply wondering, Gizmodo asked Nemec directly.