Welcome to the Monday Anime Round-up, a weekly series where I talk about the anime I watched over the weekend. This is week two, which means that I've been consistent for at least one week. WOOT!

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Peter Jackson remains one of our greatest filmmakers and the Beatles are still one of our greatest bands so...it's a match made in heaven if you ask me. 

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Disney's new release 'Soul' has sparked further conversations about the tendency in animation to turn Black characters into animals and other inhuman things.

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So basically, Trump is trying to turn all federal buildings into Trump Tower.

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3.5/5 stars for Netflix's The Ripper.

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It's time for the mentor to appear out of the ongoing cornfields of the middle of nowhere. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, after all, some of the greatest superpowered beings have gone through rigorous training in order to hone their abilities. However, some of the folks who emerge just when you figure out how to lift a bus are not on the up and up. They seem like they are, at first, but over time you realize that having them as your inspiration will ruin your entire life.

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As of right now, Wonder Woman 3 is on pause. That doesn't mean it's not happening or there aren't any plans; there's just a lot going on and, as Patty Jenkins is working on a Rogue Squadron movie for Lucasfilm, she has her hands full right this very second. Still, there is a future for Diana Prince—it just might not be the one that Patty Jenkins originally had planned.

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Din Djarin has plenty more adventures in him.

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We here at the Mary Sue know a lot about, well, Mary Sues and so when the internet discourse went off today about who in the Star Wars universe is the real Mary Sue, it was sort of like a Bat-signal for us. And it came thanks to someone with her own bat-credentials—legendary comics writer […]

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Donald Trump has been pushing for this tax break for months as a way to revitalize the restaurant industry. He thinks bringing back big corporate lunches will make restaurants "hotter than before."

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We're debuting a clip of Lourdes (Zoey Luna), Frankie (Gideon Adlon), and Tabby (Lovie Simone) welcoming Lily (Cailee Spaeny) to the coven in The Craft: Legacy.

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In the immortal words of Mo'Nique, "When you do clownery, the clown comes back to bite."

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Birds of Prey has the distinction of being the highest-grossing comic book movie of 2020, but it was supposed to be the beginning of a big year for female-led comic book movies. Instead, the disappointing box office it gained due to COVID, was a specter of the way Wonder Woman 1984 would fare.

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There's this thing that some of y'all do where you assume that being silly means we're forgetting the real issues. Celebrating is seen as being uneducated about the trials and tribulations of Blackness, and putting energy into joy is seen as being lazy in other areas. "Why waste time on (insert harmless fun) when you could be focusing on (insert the thing that's been devastating you for days/weeks/months/years/etc.)."

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Though 2020 was a year of heaviness, it was also a year of powerful Black creativity. From music and Film/TV to (of course) books, the abundance of work that emerged this year beautifully illustrated the nuances of the Black experience, while also making important social commentary on the shortcomings that still need to be confronted.

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Flawed as it may be, I enjoyed 2018’s The Prom and though it did not last long on Broadway it still managed to get multiple Tony nominations in 2019 including for Best Actress with Caitlin Kinnunen. Which is why the Ryan Murphy adaptation which aired on Netflix is such a disappointment for how they treated Emma.

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Have a safe and restful Sunday, Mary Suevians!

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When it comes to excavating trauma and deep discomfort with compassion and understanding, the future is most assuredly female.

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The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America association is raising awareness on the issue with the hashtag #DisneyMustPay.

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Genre nerds will no doubt be thrilled to see the Avengers duo join forces with Eleven herself for a sci-fi road trip film.

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