The food world’s most upsetting mascots

Mondo Mascots is a Twitter account devoted to “the weird, wonderful mascots of Japan,” and it’s arguably the only good thing to happen to the internet. (Besides Gerald Stratford.) There’s Hatton, a spilled bowl of soup, who is the mascot for Tome City, Japan. There’s the psychedelic pig on Butamen pork ramen. There’s

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Source: io9 – The food world’s most upsetting mascots

The Walking Dead Raised Its Most Important Question With an Unexpected Twist

Finally, The Walking Dead returns to show us what happened after the season 10 semi-finale’s biggest cliffhanger. Heavily armed and armored soldiers (who have a real Stormtrooper aesthetic to them) have surrounded Yumiko (Eleanor Matsuura), Eugene (Josh McDermitt), Ezekiel (Khary Payton), and Princess (Paola Lázaro).…

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Source: io9 – The Walking Dead Raised Its Most Important Question With an Unexpected Twist

This Big Boy Season, Don't Miss Kaiju No. 8

We’re entering a golden age of Big Boys. Godzilla’s about to beat up an equally large gorilla for Godzilla vs. Kong, and star in his brand new anime for Netflix alongside Jet Jaguar. Ultraman’s doing the same at Marvel Comics and on the big screen. Super Sentai’s turning Power Rangers’ first Megazord into a sweet…

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Source: io9 – This Big Boy Season, Don’t Miss Kaiju No. 8

A Black and White Justice League and a Regular Tenet Are Coming to HBO Max

A lot of people took four hours out of their weekends to watch Zack Snyder’s Justice League on HBO Max and the streamer is betting you’re willing to do that again to watch it sans color. Also, despite Christopher Nolan’s annoyance, his timey-wimey Tenet will also be making its way to the service soon.

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Source: io9 – A Black and White Justice League and a Regular Tenet Are Coming to HBO Max

The Star Trek Episodes That Define Captain Kirk

March 22nd—and in just over two centuries in the fictional world of Star Trek—is Captain Kirk’s birthday. The iconic captain of the Enterprise (who shares a birthday with his actor William Shatner) is beloved for many reasons—reasons that are often contradictory to Trek’s idealized world. But what Star Trek can we…

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Source: io9 – The Star Trek Episodes That Define Captain Kirk

What Is This Very Good Squire Up To?

A faithful hound sits behind a shield, gauntlets, and a sword—a pile of battle-ready belongings, but no knight to wear them. Why is this very good boy keeping watch, and where’s his presumably un-armored human? Saddle up for another round of io9’s Concept Art Writing Prompt series, where we share an image and invite…

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Source: io9 – What Is This Very Good Squire Up To?

The Spine of Night Is the Gory Animated Fantasy Epic of Your Wildest Dreams

Imagine a fantasy with the scope and scale of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings or HBO’s Game of Thrones, but animated, extra violent, and clocking in at a cool 90 minutes. Well, you don’t have to imagine it: it’s called The Spine of Night and it’s one of the sickest, coolest, most mind-bending animated films…

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Source: io9 – The Spine of Night Is the Gory Animated Fantasy Epic of Your Wildest Dreams

The Latest Godzilla vs. Kong Trailer Teases a Very Special Guest Star

We already knew that Mechagodzilla would be popping up in Godzilla vs. Kongcheck him out in toy form—but the latest teaser hyping the movie’s March 31 bow on HBO Max gives us a glimmer of his robotically glowing orbs…via his archrival Godzilla’s giant peeper. Feast your own eyes and see for yourself:

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Source: io9 – The Latest Godzilla vs. Kong Trailer Teases a Very Special Guest Star

Broadcast Signal Intrusion Follows Grief Down a Freaky, Tech-Generated Rabbit Hole

In 1999, a Chicago man named James (Harry Shum Jr.), still acutely grieving the loss of his wife three years prior, toils at a job that suits his yearning for isolation: working alone in a basement media archive, methodically transferring VHS tapes to disc. His lonely life keeps lurching along…until the day he sees

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Source: io9 – Broadcast Signal Intrusion Follows Grief Down a Freaky, Tech-Generated Rabbit Hole

A True-Crime Podcast Bleeds Into Real Life in Horror Short Meet Jimmy

Our pals at Short of the Week highlighted this little chiller from David-Jan Bronsgeest—which he admits owes a debt to The Ring, among others—and noted that it’s already on track for a feature expansion. Once you watch it and Meet Jimmy, as the title suggests…you’ll see why. Listen at your own risk!

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Source: io9 – A True-Crime Podcast Bleeds Into Real Life in Horror Short Meet Jimmy

OK K.O. Creator Ian Jones-Quartey Blames the Show's Cancellation on Trump's Beef With CNN

Just as Ian Jones-Quartey’s OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes really began to hit its stride and shift into darker story arcs, the series was rather unceremoniously canceled. At the time, it felt like yet another instance of a beloved cartoon getting the ax even though there was likely more to the story that could have been…

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Source: io9 – OK K.O. Creator Ian Jones-Quartey Blames the Show’s Cancellation on Trump’s Beef With CNN

Amazon's Newest Them Trailer Adds More Supernatural Frights to the Horror of Racism

A week and a half ago, Amazon released the first trailer for its upcoming anthology series Them, which was scary as hell, mostly because it featured a Black family moving into an all-white Los Angeles suburb in the 1950s, where their neighbors’ casual racism was elevated to absolutely horrifying levels. This new…

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Source: io9 – Amazon’s Newest Them Trailer Adds More Supernatural Frights to the Horror of Racism

Justice League Meets Star Wars' Infamous Space Rabbit in the Best Toys of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round up of all things good and plastic that are draining our wallets. This week Zack Snyder’s Justice League brings its epic-length runtime to McFarlane action figures, Hasbro celebrates 50 years of Lucasfilm by bringing back a character Lucas reviled, and Mezco dives deeper…

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Source: io9 – Justice League Meets Star Wars’ Infamous Space Rabbit in the Best Toys of the Week

This Newest Mandalorian VFX Reel Is Genuinely Going to Shock You

No, there’s no electricity-based pun here, my friend. It’s just that things I saw in the second season of The Mandalorian that I was certain were VFX are not, and some of the things I thought I knew for a fact were real were completely VFX. Spend an immensely enjoyable three and a half minutes and see how much you…

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Source: io9 – This Newest Mandalorian VFX Reel Is Genuinely Going to Shock You