Toonami Didn’t Just Air Anime. It Built the Audience That Made Anime Matter in the West.
Toonami Didn’t Just Air Anime. It Built the Audience That Made Anime Matter in the West. By Jimigrimm If you watched anime growing up in the West, there’s a good chance you owe your entire relationship with the medium to a programming block you didn’t fully appreciate at the time. You came home from school, […]
5 Anime Running the 2020s. Each One Is Reaching People Anime Has Never Reached Before.
5 Anime Running the 2020s. Each One Is Reaching People Anime Has Never Reached Before. By Jimigrimm Anime isn’t growing anymore. It already grew. What’s happening in the 2020s is something different. Crunchyroll passed 120 million active users. Demon Slayer: Mugen Train outgrossed every Hollywood film in 2020. Anime songs are charting on Billboard. TikTok […]
5 Anime That Broke the 2010s Wide Open. Each One Pulled In People Who Never Would Have Watched Anime Before.
5 Anime That Broke the 2010s Wide Open. Each One Pulled In People Who Never Would Have Watched Anime Before. By Jimigrimm The ’90s built the first anime audience in the West. The 2000s expanded it into new corners. The 2010s blew the walls down entirely. This was the decade anime stopped being something you […]
5 Anime That Owned the 2000s. Each One Pulled In an Audience That Didn’t Exist Before It.
5 Anime That Owned the 2000s. Each One Pulled In an Audience That Didn’t Exist Before It. By Jimigrimm The ’90s proved anime could have a mainstream audience in the West. The 2000s proved that audience could grow in every direction at once. Toonami and Adult Swim were running. Fansubs and early internet forums meant […]
5 Anime That Turned the ’90s Into Anime’s Big Bang in the West. And Changed Who the Audience Was Forever.
5 Anime That Turned the ’90s Into Anime’s Big Bang in the West. And Changed Who the Audience Was Forever. By Jimigrimm Before the 1990s, anime had an audience in America. It just wasn’t the audience most people think of. It was import VHS collectors. Convention goers. College kids passing around fansubs. A small, dedicated […]
5 Comic Book Castings That Changed the Genre Forever. But One Name Didn’t Even Need the List.
5 Comic Book Castings That Changed the Genre Forever. But One Name Didn’t Even Need the List. By Jimigrimm | March 10, 2026 Before we even get into this list, there’s one casting we need to address. Not because it’s controversial. Because it isn’t. J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson is so universally accepted as […]
Why Does Avengers: Doomsday Feel Different From Every Avengers Movie Before It?
Why Does Avengers: Doomsday Feel Different From Every Avengers Movie Before It? By Jimigrimm | March 6, 2026 We’ve had four Avengers movies before this one. We’ve had team-ups, crossovers, snap-level events, and a decade of buildup that turned the MCU into the biggest franchise in film history. We’ve been through this before. So why […]
The MCU X-Men Movie Is Coming. Which Team Should Hit the Big Screen?
The MCU’s Biggest Decision Isn’t a Story. It’s a Roster. And It’ll Shape the Next Decade of Marvel. By Jimigrimm Forget the plot. Forget the villain. Forget the timeline. The single most important creative decision Marvel Studios will make about its X-Men movie is which team they put on screen. That might sound like an […]
Stop Waiting for Sony to Give Spider-Man Back. It’s Not Happening.
Stop Waiting for Sony to Give Spider-Man Back. It’s Not Happening. By Jimigrimm | February 27th, 2026 Every time Sony drops a bad Spider-Man spinoff, the same conversation fires up online: “Just give Spider-Man back to Marvel.” Fans said it after Morbius. They said it louder after Madame Web. They practically screamed it after Kraven […]
Sony Is Rebooting Their Live-Action Spider-Verse. Should We Be Excited or Concerned?
Sony Is Rebooting Their Live-Action Spider-Verse. Should We Be Excited or Concerned? By Jimigrimm | February 25th, 2026 Sony CEO Tom Rothman confirmed on The Town podcast on February 24, 2026, that the studio’s live-action Spider-Man spinoff universe is getting a full reboot with new actors across the board. No more Jared Leto Morbius. No […]