NETFLIX ANIME [AX 2019 News/Panel Review]: Tres Cannons.

Off the heels of global launches including Aggretsuko (great!), ULTRAMAN (very good!), and 7SEEDS (still need to see! Or do I?), Netflix today returned to Anime Expo for the third consecutive year to preview its growing global anime slate. The panel featured four creators from around the world who are working on upcoming Netflix original …

BLACK MIRROR [Season 5 Premiere Review]: Striking Vipers.

Charlie Brooker's Twilight Zone pastiche, Black Mirror, recently premiered its fifth season on Netflix. Unlike prior seasons, the most recent is considerably shorter in length, but boasts greater star power. "Bandersnatch" notwithstanding, this season also plays less gimmicky than prior seasons, much to both its benefit and detriment. "Striking Vipers" stars Anthony Mackie and Yahya …

SPACE BANDITS [Special Press Release]: Into The Millar-Verse!

Netflix and Mark Millar have announced their latest project created in-house, SPACE BANDITS #1 — a female led sci-fi story, described by Millar as a female Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid set in space, with a massive and exciting cast of characters. Superstar Artist Matteo Scalera will illustrate the comic-book translation of this original …

ULTRAMAN [Season 1 Review]: CGIncredible.

The mega-monster craze of a post-atomic Japan that birthed the likes of Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, and eventually the Power Rangers, also introduced a human(ish) giant able to combat Kaiju: Ultraman. Updated for modern sensibilities, Netflix has aired an anime version that is ani-mazing! A distinction must be made, however, that this anime, courtesy of Tsuburaya …