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6 days ago | 
cbr.com | Jenny Melzer |Jennifer Melzer
Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account Image via Wizards of the Coast Dungeons & Dragons started 2025 off with a bang when it released the final chapter of the updated Core Rules, the 2025 Monster Manual. Wizard of the Coast's plans for the rest of the year are all starting to fall into place, as they announced pre-orders for Eberron: Forge of the Artificer. Eberron: Forge of the Artificer is set to release in the US on August 19, 2025, and to coincide with the pre-order...
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1 week ago | 
cbr.com | Jenny Melzer |Jennifer Melzer
Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account Each week, I tune into that latest episode of The Beginning After the End anime, and it's not because I'm hoping the animation will suddenly improve and change the rocky road this anime is traveling down. For what it's worth, I have a soft spot for Arthur Leywin. I keep coming back to this anime each week because I want to find out what's going to happen to him, and while I could read ahead in the webcomic, I'm already invested in this...
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1 week ago | 
cbr.com | Jenny Melzer |Jennifer Melzer
For Disney Lorcana players, it feels like this exciting TCG has been around for ages, but as Ravensburger starts gearing up for the release of Set 8, Reign of Jafar, they are also gearing up for the game's 2-year anniversary in August 2025. Celebrating a game like Disney Lorcana means bringing yet another exciting new set, Fabled, for fans to start adding to their decks, but two brand-new rarities for collectors, an exciting starter set for players old and new, play events, and more.
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1 week ago | 
cbr.com | Jenny Melzer |Jennifer Melzer
There's a reason that Ai Yazawa's NANA lands on nearly every best-of-shojo list. Debuting on May 26, 2000, the NANA manga, anime and live-action adaptations have left a lasting impression on fans that will continue on into the next generation.
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1 week ago | 
cbr.com | Jenny Melzer |Jennifer Melzer
Published 18 minutes ago Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account Image via TOHO Animation Studiods Tension has been ramping up in The Apothecary Diaries anime since the series launched during the Autumn 2023 anime season. As Season 2 brings even more of the inner-palace's darkest secrets to light, Maomao consistently finds herself at the center of their exposure. With only seven episodes left to air after today, Episode 41, "Fox Village", puts Maomao at the center of one of the...
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1 week ago | 
cbr.com | Vera Vargas |Jenny Melzer |Jennifer Melzer
Jinshi and Maomao are the central couple in the historical anime, The Apothecary Diaries. Though they aren't officially together yet, Jinshi makes it very plain that he cares deeply for Maomao. As the series progresses, Maomao's feelings become clearer, and by the time the series second season launched in January 2025, the unspoken romantic feelings between them was more than obvious to everyone but them. The Apothecary Diaries is one of the best slow-burn romances in anime in a long time.
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2 weeks ago | 
cbr.com | Jenny Melzer |Jennifer Melzer
Published 11 minutes ago Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account Image created by Jenny Melzer The Beginning After the End's anime adaptation is now five episodes in, and while it's certainly had its ups and downs, I still keep tuning in each week to find out what could possibly happen next. Episode 5, "The King's Test" had some interesting story developments, but the one thing that continues to hold this anime back hangs over it like a dark cloud, and that's the animation...
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2 weeks ago | 
cbr.com | Jenny Melzer |Jennifer Melzer
Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account Image created by Jenny Melzer There is no denying that Jujutsu Kaisen's Shibuya Incident arc is one of the darkest shonen anime storylines in recent years. From the machinations of the Special Grade curses plotting against jujutsu society to the sealing of world's strongest sorcerer, Satoru Gojo, there is hardly a moment of the Shibuya Incident that doesn't have fans reaching for the closest box of tissues. Fan-favorite characters died at...
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2 weeks ago | 
cbr.com | Jenny Melzer |Jennifer Melzer
Published 30 minutes ago Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account Image created by Jenny Melzer The anime adaptation of Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc got off to a strong start, with the Queen's Watch Dog, Ciel Phantomhive, and his demon Butler, Sebastian, traveling to Germany at Her Majest's behest to get to the bottom of a mysterious string of deaths that may be related to a terrifying curse. Episode 4, "His Butler, Serving," picks up with Sebastian fulfilling his promise to...
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2 weeks ago | 
cbr.com | Jenny Melzer |Jennifer Melzer
Published 43 minutes ago Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account Image created by Jenny Melzer There is no denying The Apothecary Diaries anime has taken fans on a pretty wild ride with Season 2. Maomao is at the heart of the greatest mystery of the inner-palace this season, and each step draws her closer to finally uncovering more than one truth that's been hidden in plain sight from the beginning. Not only has she learned more about Master Jinshi than she ever might have...
