Inside the cavernous Kings Theater in Brooklyn, New York, the crowd began to scream in anticipation of the concert about to begin, but a lone voice broke through the roar: “Yaaaaagooooooooooo!” The event was Hololive’s Breaking Dimensions concert on August 24, a show where digital artists called Vtubers sing and dance live on stage as ...
As I walk to the Kings Theater in Brooklyn, New York, a line of people snakes around several blocks, many carrying merchandise with blown-up fan art images of anime girls. I enter the stately theater with its ornate gilded plasterwork and luxurious stage curtains and find my seat. A concertgoer holds up a German flag ...
Professional wrestling is a love story in many ways. Sometimes it’s a love story about a 6’6″ black otaku who fulfills a 9-year-old promise he made on a video game podcast to professional wrestling in an anime. AEW wrestler Mason Madden is a testament to how similar the two seemingly very different forms of entertainment ...
Dressed up with makeup, huge hoop earrings and a loose sweatshirt, YouTuber and pop star Madison Beer exudes effortless glamour as she Viewers of their Twitch stream. “You have changed my life. You have changed my whole world. And… I mean Impressive clothing.” Beer has established herself as a star for a new generation of ...
photo: Matt Thomas (Getty Images) Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm recently returned to social media with a cryptic chessboard post Weeks after allegations surfaced that he was banned from Twitch in 2020 for “sexting” a minor, the controversial YouTuber has now deleted his previous statement in which he admitted to having “inappropriate” contact with an underage ...
For a comedy about awkward, messy teenagers I have never is amazingly confident. In its second season, the Netflix comedy builds on a poignant, fun first season by continuing to strike a tricky balance between genuine realism and Disney Channel absurdism. It’s the kind of comedy that can plunge into tearful meditation on grief in ...
