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Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is a 2D metroidvania game created by Inti Creates. It offers a nostalgic experience reminiscent of classic Castlevania titles with its retro pixel art and challenging level design. The game’s notable features include extensive exploration, diverse weaponry, and intric...
Mei and the Kittenbus is a 2002 Japanese animated short film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki for Studio Ghibli. The 13-minute film serves as a sequel to 'My Neighbor Totoro' (1988), featuring young Mei encountering a small catbus offspring. Unlike mainstream Studio Ghibli releases, this short...
Schwarzesmarken is a Japanese visual novel released in 2015 by developer âge, serving as a prequel to the larger Muv-Luv Alternative universe. Set in an alternate timeline during 1983 in East Germany, the story depicts a squad of mecha pilots fighting against extraterrestrial beings known as BETA. T...
"Jack-Jack Attack" is a 2005 American computer-animated short film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. Directed by Brad Bird, it serves as a direct spin-off from the 2004 feature film "The Incredibles," focusing on the chaotic events experienced by the superhero baby Jack-Jack and his unsuspecting...
BURN-E is a Pixar animated short film released in 2008 alongside the DVD and Blu-ray release of WALL-E. Directed by Angus MacLane, the short film features a minor character from the main feature—a repair robot designated BURN-E (Basic Utility Repair Nano Engineer) who works on the starship Axiom. Th...
Seventh Lair is a metafictional visual novel developed by Novectacle, the studio behind The House in Fata Morgana. Released in English in 2022, it follows an independent game creator and members of his online community after they are drawn into a fantasy role-playing game world. The story examines c...
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy is a Hong Kong action film depicting the early life and training of Yip Man, the legendary martial arts instructor who later mentored Bruce Lee, showcasing Wing Chun techniques in a realistic combat setting.
Partysaurus Rex is a 2012 animated short film produced by Pixar Animation Studios as part of its Toy Story Toons series. The short was directed by Mark Walsh and features Wallace Shawn reprising his role as Rex. The story follows Rex as he becomes the life of a bath-time party with a group of bath t...
Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse is a spin-off visual novel from the Muv-Luv franchise, developed by the Japanese studio âge. Set in an alternate timeline where humanity fights alien invaders known as BETA, the narrative focuses on a joint US-Japan tactical surface fighter development project in Al...
Hawaiian Vacation is a 2011 computer-animated short film produced by Pixar Animation Studios, marking the first installment in the studio's Toy Story Toons series. Directed by Gary Rydstrom, the plot follows Barbie and Ken as they attempt to stow away to Hawaii but accidentally end up in Bonnie's ba...
Puella Magi Oriko Magica is a Japanese manga series that serves as a spin-off of the popular anime and manga franchise Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Written by the production team Magica Quartet and illustrated by Mura Kuroe, the story deviates from the main timeline to focus on a separate cast of magi...
Richelle Mead's six-book young adult urban fantasy series (2011–2015), spinning off from her Vampire Academy novels, follows Sydney Sage, a human Alchemist assigned to protect a Moroi vampire princess at a human boarding school in Palm Springs. Published by Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin, the seri...
"Small Fry" is a 2011 animated short film created by Pixar Animation Studios as part of their Toy Story Toons series. Written and directed by Angus MacLane, the short was theatrically released alongside the feature film "The Muppets." The plot follows Buzz Lightyear as he is accidentally swapped wit...
The Boys Presents: Diabolical is a 2022 American animated anthology series set in the universe of the live-action superhero satire The Boys. Its eight self-contained episodes use different animation styles and creative teams to tell violent, comic, and sometimes tragic stories about superheroes, cor...
Riley's First Date? is a 2015 animated short film from Pixar, written and directed by Josh Cooley and set after the events of Inside Out. The story follows Riley's parents when a boy named Jordan arrives at their home, prompting the emotions inside both parents to interpret the visit as Riley's firs...
Dug's Special Mission is a 2009 computer-animated short film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and directed by Ronnie del Carmen. Set during the events of Up, it follows Dug as Alpha, Beta, and Gamma assign him a series of tasks intended to keep him away while they hunt the large bird. The short e...
Kanini & Kanino is a 2019 Japanese animated short by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Studio Ponoc, following two tiny crab-people siblings as they navigate a vibrant, perilous underwater ecosystem.
George & A.J. is a 2009 Pixar short by Josh Cooley, using limited animatic-style animation to follow Up's Shady Oaks orderlies after Carl flies away.
Air Mater is a 2011 Pixar Cars Toons short in the Mater's Tall Tales series, included with Cars 2 home media and centered on Mater as an airplane.
Once Upon a Snowman is a 2020 Disney Frozen short directed by Trent Correy and Dan Abraham, explaining Olaf's first moments after his creation.
