No joke: Rick and Morty announces season 8 premiere date
Despite all the tomfoolery that surrounds April Fools Day, here’s one nugget of truth: Rick and Morty has announced its season eight premiere date for May 25, 2025. The notoriously…
Thankfully, Delicious in Dungeon Will Cook Again in Season 2
Over the last few months, Delicious in Dungeon has been airing over on Netflix. Based on the manga of the same name by Ryōko Kui, the adaptation courtesy of Studio…
Adventure Time Is Coming Back With a Movie and New Spinoffs
Image: Cartoon Network Studios/Max Adventure Time has managed to live on in myriad ways beyond the original show, from Distant Lands to Fionna and Cake—but now the series is preparing…
New Disney Leak Reveals Early Look at Gravity Falls, Owl House, and Plenty More
Just before the weekend started, the animation space lit up when someone suddenly leaked a lot of never-before-seen internal material from Disney. We won’t link to it, but included in…
IF Conjures Up a New Teaser for Its Imaginary Friends
Image: Paramount John Krasinski and Paramount aren’t just bringing sound-seeking aliens to the theater this year. In May, the actor is directing (and writing) his first kiddie movie, the Ryan…
BoxLunch Celebrates Cartoon Network’s 2000s Era With New Merch
Image: BoxLunch Fans of Dexter’s Laboratory and Adventure Time can get a hit of animated nostalgia from the late ‘90s to the early aughts with this BoxLunch fashion collection. The…
The Year Ahead in Animation
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io9’s Favorite Rewatches (and Replays and Re-Reads) of 2023
Practical Magic – Original Theatrical Trailer Among my rotation of horror films during Halloween I’ve recently added more spooky fall fare like Practical Magic. Starring Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Stockard…
2023 Was the Year Companies Found Out
Even though every year has managed to feel more eventful than the last, 2023 especially was a roller coaster that went extremely off the rails. It feels like something eventful…
20 Years Ago Today, Genndy Tartakovsky’s Clone Wars Changed Star Wars Forever
Twenty years ago today, the sight of a diminutive cartoon Yoda—shrouded in a hooded cloak, his green lightsaber ignited and held high—riding atop a goatlike mount transformed Star Wars as…