Collaborate Disseminate
We all get a bit lonely from time to time and talking to other humans can be a challenge. With social robots still finding their way these days, [Markus] decided …read more Continue reading It’s Nice Having Someone To Talk To
Netflix just released an action-packed teaser for its live-action adaptation of the 1998 Japanese anime series “Cowboy Bebop.” From a report: A 10-episode series — which chronicles a group of cosmos-hopping bounty-hunters and is based on the cartoon o… Continue reading Netflix Drops Action-Packed Teaser For ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Series
Somewhere on Yahoo, one writer asks “Is the comic book industry dying or thriving?”
There was a time when comic books were sold at newsstands alongside mainstream publications, according to Forbes, but that changed in the early 1980s when periodical co… Continue reading Is the Comic Book Industry Dying or Thriving?
Netflix has announced that its long-delayed, live-action adaptation of the influential and popular classic anime series Cowboy Bebop will premiere on Friday, November 19. Ars Technica reports: The streaming service also released the first images from t… Continue reading Netflix Reveals Premiere Date, First Images For Live-Action Cowboy Bebop Series
An anonymous reader shares a report: The pandemic is helping Japan’s demon slayers, monsters and robots make the leap to the global market. Animated video in the Japanese style — aka anime — has long been a niche taste for fans in the U.S. and elsewh… Continue reading The World Is Watching More Anime — and Streaming Services Are Buying
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Documents obtained by TorrentFreak dated September reveal the MPA, acting through legal representatives, attempting to pressure individuals who they believe are important at [anime site Nyaa] and c… Continue reading MPA Lawyers Are Trying To Shut Down Pirate Anime Giant Nyaa.si
According to Nikkei, Sony is close to acquiring U.S. anime-streaming service Crunchyroll for more than $957 million. From the report: Sony has its own popular anime, titles like “Demon Slayer” and “Kimetsu no Yaiba,” but has been licensing it to stream… Continue reading Sony Close To Buying Crunchyroll For Nearly $1 Billion
A fifteen-year-old cartoon is an unlikely contender for most-watched show in America. And yet when “Avatar: The Last Airbender” arrived on Netflix, in May, it rose through the ranks to become the platform’s No. 1 offering, and even now it remains a fix… Continue reading The Stunning Second Life of ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’
When researchers investigate suspected malware on an IoT device they normally expect to find a cryptominer to earn a hacker digital cash or perhaps botnet code to launch DDoS attacks against websites.
But that wasn’t the case with the Cereals bot… Continue reading Could this be the world’s most harmless IoT botnet?
An anonymous Slashdot reader shares a report about Japan’s virtual YouTubers or VTubers that act as live performers, corporate PR officials and even surrogate children. From The Wall Street Journal: Ryosei Takehisa, 24 years old, doesn’t have any child… Continue reading Japan’s Digital Pop Stars Blur Line Between Virtual and Reality