Eggs. A healthy breakfast meal as long as they’re scrambled and a pretty good mask from The Masked Singer. The word egg is also used in the trans community to refer to who someone is before transitioning. When someone transitions, they’re literally hatching from their shell to become who they truly are.  I know what you’re thinking. What does this have to do with Shugo Chara?  Shugo Chara is a 2005 manga by Peach-Pit. It was adapted into an anime in 2007. The main premise is that everyone has a Guardian Character inside of them that represents their innermost desire and who they want to become. These characters hatch from eggs. The rest of the show is a basic monster-of-the-week mahou shoujo type thing like Sailor Moon or Cute High School Earth Defense Club LOVE! Yes, that’s a...

Since moving into my new apartment I've become interested in video games more than usual. The last two weeks have been spent grinding in Super Mario Bros. 35, falling off the slide racing the penguin in Super Mario 64, and restarting The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I don't even like that game! I've also watched two video game documentaries -- Console Wars (CBS All Access) and High Score (Netflix). High Score must be what triggered the algorithm to recommend Hi Score Girl. It makes sense. They're both Netflix Originals, they have near-identical names, and they take place in the same era. When Hi Score Girl came out, I wrote it off because I thought the title was dumb. But things are different when you're four Jameson and Waters deep at 4am.

Irish horror author, Darren Shan recently announced that an omnibus edition of the Cirque du Freak manga is being published, and the nostalgia hit me like a truck.  The Saga of Darren Shan, more commonly known as Cirque du Freak, is Shan’s most well-known work. You might remember it from that time it got a film adaption in the midst of all the Twilight hype in 2009. So why does it matter?  Firstly, in the hellscape that we know as 2020, it’s nice to get some good news. The Cirque du Freak manga has been out of circulation for a few years. This reissue will give newer fans of his novels access to the manga without having to pay a fortune for a secondhand copy on eBay. Secondly, the manga adaption is a great way...

On August 29, 2020 at Ultracon in South Florida, voice actor Vic Mignogna showed off a prototype of an "Animation Figurine" based on his career. The doll resembles a Funko Pop! and features allusions to 10 different characters he has voiced, including Edward Elrich (Fullmetal Alchemist) and Broly (Dragonball Z).