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Star Wars: The High Republic’s Writers Look to Its Past — and Its Future
It’s surprising to look back and recall that in the time since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down large public gatherings and now, as events slowly but surely continue to re-enter social life, that a whole new era of Star Wars has come into being. The High Republic may have had to weather a storm as…
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Author Alex Segura Talks Reviving a Golden Age Superhero… for NPR?
Superheroes in every medium are bigger than ever these days — and while they’ve been around for generations, as the heroes of Marvel, DC, and other publishers are ascendant on TV and on film, there’s a wealth of characters from comics’ classical eras left languishing in obscurity. So what happens when one of America’s biggest…
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New Gundam Anime Reveals its First-Ever Female Lead
A new trailer for the anticipated Mobile Suit Gundam anime was just revealed at Bandai Namco’s Gundam Conference on Tuesday. The Witch From Mercury (Kidō Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo) is the first television series from the franchise in seven years, and will feature Gundam’s first-ever female protagonist. The trailer reveals her look, and that…
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Belle’s Mamoru Hosoda Tells Us Why He Keeps Making Stories for the Internet Age
Mamoru Hosoda has been fascinated with the digital world since his career in animation started. From his directorial debut with the first Digimon Adventure film and its follow up Our War Game!, all the way to his brand new awards season contender Belle, the director has repeatedly dove back into the themes of connection we…