Anime Didn’t Start With Toonami. It Took 35 Years of Bootleg Tapes, Borrowed Robots, and One Movie That Changed Everything to Get There.
Anime Didn’t Start With Toonami. It Took 35 Years of Bootleg Tapes, Borrowed Robots, and One Movie That Changed Everything to Get There. By Jimigrimm If you grew up watching Toonami, there’s a good chance you think anime in the West started with a robot on a spaceship telling you to watch Dragon Ball Z […]
DC Just Reinvented Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman From Scratch. It’s the Biggest Thing Happening in Comics Right Now and Most Fans Have No Idea.
DC Just Reinvented Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman From Scratch. It’s the Biggest Thing Happening in Comics Right Now and Most Fans Have No Idea. By Jimigrimm While MCU fans are debating Doomsday theories and anime fans are arguing about Crunchyroll, something massive has been happening in comics that a huge chunk of the fan […]
Marvel and DC Stopped Making Comics Together for Over 20 Years. The Story of Why They Stopped and What Brought Them Back Is Bigger Than the Crossovers Themselves.
Marvel and DC Stopped Making Comics Together for Over 20 Years. The Story of Why They Stopped and What Brought Them Back Is Bigger Than the Crossovers Themselves. By Jimigrimm Superman and Spider-Man are sharing a comic book again in 2026. If that sentence doesn’t hit you, you might not understand how impossible this was […]
The Voices Behind Your Childhood Are Real People. Most Fans Have No Idea How Much They Shaped the Characters You Love.
The Voices Behind Your Childhood Are Real People. Most Fans Have No Idea How Much They Shaped the Characters You Love. By Jimigrimm You know the voice. You might not know the name. The guy who made Spike Spiegel cool, who gave Wolverine his growl in three different animated series, who has been the voice […]
The Anime Industry Is Making More Money Than Ever. It’s Spending That Money on AI to Replace the People Who Make It.
The Anime Industry Is Making More Money Than Ever. It’s Spending That Money on AI to Replace the People Who Make It. By Jimigrimm There’s a moment in Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 where Gojo and Toji fight and every single frame feels like it’s about to tear itself apart. The camera moves in ways that […]
Crunchyroll Was Built by Fans Who Wanted Anime to Be Accessible. In 2026, It’s Harder and More Expensive to Watch Anime Legally Than It’s Been in Years.
Crunchyroll Was Built by Fans Who Wanted Anime to Be Accessible. In 2026, It’s Harder and More Expensive to Watch Anime Legally Than It’s Been in Years. By Jimigrimm In 2006, a group of UC Berkeley students launched a website because they were frustrated. They loved anime. And while legal anime existed in the West […]
These Superhero Shows Were Cancelled for Reasons That Had Nothing to Do With Quality. Fans Never Got Over It.
These Superhero Shows Were Cancelled for Reasons That Had Nothing to Do With Quality. Fans Never Got Over It. By Jimigrimm Somewhere in an alternate timeline, Spectacular Spider-Man has six seasons. Wolverine and the X-Men got its Age of Apocalypse arc. Silver Surfer finished its second season. Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes ran long enough to […]
The Best ’90s Superhero Cartoons Didn’t Just Entertain You. They Built Everything You’re Watching Now.
The Best ’90s Superhero Cartoons Didn’t Just Entertain You. They Built Everything You’re Watching Now. By Jimigrimm You heard the guitar riff and you were locked in. Didn’t matter if you had homework. Didn’t matter if your mom was telling you to come outside. The second that X-Men theme kicked in on a Saturday morning, […]
You Were Watching Anime Before You Even Knew What Anime Was. Thank Saturday Morning Cartoons.
You Were Watching Anime Before You Even Knew What Anime Was. Thank Saturday Morning Cartoons. By Jimigrimm Here’s a question that’s going to make you rethink your entire childhood. When was the first time you actually watched anime? Not the first time you knew it was anime. The first time you actually sat down and […]
Every Era of Toonami Brought Something Different. Every One of Them Shaped Who You Are Today.
Every Era of Toonami Brought Something Different. Every One of Them Shaped Who You Are Today. By Jimigrimm Toonami wasn’t one thing. It was five or six different things across three decades, and every version of it left a mark on a different generation of fans. Some of you remember Moltar. Some of you remember […]