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Image: Extreme FilmNinja Vs. Shark. It’s a movie. A real movie, one coming to theaters in Japan next month. It even has a real trailer, which is without question the most ludicrously violent, and violently silly, movie trailer I have ever seen. Here is that trailer.Again, a warning: This trailer is overflowing with CG blood and it’s littered with dismembered body parts, both figuratively and literally. Does anything more really need be said? Sure, maybe a more accurate title would be Ninja Vs. Ninja Vs. Ninja Vs. Samurai…

Image: Studio Ufotable/AniplexIt’ll only be a couple of months before Ufotable’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba returns for its third season. Season two received high marks when it came out, and its theatrical Mugen Train movie was a box office hit. Now as that season’s being nominated for awards in the anime community, studio Ufotable and Aniplex setting the stage for Tanjiro and friends’ next adventure.Just before the weekend started, Aniplex released a new preview highlighting the primary villains of season three’s…

Image: Wit Studio/FunimationWe left 2022 behind in the dust weeks ago, but there’s still awards to be given for the previous year’s top movies and TV shows. It’s the same for anime too, as Crunchyroll finally unveiled the list of nominees for its annual Anime Awards ceremony.Of the many nominees, Cloverworks’ Spy x Family has caught the most attention with 16 nominations in various categories including Anime of the Year and Best Animation. The show’s popularity isn’t much of a surprise, but the number of nominations…

Image: A-1 PicturesPlatinumGames’ Nier: Automata is considered one of the best games of the 2010s, and in the last five years, the love for it has grown as it’s been replayed and expanded to other platforms. (Recent Secret doors also helped.) While it’s not clear if there’ll be a follow up to the game, its upcoming anime can serve as another shot of life to the acclaimed action-RPG.Revealed during the weekend’s AniPlex Online festival, a pair of teasers for the anime series—now titled Nier: Automata Version 1.1a and…

Image: HoYoverseIf you play video games, there’s a good chance that you play (or are at least aware of) Genshin Impact. The action-RPG from developer HoYoverse that first reminded people of Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has been a big deal since it first landed in 2020, with players and fans alike falling hard for the game’s world and characters. And with how popular it’s become, it’s the perfect time for it to get an anime.HoYoverse revealed a trailer for the anime shortly before the weekend began during a…

Image: NetflixProjekt Red, the video game studio that created Cyberpunk: 2077, worked with anime titan Studio Trigger and Netflix to create Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. While Netflix’s recent Geeked Week had a sneak peek and a teaser trailer, we’re finally getting a look at a full-length trailer that explores the dystopian world of crime bosses and faulty systems.Cyberpunk: Edgerunners | Official Trailer (Studio Trigger Version) | NetflixBrutal, over the top, and gorgeously animated, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners looks to be a…