Underscoring anime’s rising prominence, Mitchel Berger, Senior Vice President, Global Commerce, Crunchyroll, recently participated in a significant discussion at the Cannes International Film Festival. During the “Animation Day x Streamers Forum | From Streaming to the Big Screen – How Anime Is Driving Cinema,”
TV show news, trailers and reviews
Welcome to Geek Native's TV section, your guide to the best of the small screen. From epic fantasy series and sci-fi sagas to the latest superhero shows, we cover the television that fuels our geek passions. This is your hub for news, reviews, and a whole host of trailers to keep you ready for the next big premiere.
Our TV coverage has a special focus on Anime, with a dedicated section for the latest news and reviews from Japan. We also explore the ever-growing world of Online Shows, including the popular 'Actual Play' series where tabletop adventures come to life on screen. Whatever you're watching, you'll find it discussed here.
Critical Role announces theatrical rebroadcasts of 2025 Live Shows
The rebroadcasts are part of Critical Role’s 10-year anniversary celebration, which includes a live tour with stops in Australia and the United States.
Beyond the Gamepad: How Black Mirror Interrogates the Reality of Gaming
Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror (season 7 released recently) has carved a unique and often unsettling niche in contemporary television.
Netflix has removed ‘Bandersnatch’ and lets its interactive era die a death
Netflix has closed the book on its short-lived interactive era, removing the interactive choose-your-own-adventure movie Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, along with Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend, from today (12th May).
Short film: Can you distinguish dream from reality?
I’m playing in a TTRPG, and I’m not sure the characters aren’t dreaming. Has that happened to you?
Alien: Earth Day video released to promote the new IGN world guide to the series – check it out!
It’s Earth Day 2025, and in quite a clever marketing tactic, IGN have released a fun little video promoting the series, and its newly-launched Alien: Earth World Guide for FX and Hulu.
The fan petition to save the Dead Boy Detectives won’t give up on life after death
We had fans pay for billboards to go up outside Netflix to say, ‘Bring back Dead Boy Detectives.’
You can now watch ‘Men in Black: the Animated Series’ – streaming on Tubi
If you’re feeling like a bit of nostalgia, today we bring the news that Men in Black: the Animated Series (1997 – 2001) is now available to stream on Tubi!
A review of All Systems Red: The first Murderbot diary
Bronwen’s just blogged the first trailer for Apple+’s Murderbot series, and unusually, I’m ahead of the curve; I’ve read book one, All Systems Red, of Martha Wells’ series.
First trailer for sci-fi comedy ‘Murderbot’ lets us see Alexander Skarsgård as a rogue security bot
Apple TV+ just dropped the first trailer for highly anticipated sci-fi comedy thriller series Murderbot, with Alexander Skarsgård playing an awkward security robot who’s ‘gone rogue’ and wants to find the meaning of life.
