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mine and my friend’s last braincells: “what if vogue gondor existed and did an editorial on eowyn’s marriage to faramir?” I did the art, my friend did the amazing article which you can read down below :>

New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Animation has announced that Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Blade Runner: Black Lotus, Eden of the East) will direct the feature anime film The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.

The film is produced by New Line Cinema in partnership with Warner Bros. Animation. Sola Entertainment will animate the film, and Warner Bros. Pictures will distribute the film.

The War of the Rohirrim focuses on a character from the book’s appendix, the mighty King of Rohan, Helm Hammerhand, and a legendary battle which helped shaped Middle-earth heading into LOTR. The anime film will expand the untold story behind the fortress of Helm’s Deep, delving into the life and bloodsoaked times of Hammerhand. Overall, the movie is a companion piece to New Line’s LOTR trilogy and is set roughly 250 years before that movie during the third age.

Joseph Chou (Blade Runner: Black Lotus TV series) is producing, and Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance) are writing the screenplay. The Oscar-winner Philippa Boyens, who was part of the screenwriting team on the live-action The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies, is a consultant on the project.

“This will be yet another epic portrayal of J.R.R. Tolkien’s world that has never been told before. We’re honored to partner with much of the incredible talent behind both film trilogies, along with new creative luminaries to tell this story. And so it begins.”

- Sam Register, President of Warner Bros. Animation

“All of us at New Line feel a deep affinity for the extraordinary world J.R.R. Tolkien created, so the opportunity to dive back into Middle-earth with the team at Warner Bros. Animation is a dream come true. Fans know Helm’s Deep as the stage for one of the greatest battles ever put to film and, with many of the same creative visionaries involved and the brilliant Kenji Kamiyama at the helm, we couldn’t be more excited to deliver a fresh vision of its history that will invite global audiences to experience the rich, complex saga of Middle-earth in a thrilling new way.”

Anime onlys: "Wait, what?"

Demon Slayer

Expectation: Hardcore horror series about evil monsters

Reality: Really good boy must protect his incredibly cute demon sister with the help of his friends, the whiny blonde guy and the funny animal man who yells all the time. Lots of found family goodness.

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Naruto

Expectation: A coming-of-age series about an outcast who must defy the odds to become the best

Reality: ...so then our main protagonist learns that he's actually the descendant of an alien god, thus making him part alien. Also, he was born to an amazing lineage, which directly contradicts the whole outcast image that the protagonist started off with.

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Dr. Stone

Expectation: Harsh drama about humans rebuilding society

Reality: Hey kids! Welcome to Senku's educational series about how to survive in the wild! Get your notebooks out because today, we're learning how to make gunpowder! Also, how to turn salt water into fresh water!

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Cells at Work

Expectation: Cute educational series about the human body!

Reality: Your body is a nightmare. It's constantly fighting off viruses that can either kill you or hurt you severely. Also, it turns out your body is a dictatorship, killing anything that doesn't comply with its standards. If a cell is out of line or born wrong, it's immediately sent for execution.

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Asobi Asobase

Expectation: Cute, slice-of-life comedy about teenage girls!

Reality: "Hey guys, I dare you to dare me to stick this baseball bat up my butler's ass!" "Hahahaha, I'd love to see that shit!" "NO, DON'T STICK THAT UP MY ASS!"

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The Promised Neverland

Expectation: Orphan kids must expect the orphanage

Reality: Well...you get what you were expecting. But in addition, you develop trust issues and a fear of nuns.

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Black Clover

Expectation: Magic and swords!

Reality: A coming-of-age series about an outcast who must defy the odds to become the best...wait a minute, this sounds familiar...

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Usagi Drop

Expectation: Cute series about a single dad trying to raise his kid!

Reality: The expectation is the same as reality...no, there's no manga here, what are you talking about? Stop talking about a manga, there IS NO MANGA.

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My Hero Academia

Expectation: Superheroes!

Reality: A coming-of-age series about an outcast who must defy the odds to become the best-wait, what? Again with this? Oh come on, there has to be a difference between this and Naruto. (MHA fans whispers in my ear) Oh, so the main villain gets arrested? Well...I guess that's original. The main bad guys in Naruto either die or get redeemed.

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Jormungand

Expectation: Metal Gear Solid, I think?

Reality: Well, it really is Metal Gear Solid, specifically the 4th game. But it's Metal Gear Solid if the main protagonist was a pedophilic Harley Quinn who got fused with Tony Stark.

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RWBY

Expectation: Anime girls saving the world!

Reality: Dark fairy tale drama about the world ending and how the world must be saved by this girl with magic eyes and this guy who is the current reincarnation of an ancient warrior. Also, people are racist towards half-animal people.

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Avatar the Last Airbender

Expectation: Legendary hero must save the world!

Reality: Expectation is the reality. But that being said, people care more about the first season villain's redemption arc.

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The Legend of Korra

Expectation: More Avatar the Last Airbender!

In May of 1816 Mary Shelley and her friends went away to Lake Geneva, Switzerland, for a holiday. The weather was so dreadful during that time however- most of Europe was experiencing a “Year Without Summer”- that the friends chose to remain indoors and have a little writing challenge among themselves.

Lamia (Vampire) - John William Waterhouse (1905)

”For so delicious were the words she sung, it seem'd he had loved them a whole summer long”