Batman and Deathstroke will have another face-off in the upcoming crossover event “Shadow War,” a three-month story-arc from DC Comics.
“As the writer on titles such as Robin, Deathstroke Inc., Infinite Frontier, Justice League Incarnate and now Batman, it’s clear that Joshua Williamson has an incredible passion for DC and its characters. Beginning in March, the fan-favorite writer is bringing fans Shadow War, a three-month crossover event where the worlds of Batman, Robin (Damian Wayne) and Deathstroke collide in an event that will have major ramifications in the DC Universe,” DC said on their website.
They continued, “The action begins on March 29, with Shadow War Alpha #1, written by Williamson, with art by Viktor Bogdanovic (Detective Comics). Slade Wilson commits an unthinkable act, and Talia al Ghul, the Daughter of the Demon, is out for blood! The League of Shadows is out to murder Deathstroke and destroy Deathstroke Inc., and it’s up to Batman and Robin to track Slade down and bring him to justice, but do they? This 48-page one-shot is priced at $5.99 and features a main cover by Jonboy Meyers, with variant covers by Bogdanovic and a card stock variant cover by Detective Comics artist Dan Mora…”
“The Shadow War action continues in April with Batman #122. Deathstroke Inc. #8, and Robin #13 and concludes in May with Batman #123, Shadow War Zone #1, Deathstroke Inc. #9, and Robin #14, concluding with the can’t-miss Shadow War Omega #1,” DC added.
The “Shadow War” kicks off on March 29, 2022 with the release of ‘Shadow War Alpha #1.’
Despite premiering as a Teen Titans villain, Deathstroke and Batman have had a constant rivalry, culminating in the ‘Deathstroke Vs. Batman’ story by Christopher Priest. This battle has leaked from the comic books and into other media, including ‘Batman: Arkham Origins’ where Slade Wilson serves as a boss fight for the video game.
Deathstroke Engages In A “Shadow War” Against Batman
‘Fate: The Winx Saga’ Begins Season 2 Production
Netflix is bringing back its live-action remake of the Nickelodeon cartoon ‘Winx Club’ with the announcement that ‘Fate: The Winx Saga’ season two has begun production. The streaming service made the statement through a press release, saying that the show is being filmed in County Wicklow, Ireland.
Most of the main cast is returning, including Abigail Cowen as Bloom, Hannah van der Westhuysen as Stella, Precious Mustapha as Aisha, Eliot Salt as Terra, Elisha Applebaum as Musa, Sadie Soverall as Beatrix, Freddie Thorp as Riven, Danny Griffin as Sky, Theo Graham as Dane, Jacob Dudman as Sam, Ken Duken as Andreas and Rob James Collier as Silva.
They will be joined by newcomers Brandon Grace as Grey, Éanna Hardwicke as Sebastian, and Paulina Chávez as Flora. Brian Young, of The Vampire Diaries fame, will return as showrunner and executive producer.
Netflix also released a “behind-the-scenes” look on their YouTube channel:
The synopsis is described as follows, “Bloom, a fairy with fire powers, enrolls at a magical boarding school in the Otherworld called Alfea College. There, she shares a suite with Stella (a light fairy), Aisha (a water fairy), Terra (an earth fairy), and Musa (a mind fairy). With the help of her four new friends, Bloom starts to learn more about her past. Meanwhile, ancient creatures called the Burned Ones return to the Otherworld and threaten everyone at Alfea.”
The show faced some controversy in season one when some in the media accused the show of replacing Hispanic character Flora with Caucasian protagonist Terra. In response, Flora will be introduced in the second season with Chávez portraying the character. There was similar backlash surrounding the character of Musa.
The Wrap reported at the time of the controversy that Young had stated in various interviews that Flora is Terra’s cousin, paving the way for her introduction into the fantasy drama.
GKids Releases Dubbed Trailer of New Movie “BELLE”
Earlier today, Gkids released their first English-dubbed trailer of Belle, which is the latest movie by Oscar® nominated director Mamoru Hosoda and Studio Chizu. The music-filled movie also has the songs sung in English. This is Hosoda’s ninth feature film.
The summary of the movie is: Suzu is a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural village with her father. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. One day, she enters “U,” a virtual world of 5 billion members on the Internet. There, she is not Suzu anymore but Belle, a world-famous singer. She soon meets with a mysterious creature. Together, they embark on a journey of adventures, challenges and love, in their quest to become who they truly are.
See the trailer here:
Cast members include:
Kylie McNeill — Suzu/Belle
Paul Castro Jr. — Dragon
Chace Crawford — Justin
Jessica DiCicco — Hiro
Brandon Engman — Kamishin
Manny Jacinto — Shinobu
Hunter Schafer — Ruka
Cristina Vee Valenzuela — Peggie Sue
Additional Voices from SungWon Cho (ProZD), Xanthe Huynh, LilyPichu, Zeno Robinson, Stephanie Sheh, Michael Sinterniklaas, and Laura Stahl.
Belle has many groups and people involved with the creation of the film from all over the world. Veteran Disney character designer Jin Kim designed the main character within the “U” world. He is best known for working on movies such as Tangled, Moana, Big Hero 6, Zootopia, Frozen, Netflix’s Over the Moon, and Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs. Cartoon Saloon’s Oscar-nominated Wolfwalkers directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart “will bring their talents to the table along with Mamoru Hosoda to create a never-before-seen world”, according to Studio Chizu. Cartoon Saloon worked primarily on the background art for fantasy scenes in the internet world. Eric Wong, a London-based architect and designer, created the concept artwork for the world of U. Hosoda personally found and commissioned Eric to come up with this universal and international ‘internet space’ from both an architectural and design perspective.
As a fun little note, Hosoda’s daughter dubbed one of the girls in the Japanese version of Wolfwalkers.
In July 2021, Belle had a premiere event at the Cannes Film Festival. It was so loved, it received a 14-minutes straight of clapping standing ovation.
Here’s the first few seconds of Mamoru Hosoda’s extremely deserved 14-minute standing ovation for Belle. Probably his best film? #Cannes2021 pic.twitter.com/W9icG8oirf
— Robbie Collin (@robbiereviews) July 15, 2021
Huge and loud standing ovation for Mamoru Hosada after Belle world premiere #Cannes pic.twitter.com/l2t5MVSS3W
— Gregory Ellwood – The Playlist 🎬 (@TheGregoryE) July 15, 2021
Mamoru Hosada's 14-minute standing ovation for 'Belle' at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival puts him right between 'Capernaum'/'The Paperboy' and 'Bowling for Columbine' on the all-time list. #CannesFilmFestival pic.twitter.com/37rHfFFMby
— Erik Anderson (@awards_watch) July 15, 2021
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Comic Book Writer Ron Marz Returns To Marvel Comics For ‘Silver Surfer: Rebirth’
The cosmic hero and former Galactus herald Silver Surfer returns to Marvel Comics with ‘Silver Surfer: Rebirth,’ a five-part miniseries. It will be helmed by comic book writer Ron Marz, who is returning to the character after twenty-five years. Partnering with artist Ron Lim, the story will also see the return of former Captain Marvel aka Genis-Vell.
The plot follows Silver Surfer as he seeks out the wielder of the Reality Gem, who has been causing havoc across the Marvel Universe. The mysterious wielder has brought Genis-Vell back to life for reasons unknown. In order to track the wielder down, Silver Surfer recruits Thanos to find the Gem before reality becomes unraveled.
Silver Surfer returns in 2022 for a new 5 issue mini- series titled SILVER SURFER: REBIRTH #1.
Writer Ron Marz and artist Ron Lim. pic.twitter.com/4g2IIPGUpW— Jukt Micronics (@JuktMicronicsX) December 9, 2021
“Turns out you can go home again,” Marz said in an announcement obtained by Games Radar. “Silver Surfer with Ron Lim was literally my first job in comics. The first comic page I ever wrote was drawn by Ron when we were both kids. And now three decades later we get to go back there and slip right back into that same groove. It’s so great to be wielding the power cosmic again.”
Lim added, “I am so thrilled to be penciling Silver Surfer: Rebirth.”
He continued, “When Darren Shan, our editor, asked if I’d be interested in working on this with Ron Marz, I jumped at the chance. It is fantastic to be working with Ron again. It has been quite a while since we worked together, but it feels like hardly a day has passed. I’m having a blast getting to draw many of my favorite characters from our run. The story is full of surprises, familiar characters, and crazy cosmic action! I can’t wait for the readers to check out the book – hope they enjoy it as much as I enjoy drawing it!”
‘Silver Surfer: Rebirth’ is set to be released by Marvel Comics on January 19, 2022.
Studio Ghibli Museum Asks for Overseas Help From the Fans
Studio Ghibli is asking for fans outside of Japan for donations to the Ghibli Museum, as they are still working to keep from closing down. In July, donations were only allowed from with Japan, as previously reported.
Studio Ghlibli announced on their LINE messaging/social networking app that the “COVID-19 pandemic forced the museum to temporarily close its doors and limit the number of visitors to the facility. The museum’s revenue decreased sharply and it is now deeply in the red. The COVID-19 pandemic is still expected to continue for some time, and if we continue on the present course, the museum may be forced to close down. To avoid this outcome, Mitaka City is seeking donations from the public to help sustain the museum. The City appreciates your generous consideration.”
If you are interested in supporting the Ghibli Museum, you are asked to donate no less than 5,000 yen (US$43.50) or more.
As a thank you for the support, you will be given a thank-you postcard illustrated by Hayao Miyazaki of a character from Castle In the Sky.
If you live in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Singapore, you will b able to support the museum. However. it is not open to the U.K., Chine, EU member states and others. If you to the the donations page, you will see a section at the. bottom, in English, that gives a full list of countries that can or cannot donate and other terms and conditions.
The original funding goal was 10 million yen. But it far exceeded expectations with having funded 34.6 million yen. Donations will be open until the end of. January
Some Donors in Japan have been sharing tweets of the Thank-you postcards they had received.
大塚監督……ありがとうございます！
三鷹の森ジブリ美術館の運営支援をお願いするふるさと納税。返礼品はありませんが、宮崎さんのサイン入りイラスト（印刷）はがきを、お礼状として三鷹市からお届けしています。
何卒よろしくお願い申し上げます。https://t.co/MSY9l1ox24 https://t.co/9Jx9o6Mzlr pic.twitter.com/sDlbEwXA97— スタジオジブリ STUDIO GHIBLI (@JP_GHIBLI) September 1, 2021
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Tom Holland Walks Back Comments About His Future As Spider-Man
Tom Holland raised eyebrows while discussing his future as Spider-Man when he seemed to not be enthusiastic about continuing the character. During an interview with GQ, Holland seemed to indicate that Miles Morales should take over the webs, saying, “If I’m playing Spider-Man after I’m 30, I’ve done something wrong.”
Following some pushback on those comments from fans and industry insiders, Holland sought to clarify his remarks.
In an interview with Extra via Digital Spy, Holland explained, “No one actually speaks the truth. I don’t know what the future of Spider-Man looks like.”
“I don’t know whether I’m going to be a part of it. Spider-Man will always live on in me and I know that [Sony exec] Amy [Pascal] and the studio are keen to figure out what the next chapter of Spider-Man looks like. If that happens to be with me, then that’s very exciting but, you know, if it’s time for me to walk away then I’ll do so proudly,” he said.
“What I was referring to, in that interview, it’s because I would be taking up an opportunity for someone to come in and change what being Spider-Man means. Spider-Man could be more diverse, it could be a female character, it could be anything,” he continued, saying he would like Peter Parker to evolve into a mentor similar to the MCU’s Iron Man.
Ahead of the release of Tom Holland’s next appearance as Peter Parker in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home,’ producer Amy Pascal seemed to indicate that there will be another trilogy with Holland returning to the webs.
“This is not the last movie that we are going to make with Marvel – [this is not] the last Spider-Man movie,” she told Fandango. “We are getting ready to make the next Spider-Man movie with Tom Holland and Marvel. We’re thinking of this as three films, and now we’re going to go onto the next three. This is not the last of our MCU movies.”
‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ has the largest presale tickets for an MCU film since ‘Avengers: Endgame.’
Trailer Drops For Upcoming Isekai Anime ‘She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man’
‘She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man’ is an isekai novel series written by Hirotsugu Ryusen, which launched in 2012. Its readership led to the development of a manga published by Micro Magazine and illustrated by Fuzichoco with Seven Seas Entertainment licensing an English translation in 2016.
Due to its popularity, it has been announced that the Japanese animation production company Studio A-Cat is developing an anime adaption with Keitaro Motonaga directing and Takamitsu Kouno handling the writing duties. It is set to be released on January 11, 2022, with a trailer to celebrate the occasion.
“She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man has returned to impart us with more wisdom about the upcoming fantasy series! The anime’s fourth visual, depicting Mira and “her” past identity Danblf, was released along with an English-subbed trailer, additional cast and a January 11 premiere date,” Funimation said on their website. “The new trailer gives us a preview of the ending theme, “Ambitious” by Erabareshi (My First Girlfriend is a Gal), and introduces the new voices of Yui Horie (My Senpai is Annoying), Ayane Sakura (The Quintessential Quintuplets) and Isao Sasaki (Gatchaman) as we traverse the world of Arkite.”
They describe the synopsis as follows, “The story follows avid VRMMO-RPG player Sakimori Kagami, who redesigns his sagely character Danblf as a young girl one night on a whim. So, when he suddenly wakes up in the world of Ark Earth Online, he—or rather she—is forced to assume the identity of Mira, and convince the world that she is the pupil of “his past self” that disappeared 30 years prior.” They add, “Taking on the role of a young man as an old man as a young girl is Nichika Omori (Darwin’s Game), accompanied by Ayumu Murase (Haikyu!!) as Solomon, king of the Arkite kingdom, and Hinata Minami (Ranking of Kings) as Luminaria, a powerful sorcerer and one of the Nine Wise Men of Arkite.”
Kumi Horii of ‘Infinite Stratos 2’ fame will be handling the character designs.
Funimation Announces Anime Renewals Including ‘The Case Study of Vanitas’
The Sony anime streaming service Funimation made a slew of announcements regarding the future of several shows that they have picked up. On their website, they told viewers that 2022 will see the return of vampire quest ‘The Case Study of Vanitas,’ sports drama ‘Yowamushi Pedal,’ and action-adventure ‘Golden Kamuy.’
Funimation explained that Part 2 of ‘The Case Study of Vanitas’ is set to premiere on January 14, 2022.
"The Case Study of Vanitas Part 2" begins January 14.
Animation Studio: BONES pic.twitter.com/Ubs6NiLgZl
— Anime Trending (@AniTrendz) December 3, 2021
“It’s a wonderful morning but the night is calling, as we’ve just caught word that we’ll be able to sink our teeth into The Case Study of Vanitas Part 2 on January 14 next year,” they said. “The much-anticipated sequel to the hit vampire anime was teased at the end of the first part’s finale in September, previewing the addition of Rie Kugimiya (FAIRY TAIL) as the mysterious Chloé.”
‘Yowamushi Pedal’ is renewed for a fifth season titled ‘Yowamushi Pedal: Limit Break’ will hit the streaming service in the Fall.
New Anime!
Title: Yowamushi Pedal: LIMIT BREAK
Studio: TMS Entertainment pic.twitter.com/xVmELhMn5s— AllAnimeNews (@LordElMelloiX) December 7, 2021
“2022 is going to be a difficult climb, but there’s already something exciting waiting for us on the other side: Yowamushi Pedal: Limit Break, a fifth season of the fan-favorite cycling anime, has just been announced for October 2022,” they said.
The historical adventure ‘Golden Kamuy’ is officially returning for a fourth season, which also got a teaser.
“Brain’s Base (To Your Eternity) is taking over production on the new season, with Shizutaka Sugahara and Takumi Yamakawa on board as chief director and character designer, respectively, and Noboru Takagi returning for series composition,” Funimation added.
The synopsis is as follows, “Separated from Sugimoto, Asirpa now travels toward the Russian border, focused on discovering more about her and her father’s involvement with the coded tattoos. But Sugimoto is determined to find and protect Asirpa! Along the way, he’ll discover new people, new cultures rich with history, and an unforgiving terrain. Will Sugimoto and Asirpa survive their journeys and reunite?”
Worldwide Viewing of Five Different Musical Stage Shows to Watch Online for a Limited Time
Musicals based on manga and anime are pretty common Japan. Sometimes you can find clips of the musicals on Youtube. If you’re lucky enough to be in Japan, you’ll be able to see the elaborate details and ways of telling the stories that tend to be fantastical and crazy (but fun crazy) in manga or animation. Now Japan will be offering worldwide streaming for five different musical stage plays.
Starting on December 10th, you’ll be able to watch stage plays from Japan 2.5D Stage Play World: Anime, Manga, & Game Theater Online. The website describes 2.3D as being 2.5 Dimensional musicals being born in Japan. It is a term used for theatrical presentations based on Japanese manga, popular animation, and video games.
Worldwide streaming will not be available in the Middle East, Mainland China, North Korea and Russia.
Here’s the musical plays being made available, beginning December 10th:
Live Spectacle “NARUTO”
One day, at dawn, the mischievous boy called Naruto gets suspected of the missing book full of Ninja’s prohibited alchemys. Amid the furor he was trapped to know the secrets of his birth. When he was delivered, the legendary demon fox with nine tails was sealed up in his body. Naruto gets terribly shocked to know the fact, however, he was encouraged and supported by Iruka, one of the teachers at Ninja Academy, so that he managed to graduate from the school. Now that Naruto and his classmates start their duty as fresh-man, it means the beginning of a journey where they are forced to face challenges and fatalities as well as Naruto’s personal struggle and friendship with his fatal friend Sasuke.
Cast members include:
Naruto Uzumaki – Koudai Matsuoka
Sasuke Uchiha – Ryuji Sato
Sakura Haruno – Yui Ito
Gaara – Kenta Suga
Kakashi Hatake – Yuki Kimisawa
Incarnation of Orochimaru – Hiro Yumi
Tickets are $15 USD, and the airdates and scheduling is in JST. It includes 4 different two-week viewing dates to choose from, starting on December 10th. Click on this link for more information, including example photos from the stage play, and where to buy tickets.
Live Spectacle “NARUTO” ～The Tale Of Uzumaki Naruto～
Sasuke Uchiha won the vast battle against his brother, Itachi Uchiha, fulfilling his long-standing ambition. However, he learns of his brother’s truth from Madara Uchiha, and determines to join hands with “Akatsuki” to seek revenge on Hidden Leaf Village, the enemy of Itachi and the Uchiha Clan.
Meanwhile, at Hidden Leaf Village, the death in battle of Jiraiya was told and Naruto Uzumaki, who was entrusted with everything from Jiraiya, was to start Sage Jutsu training at Mount Myoboku.
In amidst of this, Pain, the leader of “Akatsuki”, goes after Naruto who beholds the Nine Tailed Beast, and attacks Hidden Leaf Village without mercy.
What is the answer that Naruto comes to in order to stop the chain of hatred in the Shinobi world?
Naruto’s battle stirs up a new wind!
Cast members:
Naruto Uzumaki – Masaki Nakao
Sasuke Uchiha – Ryuji Sato
Sakura Haruno – Yui Ito
Kakashi Hatake – Yuki Kimisawa
Sai – Fuma Sadamoto
Shikamaru Nara – Kazuaki Yasue
Hinata Hyuga – Sena
Shizune – Sari Kojima
Tsunade – Cecile Daigo
Pain – Teruma
Konan – Yuka Kobayashi
Madara Uchiha – Daiki Ise
Zetsu – Ryunosuke Kawai
Gaara – Takeru Naya
Ay – Keigo Kitamura
Killer Bee – Shin Koyanagi
Suigetsu Hozuki – Ryutaro Maeda
Karin – Kanon Nanaki
Jugo – Koki Emoto
Minato Namikaze – Ryo Kitazono
Nagato – Yuki Tamaki
Tickets are $20 USD, and the airdates and scheduling is in JST. There are 2 different two-week viewing dates to choose from, beginning on January 7th. Click on this link for more information, including example photos from the stage play, and where to buy tickets.
My Hero Academia The “Ultra” Stage
In a world where 80 percent of the population is born with some kind of superpowers, known as “quirks.” While many young people dream of becoming a superhero who protects people and society from accidents, disasters, the evil <Vigilantes> who abuses “quirks”. The story of Izuku Midoriya, the hero who was born with ” no quirks,” enrolled in the elite hero training academy, UA High School and grows up to become a full-fledged hero.
Cast members:
Izuku Midoriya – Shin Tamura
Katsuki Bakugo – Ryota Kobayashi
Ochaco Uraraka – Takeuchi Yume
Tenya Iida – Hiroki Ino
Shoto Todoroki – Ryo Kitamura
Almite (Muscle Form) – Hiroaki Iwanaga
Tickets are $15 USD, and the airdates and scheduling is in JST. There are 4 different two-week viewing dates to choose from, beginning on December 10th. Click on this link for more information, including example photos from the stage play, and where to buy tickets.
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Musical Nogizaka46 ver. 2019
Usagi Tsukino is a second-year Junior high school student who is a little clumsy and crybaby but full of energy. One day, she met a talking black cat named Luna, transformed into the Pretty Guardian in a Sailor Suit Guardian of Love and Justice, Sailor Moon! Usagi has a mission to assemble a team of fellow Sailor Guardians, find and protect the ” Legendary Silver Crystal ” and the princess. Meanwhile, Queen Beryl of the Dark Kingdom also wants to obtain ” Legendary Silver Crystal “with infinite power. She sent the Four Heavenly Kings to the town where the Usagi lived and caused a strange incident …
Five Sailor Guardians are now fighting a battle that goes beyond time and space to destroy the ambitions of the Dark Kingdom.
Cast members:
Sailor Moon / Usagi Tsukino – Shiori Kubo (Nogizaka46)
Sailor Mercury / Ami Mizuno – Hazuki Mukai (Nogizaka46)
Sailor Mars / Rei Hino – Seira Hayakawa (Nogizaka46)
Sailor Jupiter / Makoto Kino – Junna Ito (Nogizaka46)
Sailor Venus / Minako Aino – Mayu Tamura (Nogizaka46)
Queen Beryl – Nami Tamaki
Tuxedo Mask / Mamoru Chiba – Mikako Ishii
Tickets are $15 USD, and the airdates and scheduling is in JST. There are 4 different two-week viewing dates to choose from, beginning on December 10th. Click on this link for more information, including example photos from the stage play, and where to buy tickets.
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Musical -Kaguya Hime’s Beloved-
Christmas season.
Usagi Tsukino and her friends are holding a joint birthday party for Makoto, Minako, and Setsuna.
The chilly, winter air is dispelled by the lively party.
One cold day, Usagi’s partner Luna (a black cat) is chased by mischievous kids and during her escape is almost run over by a car. A young man named Kakeru Ozora rescues her.
Kakeru’s dream was to become an astronaut.
Luna is drawn to Kakeru’s kind and pure heart, but realizes she has a rival in his childhood friend Himeko Nayotake, who is always by his side.
Luna begins to act strangely, causing Usagi and her friends to worry.
Meanwhile the Sailor Guardians learn that a comet “Princess Snow Kaguya”, discovered and named by Kakeru, is on a collision course with Earth.
Snow Kaguya, the Queen of Ice living on the comet, aims to turn the universe into an ice world and make Kakeru, who discovered her, her eternal partner.
The Sailor Guardians and Luna must thwart Princess Snow Kaguya’s plans so Kakeru and Himeko’s dream of going to the moon can be realized.
But what of Luna’s feelings of love?
Sailor Moon must create a miracle on Christmas night…
――――― Come to the Moon, to see if I’m there.
Promise you’ll come see me…
Cast members:
Sailor Moon / Super Sailor Moon – Usagi Tsukino> Riko Tanaka
Sailor Mercury / Ami Mizuno – Kanon Maekawa
Sailor Mars / Rei Hino – Rei Kobayashi
Sailor Jupiter / Makoto Kino – Kisara Matsumura
Sailor Venus / Minako Aino – Marin Makino
Sailor Uranus / Haruka Ten’ō – Shinjyu Terada
Sailor Neptune / Michiru Kaiō – Ayana Kinoshita
Sailor Pluto / Setsuna Meiō – Chisato Minami
Sailor Saturn / Hotaru Tomoe – Yuuka Ide
Sailor Chibi Moon / Chibi-Usa – Yurika Kobayashi (double-cast)
Sailor Chibi Moon / Chibi-Usa – Erena Kamata (double-cast)
Luna (human being) – Marisa
Luna – Yune Sakurai
Kakeru Ozora – Natsume Oki
Himeko Nayotake – Nanami Tamai
Princess Snow Kaguya – Sayaka Okamura
Tuxedo Mask / Mamoru Chiba – Riku Sorahane
Tickets are $20 USD, and the airdates and scheduling is in JST. There are 4 different two-week viewing dates to choose from, beginning on December 10th. Click on this link for more information, including example photos from the stage play, and where to buy tickets.
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Why?! Garfield Is Coming To Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl … For Free
Garfield. Oh, genuinely, I’m not too fond of that lazy cat. Yet he keeps showing up in my news feed like a bad penny. A nasty, chubby, lasagna-obsessed penny. First, we learned that the suction cup plushie Garfield trend was coming back. Now it has been revealed that the orange cat who hates Mondays is being included in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl … for free.
The news came down from the fighting game’s official Twitter account. Yup. Garfield will be included as a free bit of DLC on December 9th. The game is available on Playstation, XBOX, Nintendo Switch, and Steam.
Surprise! Garfield is coming to Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl for FREE! #NickBrawl https://t.co/PwMAB2JO1i
— Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (@NickBrawlGame) December 7, 2021
The game appears to be sitting in the 60-70 range on Metacritic between the multiple consoles. Looking at the gameplay, it is very reminiscent of Super Smash Brothers. I mean, there’s more than just a passing resemblance. But, to give it credit, the reviews point to a pretty solid experience where classic and new Nickelodeon characters and Viacom-acquired IPs get to beat the crap out of each other.
For those of us who grew up with Nicktoons in the early and mid-1990s, it’s a fun little flashback. Given that Nick now has so many IPs under its belt, the roster should be pretty robust in the coming year.
According to PCGamer, the lineup of characters at the title’s launch were as follows:
- Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- April O’Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- CatDog (CatDog)
- Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom)
- Helga (Hey Arnold!)
- Korra (The Legend of Korra)
- Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Lincoln Loud (The Loud House)
- Lucy Loud (The Loud House)
- Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Nigel Thornberry (The Wild Thornberrys)
- Oblina (Aahh!! Real Monsters)
- Patrick Star (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- Powdered Toast Man (Ren & Stimpy)
- Ren Höek (Ren & Stimpy)
- Reptar (Rugrats)
- Sandy Cheeks (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- SpongeBob SquarePants (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- Stimpy J. Cat (Ren & Stimpy)
- Zim (Invader Zim)
Note that April, Mikey, and Leo are based on the 1987 TMNT animated series and not on the newer Nick cartoons.
Since the game launched in October, no new characters have been added. It’s just too bad they had to sour it with Garfield. F’ing Garfield. What’s next? Nermal, too? Ahhhh!
Have you played the cartoony fighting game? If so, let us know what you think about it in the comments.
[Source: Twitter]
