Top 5 best anime short films on YouTube

Anime has grown in popularity ever since shows like Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Dragon Ball Z made it to the west. Since then, there has been a plethora of good anime that was not adapted by manga. Titles such as Spirited Away, Your Name, and Belle all came from original stories by amazing Japanese storytellers who were able to hook audiences along with their stories.

However, Crunchyroll and Netflix are not the only places where you can watch good anime. YouTube also provides a limitless amount of anime short films from either big companies or independent creators. Be warned: while these anime films are short, they can still play with your emotions.

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‘Rubbish!’ What those who worked on ‘Star Wars’ really thought of it

The 1977 groundbreaking film Star Wars, which is responsible for birthing one of the most beloved movie franchises in history, wasn’t exactly the most well-liked film while it was being made.

Every few years, you hear another story of someone who worked on the film who thought it was not going to be very successful and even some who thought it was complete garbage. Such stories are welcomed since they prove that movies like Star Wars can only be fully appreciated when it becomes a completed product.

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Does Luke Skywalker ever abandon the Jedi?

A Jedi like his father before him, Luke Skywalker is one of the most popular characters in the Star Wars franchise. Appearing in the original Star Wars trilogy, The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi, we pretty much get a picture of the Jedi’s entire life. But has Luke always upheld the tenets of the Jedi? Did the Master Jedi ever abandon his fellow members? Let’s take a look at all the times he possibly could have abandoned the Jedi and fill in the gaps.

We first come to know farmboy Luke Skywalker when he is still helping his moisture farmer Uncle Owen on Tatooine in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. One could definitely argue that Luke abandoned his aunt and uncle to their deaths, to go help Obi-Wan Kenobi, but even if Luke were there when the Stormtroopers attacked, it isn’t likely that he could have done anything. Later in the film Leia, Han, and Luke leave the Death Star and leave behind Obi-Wan, who becomes a Force ghost after confronting Darth Vader.

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‘Ms. Marvel’ star Iman Vellani discusses ‘little community’ of fellow Canadian Marvel actors

Pakistani-Canadian Ms. Marvel star Iman Vellani acknowledged the small but growing number of Canadians leading the MCU.

When asked by Toronto’s NOW Magazine whether she’s “finding a community among Canadian Marvel people,” Vellani replied that she’s corresponded with Shang-Chi‘s Simu Liu and recognized the importance of diverse Canadian representation in not just the MCU, but entertainment as a whole:

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‘Ms. Marvel’ star Iman Vellani had the same high school drama teacher as Darth Vader

Ms. Marvel star Iman Vellani revealed in a recent interview that she had the same high school drama teacher as Hayden Christensen, the actor best known for playing Anakin Skywalker, AKA Darth Vader, in the Star Wars prequel films.

Now that Christensen is reprising his role as the character in Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney Plus and Vellani is making her debut as Kamala Khan on the same streaming platform later this month, we think a cross-over event would be more than welcome!

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Sigourney Weaver calls Ray Liotta ‘a true original’

Sigourney Weaver commented on the untimely passing of Ray Liotta, with whom she worked on the film Heartbreakers.

The acclaimed actress gave a statement to People that not only praised Liotta’s personality and acting skills, but his comedic timing:

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Bollywood singer KK dies at 53 after concert

Krishnakumar Kunnath, better known as Bollywood singer KK, has died at the age of 53 after a concert.

The playback singer reportedly collapsed after he had completed a concert Tuesday in Kolkata, India. After he collapsed, he was rushed to a private hospital in the city. Hospital authorities told India Today he was “brought dead” to Kolkata’s CMRI Hospital around 10pm May 31.

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Fans say ‘Star Wars’ has double standards for defending Moses Ingram

Some fans are saying that Disney and Star Wars are guilty of a double standard after posting a public defense of Obi-Wan Kenobi actor Moses Ingram from online racism and are wondering why the company didn’t show similar solidarity for actors John Boyega, Kelly Marie Tran, and Ahmed Best.

this is wonderful and important but I can't help but wonder why there was no defense like this for john boyega, kelly marie tran, ahmed best, etc. this should've been the standard since the beginning, but those people were bullied/harassed so much they had to leave social media. https://t.co/COsm3gcH3X

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The first live-action ‘Pinocchio’ teaser will air on Good Morning America

When you wish upon a star, anything your heart desires will come to you. And the same can be said for the live-action Pinocchio Disney film as it’s about to be released for all Disney fans to see.

ABC announced that the official teaser for Disney’s next live-action adaptation film will be released on Good Morning America tomorrow. So far, only images of the live-action film featuring Tom Hanks as Geppetto has been released back in March 2022.

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‘Final Fantasy X’s Blitzball is apparently a legit sport in ‘Star Wars’

In what reads as niche fan-fiction, Final Fantasy X‘s Blitzball is official canon in *checks notes* the Star Wars universe. Yep, you read that right. Can someone fetch Auron a lightsaber already?

Star Wars novelist Mike Chen took to Twitter earlier this month to reveal a number of easter eggs in his recently released book Star Wars: Brotherhood. Chen makes a reference in the book to the underwater waterpolo-like sport in the game, clarifying the reference was intentional.

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Watch: Bo Burnham just dropped an hour’s worth of deleted scenes from his ‘Inside’ special on YouTube

The internet’s resident funny man Bo Burnham just dropped over an hour’s worth of extra scenes cut from his Netflix isolation special Bo Burnham: Inside on YouTube.

Hell fucking yes. Just in time for the seasonal depression to hit.

Burnham said on Twitter he had spent the last two months editing together material he took for the special but didn’t end up using. He then revealed it would be upon his YouTube channel just an hour after his tweet — so, right fucking now.

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Pretty much all of your fave ‘Saturday Night Live’ alum joined forces to pay tribute to Norm Macdonald

Norm Macdonald‘s posthumous comedy special, Nothing Special, has arrived on Netflix, concluding with a 30-minute commentary and tribute from his famous friends.

At a private pre-release screening, Dave Chappelle, David Letterman, Adam Sandler, Conan O’Brien, David Spade, and Molly Shannon watched Macdonald’s 54-minute special and then discussed it, touching on memories they have of Macdonald personally and on a global scale.

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MCU fans wonder if people’s interest in the franchise is starting to wane

The MCU is now bigger than ever — in terms of the number of projects being released, at least. Remember the days when we used to get two movies a year? Well, these days, we’re up to three or four every 12 months, not to mention having three or four TV series dropping on Disney Plus alongside them. That’s a lot of Marvel Studios content out there, then, so you might argue that there’s never been a better time to be a fan of the franchise. And yet folks aren’t so sure.

Over on the Marvel Studios subreddit, Redditors have been discussing whether their interest in the MCU has started to wane at this point. One user started people talking by posing the slightly sacrilegious question, which garnered a range of responses from those who denied they’re any less excited these days to those who kind of agreed that they’re not as hyped for each new project as they once were.

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Norm Macdonald adapted his book into a screenplay before he died

In addition to a Netflix comedy special, Norm Macdonald left behind a screenplay for a film adaptation of his celebrated book, Based on a True Story.

Geoff Edgers, Macdonald’s trusted scribe, wrote in the Washington Post that the Canadian comedian adapted his “memoir” into film form sometime around June 2020.

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Fan-made Marvel timeline introduces Phase 0

Marvel fans began to look back at older Marvel titles as this ongoing fan-made Marvel Timeline now exists online, showcasing films before the Disney MCU.

A website called MarvelOrder.com has placed most of the past, current, and future films and TV projects featuring various Marvel IPs. Not only this timeline features the Disney MCU but also films released from other production/film companies such as Fox. A preview was shared on Reddit by user u/purforium, calling it ‘Phase 0’.

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Here is how ‘Star Wars’ would have looked if Stormtroopers were accurate

In Star Wars the lack of accuracy shown by Stormtroopers when hunting down rebels has become one of the franchise’s biggest jokes, but one group of YouTubers has accurately shown how drastically the story would change if this wasn’t the case.

VFX team Corridor has shared a six-minute video called “Stormtroopers, but They’re ACCURATE” which showcases how events from the original trilogy would have changed should the soldiers had better aim.

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Official ‘Star Wars’ account executes Order 66 on Twitter troll

Star Wars, a diverse galaxy filled to the brim with astonishing ideas and love, is home to an absolute cesspool of a fandom at times, and the official account took no prisoners responding to a hater on Twitter.

Star Wars Celebration, the annual convention for hardcore fans to, well, celebrate, Star Wars announced two of its guests in Billie Lourd and Kelly Marie Tran, and while the sheer majority of fans are delighted to see them, a few dissenting trolls have decided to let everyone know for their opinion that nobody asked for.

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Animation fans are debating which Dreamworks film is the worst and no one better say ‘Shrek 2’

Animation fans are at war as they determine which Dreamworks animated film has to get the boot. On top of that, three sequels have been put forward, and it’s all-out carnage.

This all started when Twitter user @wwwinco started a “one has to go” animation thread. In the thread are multiple animation films fighting it out in different categories. There are Disney films, Pixar, Anime, Illumination studios, etc.

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It’s morbin’ time, as a fan posts the entire script on Twitter to Morbius

The sweep is still ongoing for Jared Leto’s Morbius, and the waves of ironic appreciation has crescendoed into a Bee Movie-esque farce as the entire film’s script has become a copypasta.

In one of the most fittingly stupid moments of recent internet history, Morbius has outlived its actual memeability into becoming 2022’s stand-out punching bag. Critically panned, and culturally forgotten if not for the internet, Morbius keeps sucking some more life force with its recent digital release.

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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ marks the best opening of Tom Cruise’s entire career

Top Gun: Maverick has now made its debut at the international box office and, over the weekend, not only has it exceeded expectations from Paramount but also set a record in the long illustrious career of star Tom Cruise.

As reported by Deadline, opening in 62 different international box office markets, the Top Gun sequel has garnered $124 million marking the biggest international opening weekend in Cruise’s career beating out the previous title holder, Mission: Impossible – Fallout.

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‘Army of Darkness’ is winning the online battle of 1990s horror movies

A debate has kicked off on Twitter about the best horror movies of the 1990s and a certain Sam Raimi cult classic is leading the pack.

Army of Darkness, the third film in the Raimi-directed, Bruce Campbell-led Evil Dead series, got picked so many times that it was trending on the platform over the weekend.

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An exhilarating racing thriller speeds onto the streaming Top 10

Ron Howard occupies unique filmmaking territory, in that he exists somewhere between a prestige favorite, a populist entertainer, and a genre-hopping journeyman, with two Academy Award under his belt and billions of box office dollars to show for it. 2013’s Rush might be the perfect combination of his many talents, though, even if it undeservedly underperformed in theaters.

The fast-paced and frantic character piece is a combination of high-octane racing thriller, biographical drama, and sports movie, bolstered by arguably the single finest performance of Chris Hemsworth’s career as charming playboy James Hunt, even if most of the plaudits (and a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the Golden Globes) were aimed at Daniel Brühl’s Nikki Lauda.

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Léa Seydoux opens up on infamously abandoned ‘X-Men’ spinoff ‘Gambit’

Léa Seydoux is no stranger to the world of big budget blockbusters having appeared in Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood and Brad Bird’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, along with her recurring turn as Madeleine Swann in James Bond duo Spectre and No Time to Die, but her first attempt at getting into the superhero business ended up collapsing when Disney canceled Gambit.

Channing Tatum had spent years developing the project, with the actor set to produce as well as play the title role, but a revolving door of filmmakers, budgetary concerns, and an inability to escape from the clutches of development hell saw the fan favorite mutant’s solo spinoff ultimately fade away into nothingness.

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A diabolical comedic passion project fails to wring laughs out of Netflix viewers

As far as passion projects go, they don’t come much stranger than Josh Duhamel’s Buddy Games. The actor made his feature-length directorial debut on the project, as well as playing the lead role, producing, and co-writing the script alongside Bob Schwartz and Jude Weng, but the end result was about as unfunny a comedy as you’re likely to see.

Thanks to the pandemic, it didn’t find much of an audience either, not that it was likely to curry much favor anyway when you take the 16 percent Rotten Tomatoes score and 22 Metacritic rating into account. The ensemble effort first premiered at the Mammoth Film Festival in February 2019, but it wouldn’t score a VOD release until the following November.

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Morbin’ Time isn’t going away, does Sony have to give ‘Morbius’ a sequel?

The long, winding, and increasingly bizarre tale of Morbius continues to gather new wrinkles on a daily basis, with the latest finding the movie’s official Twitter account coming painstakingly close to just coming right out and announcing that it is, in fact, Morbin’ Time.

Of course, the ironic appreciation of the Living Vampire’s live-action debut would no doubt end in an instant were Sony to embrace the memes, but the massively unexpected and stupidly entertaining post-release appeal of Morbius has potentially put the studio in a tricky position when it comes to dealing with the protagonist’s future.

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