Nier: Automata Ver1.1a, the anime adaptation of the 2017 action role-playing game Nier: Automata, is on indefinite hiatus as of Jan. 21 due to production problems attributed to COVID-19. If you’re having trouble waiting for the next episode in this reprise of the epic post-apocalyptic story about blindfolded android soldiers...
The studio that made Wallace and Gromit is coming for Star Wars
A new volume of Star Wars: Visions will hit Disney Plus in May, the streaming service announced today. The animated anthology series has been a showcase for different animation studios world to craft short films set in the Star Wars universe. And while the first volume showcased Japanese animation, this...
8 anime to catch up on for 2023’s biggest releases
We’re only one month into 2023 and already anime fans have a bevy of exciting new premieres to look forward to all year round. From Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Jujutsu Kaisen to Attack on Titan and so many other exciting anime, the return of beloved anime series is...
Mister Sinister makes destroying the X-Men, Avengers, Eternals, and Thanos look downright fabulous
The list of ways in which 2019’s House of X/Powers of X succeeds as a comic book story is long. Jonathan Hickman and his collaborators delivered original world-building, deep-lore payoffs, the twistiest plot twists, electrifying action, and instantly iconic character moments. But if something about HoX/PoX is still underappreciated, it’s...
The Last of Us episode 3 is the ‘San Junipero’ of zombie stories
If you enjoyed Black Mirror’s “San Junipero,” you’ll want to give a thought to “Long, Long Time,” the third episode of The Last of Us on HBO Max, starring Parks and Recreation’s Nick Offerman in a guest role as Bill. No, “San Junipero” doesn’t have anything to do with zombies,...
8 movies like Dead Space to watch as a break from vivisecting Necromorphs
Dead Space, the sci-fi horror video game franchise starring the ever-suffering engineer Isaac Clarke, has risen from the dead with a new remake of the 2008 original for modern consoles courtesy of Montreal-based developer EA Motive — and it’s really good! Whether this is your first time descending into the...
The best movies leaving Netflix, Hulu, Prime, and HBO Max at the end of January 2023
It’s the end of the month, so you know what that means, Polygon readers: A new group of movies leaving their respective streaming services. After the flurry of typical arrivals and departures when the calendar turned to 2023, there is once again plenty of good movies leaving streaming services at...
Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ trailer feels like the end of an era for DC movies
The DC movie universe has been dying for a long time now. Ever since the original Justice League, it’s been clear things weren’t quite working, and that the overarching vision for the future of these franchises was never coming to pass. And while every movie since then has felt like...
The Disney empire was built on 100 years of near implosions
The Walt Disney Company’s massive modern empire is a far cry from the small animation studio Walt Disney and his brother Roy founded in 1923. One hundred years ago, the two brothers took a train from their hometown of Kansas City, Missouri, to Los Angeles, where they worked out of...
This is the most famous punch Batman’s ever thrown
Batman has had his share of iconic fights, with Superman, Bane, Ra’s al Ghul, and even Darkseid. But ask a comic shop employee to finish the sentence “Remember that time that Batman punched…” and nine out of 10 times they’ll say “...Guy Gardner.” This will not make sense to anyone...