Dark Souls is a series of games that was developed by FromSoftware and published by Namco Bandai Games. Although its first entry was originally released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2011 but was later ported and released on other platforms in the following years. Many fa...

Azur Lane is a mobile gacha side-scrolling shooter game that was developed by the China-based Shanghai Manjuu and Xiamen Yongshi in 2017. This game has players take the role of Commander and lead a fleet of cute, anthropomorphized versions of warships from World War II. Although ...

Bloodborne is another creation from the developers that made Demon Souls and Dark Souls, though it is not directly connected to any other game in the series. It was originally released as a PlayStation 4 exclusive in March 2015 and was received well by many players. Many fans enj...

Despite being shorter than most Shonen Jump series, Death Note left a strong impression on the anime world. A 2007 survey by the Ministry of Culture of Japan ranked Death Note as the tenth best manga of all time. Fans and critics praise the masterful tension between Light Yagami ...

Fans of anime know Inuyasha’s significance in the medium. Inuyasha represents an era of 90s romance, action, and historical manga. The story involves Kagome Higurashi traveling back in time to the Sengoku Era in Japan. Her adventures set the standard for time travel romance anime...

Black Butler stands out as one of the definitive Victorian gothic manga series. The dark tone, supernatural elements, and unconventional leading duo hooked fans upon its release. However, as the mystery behind the Phantomhive family's fate builds and more characters reveal th...

Call of Duty is a massively popular first-person shooting game franchise that is published by Activision. The first installment of the series was released in October 2003 for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and N-Gage and was later ported to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2009. To da...

Shin Godzilla (sometimes called Godzilla Resurgence) is a 2016 film that was produced by Toho Company, Ltd. and acts as a reboot to the Godzilla series. The film was directed by both Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi while the screenplay was written solely by Anno. Although there a...

The Touhou Project is a series of self-published video games that are mainly produced by Team Shanghai Alice. The first entry of the series, Highly Responsive to Prayers, was released for the PC-98 in late 1996. Many of these games are considered danmaku (bullet hell) games and r...

Among the immense Fire Emblem cast, no character receives the same level of universal love as Corrin. Male or female, Corrin resonated with audiences as a new type of player character. For the first time, the player was the central protagonist in the story. In addition, both of t...

The Rising of the Shield Hero fandom has seen a rise in Filo’s popularity. Her cute human girl appearance wonderfully contrasts with her giant Filolial form. Plus her quirky, food-obsessed personality balances the dynamic of the main trio and, along with Raphtalia, she has soften...

Date A Live is a popular science fiction, romantic comedy, and harem light novel series that was written by Koshi Tachibana and published from March 2011 to March 2020. Although the main series spans over twenty-two volumes, there are multiple side-story and spin-off novel series...

Chiaki Nanami is perhaps the most tragic character in the Danganronpa franchise. As a result, she's widely beloved within the fandom. While Chiaki may not have a long figure lineup, her existing figures are high quality and in extremely high demand. Some of her figures have r...

The Gundam series is one of the most recognizable mecha franchises to have ever been created. The franchise got its start in 1979 with the anime series, Mobile Suit Gundam, which was created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hajime Yatate. Although the series was considered to be a commerc...

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing was the first Gundam series for much of the English speaking world in the 1990s. Featuring a Bishonen (beautiful young man) art style and flashy mobile suits, it was a huge success in Japan and overseas. Over the top action and larger than life mobile suit...

One of the first characters to play the role of villain in the Gundam series was Captain Char Aznable from the Principality of Zeon. Although he was introduced as a villain in the original 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam series, he would flip between being an ally and antagonist as the G...

NieR: Automata is an action role-playing game that was developed by PlatinumGames and published by Square Enix. Although the game was originally released in Japan for PlayStation 4 in February 2017, it was later ported to Windows and Xbox One in March 2017 and June 2018 respectiv...

NieR: Automata is a video game that was published by Square Enix and developed by PlatinumGames for the PlayStation 4 in February 2017, though it was later ported to Windows and Xbox One in March 2017 and June 2018 respectively. Like several of PlatinumGames’ other renowned works...

NieR: Automata is an action role-playing game that was developed by PlatinumGames and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 4 in February 2017. The game was also later ported to other platforms, like Windows and Xbox One in March 2017 and June 2018 respectively. Like with ...

RWBY is an American anime series created by Monty Oum with an American video production company, Rooster Teeth Production. The anime series is about 4 main characters, Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, and Yang Xiao Long, that train to become warriors called Huntsmen and...

RWBY is an American 3D animated series that was created by Monty Oum of Rooster Teeth Production. The main plot of the story revolved around four main characters: Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, and Yang Xiao Long. These four characters form Team RWBY and train at the ...

Overlord is a fantasy light novel series written by Kugane Maruyama and was first published online in 2010, then later printed by Enterbrain - a division of Kadokawa Future Publishing - in 2012. The printed version of the novels feature illustrations by so-bin. As of 2020, there ...

The Overlord franchise began as an Isekai fantasy novel series written by Kugane Maruyama that was first published online in 2010 but was later printed in 2012 by Enterbrain, a publishing division of Kadokawa Productions. There are currently fourteen volumes of the light novel th...

Overlord is a series of Isekai dark fantasy light novels written by Kugane Maruyama that was first published on the internet in 2010 but was later printed by Enterbrain in 2012. As of the end of 2020, there are currently fourteen volumes of Overlord that have been published. Afte...

The Overlord franchise began is a dark fantasy novel series written by Kugane Maruyama. It was first published online on a website named Arcadia in 2010 and later on Shosetsuka ni Naro in 2012. The latter website was later acquired by Enterbrain, a publishing division of Kadokawa...

Since its release in late 2011, Minecraft has dominated the video game world. Players can create their own worlds, modify them, and share them with other players all over the globe. Minecraft merchandise depicts some of the franchise's most memorable items, NPCs, and of cours...

Angewomon stands out as one of the original true humanoid Digimon in the series. Her design influenced subsequent Ultimate Forms in later seasons, especially for female coded Digimon. However, Angewomon's power and moving story arc cement her place as a fan favorite. Despite ...

For Digimon fans, no single Digimon captures the original spirit of the anime as much as WarGreymon. Agumon is the original protagonist's partner, and his Mega Form debuted as the first powerhouse of the series. WarGreymon's initial warp digivolution was a first for the s...

Since his introduction, Omnimon has remained one of the most powerful characters in the Digimon universe. His debut introduced fusion to the anime, opening up opportunities for new types of Digimon and digivolution later on. He remains a symbol of heroism both within the series a...

Mario is perhaps the most iconic video game character in the world. His namesake franchise games have defined generations of childhoods and he’s made cameos in other media such as NBA Street V3 and Metal Gear Solid. As Nintendo’s mascot, Mario is almost as much of an ambassador a...

As with most Mario characters, Bowser is widely popular even outside the gaming franchise fans. His large, imposing, dinosaur-like design stands out as an iconic villain silhouette. Since his debut in the first Mario console game, Bowser still proves to be a menacing adversary to...

Nintendo boasts the status as one of the most popular and recognizable gaming companies in the world. Mario, the Super Star, and Link step in as both brand ambassadors and standalone characters video game fans love. And dedicated Nintendo fans truly do love the brand. As a result...

King Crimson is the stand of Diavolo, who is the main antagonist featured throughout the fifth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure began as a manga series that was written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. The series began publication throug...

Joseph Joestar is a character in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. He is the main protagonist of Part 2: Battle Tendency and serves as the second JoJo. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure began as a manga that was written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It began publication th...

Star Platinum is the Stand of the character Jotaro Kujo in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. The series started off as a manga series both written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It began its publication through Shueisha’s Shonen Jump Magazine in 1987 and was transferred to Ultra ...

Noriaki Kakyoin is a character that is featured in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3: Stardust Crusaders. The series began as a manga series that was written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. In 1987 it began its serialization through Shonen Jump Magazine and has since become ...

Josuke Higashikata is a character within the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. He is the main character or “JoJo” of Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure has been a prevalent piece of media for a number of years, starting off as a manga series written a...

Killer Queen is the Stand of Yoshikage Kira, who serves as the villain in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure has been incredibly popular over the years, starting off as a manga series in 1987 that was both written and illustr...

Yoshikage Kira is a character within the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. He is featured as the main antagonist in Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure was created by Hirohiko Araki, who is the writer and illustrator of the manga series. JoJo's Bizarre...

Dio Brando is the main antagonist of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure in both Part 1 and Part 3. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure was created by Hirohiko Araki and first began serialization back in 1987 through the Shonen Jump Magazine from Shueisha. The manga and anime are both incredib...

Rohan Kishibe is a character within the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. He is featured throughout Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure was created by Hirohiko Araki and began serialization in 1987 through Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump Magazine. Rohan is init...

Bruno Bucciarati is a character featured in the fifth part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. He serves as a deuteragonist throughout the series as a mobster leader of his own squad within the gang, Passione. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure was both written and illustrated by Hirohiko...

Giorno Giovanna is the main character of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Golden Wind. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure was created by Hirohiko Araki, who has both written and illustrated the manga series. The manga has been immensely popular since it first began publication all ...

My Hero Academia is a smash hit anime and manga series in Japan and overseas. Achieving massive levels of success with the first chapter published in Weekly Shonen Jump in July 2014 and still running, My Hero Academia has cracked the Oricon manga chart a number of times. The firs...

My Hero Academia is an immensely popular manga that made its debut in the Japanese comic Weekly Shonen Jump in July 2014 and has continued its run for over 6 years with no sign of stopping. My Hero Academia is set in Japan in a universe where heroes and villains are a part of soc...

Bursting into the world of manga in 2014, My Hero Academia instantly became a smash hit. Quickly following its debut in Weekly Shonen Jump Magazine its unique formula and storytelling genius found favor with a large fan base. Continuing to grow an anime was released to critical a...

My Hero Academia has been a top-ranking anime and manga series in Japan and overseas since 2014. The first chapter appeared in the weekly comic Weekly Shonen Jump in July 2014 and went on to find a massive fan base in Japan and throughout the world. My Hero Academia has even foun...

My Hero Academia is a manga and anime from Japan that made its first appearance in a 2014 issue of Weekly Shonen Jump Magazine. My Hero Academia was an instant hit. Including all of the necessary elements for a successful shonen comic, mixing them up, and cooking up an excellent ...