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Ultraviolent 80s Anime Found A New Audience Through Memes
Fist of the North Star, the series, took a long time to leave Japan, with most fans only knowing about it thanks to the 1991 film, which mangles the story. It wasn’t until 2011 that the entire series was available on DVD. By the time the complete anime was accessible to fans in the United States, it had already become an underground hit through the memes.
This backward, organic discovery of Fist of the North Star is how most anime fans came across new shows before anime broke through in the last decade. Now that every streaming service, from Netflix to Disney+, has an anime section with a prominent “What’s New” banner, it’s a lot easier to stumble across the hot new thing, like Frieren or Delicious in Dungeon, without having to try and hunt down where a single frame of cool looking animation came from.
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Apple TV gives cyberpunk fans their first look at Neuromancer
It must feel good to be a fan of the cyberpunk genre.
Apple TV has released the first trailer for its adaptation of William Gibson’s 1984 sci-fi classic Neuromancer — one of the foundational texts of the cyberpunk genre. The novel follows Case, a washed-up cyberspace hacker recruited by a mysterious ex-soldier to pull off a high-stakes heist alongside a razor-fingered assassin.
Set against a neon-drenched, futuristic Japan, the trailer leans noticeably brighter than fans of the novel’s noir-soaked prose might expect. Callum Turner (Eternity, One Night Only) headlines as Case, joined by Briana Middleton (The History of Sound) as the “razorgirl” Molly Millions and Mark Strong (The Penguin, Dune: Prophecy) as the enigmatic Armitage. The ensemble also includes Clémence Poésy, Peter Sarsgaard, Emma Laird, Max Irons, André De Shields, Isabella Pappas, and Dane DeHaan.
The ten-episode series is set to premiere on Apple TV on Jan. 22, 2027.
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Mike Flanagans Carrie gets its first trailer ahead of Oct. release
Horror’s favorite It girl is getting her television series debut, with the first trailer now out for Mike Flanagan’s (The Haunting of Hill House) adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie.
The eight-episode miniseries follows Carrie White as she endures bullying at school and abuse at home from her fanatically religious mother, Margaret — all while discovering she has telekinetic powers. As the trailer shows, Flanagan’s version drags King’s 1974 novel into the present day, trading its original setting for a story steeped in social media and viral humiliation. The 2013 film adaptation made a similar leap into modern times, so here’s hoping this take sticks the landing.
It’s worth noting that technically, this isn’t Carrie‘s first trip to TV. A 2002 television movie, directed by David Carson and written by Hannibal‘s Bryan Fuller, starred Angela Bettis (Girl, Interrupted) in the title role — though Flanagan’s series marks the story’s first full episodic adaptation.
Summer H. Howell leads the new cast as Carrie White, alongside Samantha Sloyan as Margaret, Siena Agudong as Sue Snell, and Matthew Lillard as Principal Grayle, with Alison Thornton, Thalia Dudek, Amber Midthunder, Josie Totah, Arthur Conti, and Joel Oulette rounding out the ensemble. Flanagan serves as writer, showrunner, and director on four of the eight episodes.
Carrie premieres on Prime Video October 7.
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