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Ryan Epps

March, 2026
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About Ryan Epps

Ryan Epps is a contributing writer for Polygon. His writing spans both the entertainment and tech verticals, with bylines covering everything from Dark Souls to TVs at sites like Tom’s Guide, Digital Trends, TheGamer, Tech Times, and more.

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Cover photo for Release That Witch donghua on Crunchyroll.
Sentenced to Be a Hero isn’t the only fantasy series rethinking revolution this year

Release That Witch more interested in rebuilding the world than merely saving it

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HBO's Westworld show is officially dead, right?

Westworld became the exact corporate nightmare it warned us about

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Shot from Den-noh Coil featuring the digital Searchmatons that chase the kids through the city.
Den-noh Coil was right about everything

This underrated 2007 sci-fi anime imagined the internet as an invisible layer woven directly into everyday life

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Goku and Luffy in a graphic
Forget One Piece or Dragon Ball, this is the most profitable anime property according to new report

Gundam just posted the biggest financial year in franchise history

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Two Na'vi warriors walk through the jungle with flying beasts behind them in Avatar: Fire and Ash
Avatar: Fire and Ash gets an official streaming debut on Disney Plus

James Cameron’s latest trip to Pandora is finally making its way to Disney Plus

Superman (Henry Cavill) surrounded by worshipful people in face paint in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Henry Cavill's remake of '80s sci-fi action series heads straight to streaming

No theatrical launch confirmed

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Steven Spielberg fans are convinced he’s making a Western with Jurassic Park connections

This theory actually makes a lot of sense...

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The Ghost in the Shell anime gets exciting release date update with newest trailer

The tachikomas are rolling in

Gigi Andalucia in MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe
This brand new Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway 2 tease shows the movie at its most unnerving

A single flight becomes a point of fracture between Kenneth Sleg’s order and Gigi Andalucia’s instinct

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Scene from Akane-banashi of Akane in the middle of a rakugo preformance.
Akane-banashi shouldn’t work as an anime but it’s still Spring's best overlooked show

Akane-banashi proves anime doesn’t need fights to feel exhilarating

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Scene from Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe featuring the Hathaway Noa in his Gundam
The biggest anime movie event of the year is so much more than a sci-fi spectacle

There are no heroes left in Gundam Hathaway’s sequel

Still from Scavengers Reign featuring a plant in the center in front of Azi Nareen
Netflix is about to lose the most inventive sci-fi show of the century
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This overlooked animated masterpiece still has one of the best worlds in fiction

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An image of Wolf from Sekiro: No Defeat anime
Sekiro anime gets new-look artwork and an official theatrical release

Sekiro: No Defeat is headed to theaters, but you have to live in Japan to see it early

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promotional poster of Go with the Clouds, North-by-Northwest made by Aki irie for the anime reveal.
Go with the Clouds, North-by-Northwest is one of the most engaging mystery manga in years

And it's getting an anime adaptation next year

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10 best donghua shows that rival Japan's biggest anime

Anime isn’t the only game in town

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Thrawn, a dark-haired humanoid with blue skin, sits on a throne with steepled fingers in a detail from the cover of Timothy Zahn's novel
Thrawn versus the supernatural is Star Wars' most compelling unresolved conflict

Why Thrawn’s greatest enemy in Star Wars isn’t the Rebels

Anakin Skywalker looking Super Evil in Revenge of the Sith, peering out from under a dark hood while his red-and-yellow eyes glow.
Star Wars is becoming cosmic horror, as creators spin the Force beyond light and dark

In Ahsoka and beyond, the old Jedi beliefs are giving way to something unknowable and far more unsettling

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A Hundred Scenes of Awajima is the most beautiful anime you're not watching this season

Like a watercolor painting forced into motion, Awajima is oozing in emotional weight and class

Still of Godzilla in Showa-era film.
The weirdest Godzilla movie of all time is finally getting a Blu-ray release, but there's a catch

Cozzilla is the arthouse Italian Godzilla movie you never knew existed

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Forza Horizon 6 has me rewatching the best racing anime ever made

The essence of Initial D lives on in Forza Horizon 6, but it will never be replaced

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