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Underrated supernatural battle manga finally gets anime adaptation after 16 years

Most of the time, the success of a manga leads to an anime adaptation being produced and released while the original work is still ongoing. Other times, fans have to wait for 16 long years before seeing their beloved characters come to life on a screen. This was the case for Toshiaki Iwashiro's Psyren , a mystery/supernatural manga that was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from 2007 to 2010. Despite good commercial success, with over 4 million copies sold, the series never received an anime adaptation until one was finally announced in 2025. source https://www.polygon.com/psyren-anime-crunchyroll-release-trailer-16-years/

Larys Strong and Aegon II hit 'rock bottom' in this week's House of the Dragon

At the end of season 2 of the Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon , Master of Whisperers Larys Strong (Matthew Needham) secretly flees King’s Landing with the grievously injured King Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney). Larys stole most of the kingdom’s gold and his plan is to wait out the Targaryen civil war in Essos and return with Aegon once Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) and Aegon’s ruthless younger brother Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) have sufficiently weakened each other. But in season 3, that plan is not going great. source https://www.polygon.com/house-of-dragon-matthew-needham-tom-glynn-carney-interview/

Denzel Washington's Equalizer trilogy is finally streaming on HBO Max

Most reboots are obviously a reboot. After all, the whole point of a reboot is usually to take a well-known intellectual property and squeeze some more cash out of it — a tried-and-true formula for Hollywood movies . But occasionally, a more obscure property gets reimagined that most people don’t even know is based on something that existed before, or the reboot is so good that it completely overshadows the original. source https://www.polygon.com/denzel-washington-equalizer-trilogy-on-hbo-max/

Video game remakes have officially reached a point of no return

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Matt Damon's most underrated sci-fi movie is now free to stream before The Odyssey

Matt Damon has always had a knack for playing extraordinary leading men in movies . His casting as the cunning, resourceful Odysseus in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey makes perfect sense once we consider Damon’s decades-spanning filmography. Films like Good Will Hunting (1997), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), and the Bourne (2002-2016) series showcase Damon’s incredible range in playing larger-than-life characters with varying moral compasses. source https://www.polygon.com/matt-damon-elysium-streaming-free-july-2026/

Nobody remembers the 10/10 masterpiece that put the makers of Hades on the map

By the time Hades 2 arrived in early access in May 2024, everybody knew to watch it closely. The first Hades had presented thrilling roguelike RPG gameplay that had us saying “just one more run” well past bedtime. The sequel, released in full for PC and consoles the following September promised more of the same and wound up delivering one of the very best games of 2025 . source https://www.polygon.com/bastion-supergiant-15th-anniversary/

New Star Wars book reveals how Andor made Star Wars history with one unique prop

Whether you're introducing a new alien species or even a new planet, there are only so many "firsts" you can introduce in Star Wars . For Star Wars: Acolyte , it was a whip lightsaber. For the Star Wars Holiday Special , it was the traditional Wookiee celebration of Life Day. source https://www.polygon.com/andor-star-wars-design-secrets-toilets/