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Fire Emblem fans have plenty of reasons to be excited about the recently-released Fire Emblem Engage. Not only is it the latest entry into the famous strategy franchise, but it’s really a return to form for Fire Emblem after the series experimented with a few different ideas. It also features a massive roster of characters voiced by some pretty notable actors.

Seriously, Engage’s voice cast is impressive. It’s one thing to boast a roster of named and notable characters quite so large, and it’s quite another to give most of those characters their own name and voice. While you may only recognize the names of a few Fire Emblem voice actors on paper, you’ll almost certainly recognize many of them the moment you hear them in-game.

So whether you can’t quite place why that name is so familiar, or you just want a little...

The uneven Japanese animated fantasy “The Deer King” often resembles the sort of Studio Ghibli action-adventure that made animation figurehead Hayao Miyazaki internationally famous, especially “Princess Mononoke” and “Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.” “The Deer King” not only looks like those Studio Ghibli staples, but also follows a plot that recalls Ghibli-style high fantasies: two warring feudal kingdoms try either to capture or enlist Van, a resourceful ex-soldier who may or may not be immune to a devastating plague.

Comparisons between “The Deer King” and Studio Ghibli’s better known movies seem inevitable, especially given how many of this movie’s creators learned their trade as animators and animation directors at Studio Ghibli, particularly co-directors Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji, and key animators Kenichi Konishi and Kenichi Yoshida. Thankfully, what works in so many Ghibli movies also mostly works in “The Deer King,” given the craft and consideration...

The second Sailor Moon movie has been released on home media. Check out our review!

Following its theatrical premiere back in August, Viz Media’s home release of Sailor Moon S: The Movie, the second feature film in the Sailor Moon franchise. For the uninitiated, Sailor Moon is the story of Usagi Tsukino, a less than ideal chosen one destined to fight the forces of darkness as Sailor Moon along with her friends, the Sailor Guardians, and her dapper, rose-wielding soul mate, Tuxedo Mask. This film, however, isn’t really about any of them, rather it shines a long overdue spotlight on Sailor Moon’s companion, mentor, and pet cat, Luna.

Luna is a character that really doesn’t get a lot of attention despite how ubiquitous she is. She’s always kind of forced into the role of critic and wet blanket, and while her frustration with Usagi’s...