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Rafael Motamayor

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    The Best Anime Streaming Services of AllSimulcasts? Dubs? Free subscriptions??? Let us guide you.
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    Xolo Maridueña Is Excited to Finally Talk About Blue BeetleWith the movie now streaming (and the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike), the 22-year-old ‘Blue Beetle’ star can finally celebrate out loud.
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    Every Star Wars TV Show, RankedWith so many shows set in the galaxy far, far away, which ones are worth your time? And which ones will pay off in future stories?
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    Ahsoka Season-Finale Recap: Long Live the EmpireFor all this season’s issues, it has left Star Wars in a more interesting place — a place that includes zombies.
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    Ahsoka Recap: The Force Is My AllyThe shadow of Anakin Skywalker looms large over the penultimate episode of Ahsoka.
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    Ahsoka Recap: Heir to the EmpireFinally, Mitth’raw’nuruodo, better known as Grand Admiral Thrawn, makes his live-action debut.
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    Foundation Season-Finale Recap: The Foundation Strikes BackIt was Seldon’s plan all along.
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    Ahsoka Recap: We Are What They Grow BeyondThe best episode of the show so far finally turns subtext into text.
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    Foundation Recap: Robot and EmpireWho knew the fate of humanity is better off in the hands of a murder robot.
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    Ahsoka Recap: Duel of the FatesThe return of Hayden Christensen’s Anakin Skywalker makes for a cool and emotional moment.
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    Foundation Recap: I, DemerzelIt’s Demerzel’s time to shine.
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    One Piece Season-Finale Recap: To the Grand LineLuffy battles Arlong… but that’s not the toughest fight of the hour.
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    One Piece Recap: By the BookNetflix’s live-action series has its first real adaptational stumbles.
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    One Piece Recap: The Next GenerationThe Straw Hats face a betrayal.
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    One Piece Recap: Thin Blue LineZoro fights the greatest swordsman in the world: Mihawk.
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    One Piece Recap: NakamaThe Straw Hat Pirates get a ship.
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    One Piece Recap: The Captain and the NavigatorLuffy may be the face of the franchise, but this first season is really Nami’s story.
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    One Piece Recap: Let’s Put a Smile on That FaceLuffy is going to be a very different sort of pirate than Buggy the Clown
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    One Piece Series-Premiere Recap: Yo-Ho, a Pirate’s Life for MeNetflix has a spotty history with live-action anime adaptations, but the first episode of One Piece is … rather good?
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    Ahsoka Recap: Don’t Get CockyThe plot doesn’t advance much, but at least we get arguably the most exhilarating Star Wars dogfight since Rogue One.
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    Foundation Recap: Strike First, Strike Hard, No MercyAre the very moves Cleon’s making to save the Empire going to doom it after all?
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    Ahsoka Recap: So Few Jedi LeftThis feels like the first time live-action Star Wars TV is trying to just … be Star Wars.
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    Ahsoka Series-Premiere Recap: Revenge of the SithThe beloved former Jedi knight makes the hyperspace jump from animated character to live-action headliner.
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    Foundation Recap: Destroyer of WorldsDid you ever hear the tragedy of Hari Seldon the Wise?
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    Foundation Recap: Forget It, Jake, It’s TrantorFoundation’s endless empire of clones makes for a Succession-type family drama.
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    Foundation Recap: To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone BeforeAmong the big, galaxy-changing events, Foundation has enough time to do a little Star Trek episode.
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    Foundation Recap: The Grifter and the GeneralFoundation ushers in new characters who bring a new perspective to the series, but are these individuals great enough to change the future?
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    Foundation Recap: A Tale of Two FoundationsWe finally get a proper explanation of the two Foundations and an introduction to what seems to be the ultimate villain of Foundation.
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    Foundation Season-Premiere Recap: The Emperor Has No ClothesFoundation is going for big, fun absurdity in the season premiere … with a naked Lee Pace fighting off assassins.
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    The King of Melancholic Anime Wants Us to Reckon With the PastThe director of Suzume breaks down his movie’s road trip through the abandoned places of Japan, co-starring a guy who turns into a chair.
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    The Bad Batch Season-Finale Recap: The Empire Strikes BatchThis two-part finale is kind of frustrating because this is what the show could be every week but isn’t.
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    The Bad Batch Recap: We’re in the Endgame NowThis is it. This is the show we’ve been waiting for, the episode everything has been building toward.
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    The Bad Batch Recap: The Great FloodThe Batch is starting to grow a spine and think about more than just surviving
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    The Bad Batch Recap: Good Soldiers Follow OrdersCrosshair is finally at a crossroads.
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    The Bad Batch Recap: In a Galaxy Far, Far Away, No One Can Hear You ScreamMaybe punting on the larger plot can be forgiven if we get a sweet Alien riff out of it.
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    The Bad Batch Recap: The One With the Dickensian NightmareIt’s Oliver Twist by way of Star Wars.
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    The Bad Batch Recap: Enough With the Mundane MissionsThe Bad Batch follows up an incredible two-part game changer with an underwhelming one-off mission.
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    The Bad Batch Recap: City of Walls and SecretsThe Bad Batch’s two-part political thriller ranks up there with some of the best The Clone Wars ever did.
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    The Bad Batch Recap: Star Wars Does PandoraEywa has heard the wookiees’ prayers.
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    Star Wars: The Bad Batch Recap: Treasure PlanetIt’s a Star Wars–meets–Indiana Jones Lucasfilm extravaganza — with a bit of Horizon Zero Dawn sprinkled in for good measure.
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    Star Wars: The Bad Batch Recap: Now This Is Podracing!The Boonta Eve Classic isn’t the only dangerous high-speed race in a galaxy far, far away.
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    Star Wars: The Bad Batch Recap: Are We the Baddies?Crosshair and Commander Cody go on what seems like a cool, throwback The Clone Wars mission … until it’s not.
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    The Bad Batch Season-Premiere Recap: A New HopeThe clones are starting to finally reckon with the fact that their brothers are now the bad guys.
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    Chainsaw Man Lives, and It Demands an ExplanationAn English dub is coming for the new anime that feels like Sam Raimi by way of Charles Dickens.
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    The Devil Is a Part-timer! Season-Finale Recap: The End … for Now?Was this season worth the nine-year wait? Absolutely not.
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    The Devil Is a Part-Timer! Recap: We’re in the Endgame NowA totally new villain appears out of nowhere in the [checks notes] penultimate episode of season two.
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    The Devil Is a Part-Timer! Recap: The Power of TelevisionOur demon lord wants a TV to stay on top of pop-culture conversations.
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    The Devil Is a Part-Timer! Recap: The One With the Bear AttackAfter what was arguably the single worst episode of the show, The Devil Is a Part-Timer! finally gets back on track — sort of.
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    The Devil Is a Part-Timer! Recap: Old MgRonald Had a FarmWhat happened to the old Maou Satan, ruthless demon overlord?
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    The Devil Is a Part-Timer Recap: Slow Your RollEmi isn’t killing out of hate anymore … folks, that’s growth and we love to see it.
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