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The inaugural Crunchyroll Anime Future Forum took place on Wednesday, October 7 in New York, bringing together leaders and creators from Japan and around the world to examine, discuss, and collaborate on how anime is shaping the future of the medium. The event, which was held on the eve of New York Comic-Con, featured highlight…

Samuel L. Jackson recalls his friendship with Stan Lee, saying he never imagined meeting the Marvel legend as a child

Forget Captain America, Iron Man, or really any of the Avengers. Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury is easily one of the favorite heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But while he’s a favorite, he’s also a character we haven’t necessarily seen as much of in recent years, spending time off world following the events of…

The actor—who appeared in 1993’s Menace II Society, among other roles—died following a battle with meningitis, his mother Joyce Patton shared on Aug. 27. He was 52.

Following months of hospitalization, actor Samuel Monroe Jr. has passed away, his mother, Joyce Patton, announced on Facebook.

Takashi Okazaki described the origins of his manga series “Afro Samurai!” in an interview with UGO, and it began as modestly as possible. It seems that Okazaki was fond of the American Blaxploitation aesthetic and was always drawn to the sound as an aesthetic of hip-hop and soul music. He taught himself to draw Black…

Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson Jackson have been together through college activism, parenthood, Hollywood, Broadway, and more than four decades of marriage. Now they’re celebrating another milestone: 46 years as husband and wife.

Samuel Monroe Jr.’s family may soon face the decision they have spent months hoping would never come. The Menace II Society actor remains on life support in a Los Angeles hospital, where doctors have warned his family that he could be left in a vegetative state. His wife, Shawna Stewart, says the family plans to…