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Jan 26
‘Dandadan’ Is Creating an Infamous Reputation Because of Its Finale That Could Negatively Impact the Anime’s Future
Say the word “cliffhanger”, and you have now triggered the entire fandom of Dandadan. The anime line-up of 2024 boasted many much-awaited sequels of popular series like Dragon Ball, Re:Zero, and Mushoku Tensei. However, Dandadan still managed to create an indelible mark as the undisputable highlight of the year. The only aspect of Dandadan that […]
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Jan 26
Ian Somerhalder Channeling the Agony of “People That Are Starving” to Prepare for His ‘The Vampire Diaries’ Role Will Leave You Bewildered
Ian Somerhalder’s performance as Damon Salvatore has become a classic in the world of vampires, being a perfect example of a modern take on a dangerous creature. The Vampire Diaries does a great job of creating a balance between making an entertaining and attractive show and not getting rid of the darker sides of vampire […]
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Jan 26
Go Go Muffin Class Guide: Best Classes RankedGo Go Muffin is a fantasy MMORPG dungeon crawler by XD Games, set in a vibrant post-Ragnarok world. In this game, you’ll embark on thrilling adventures alongside adorable companions known as Melomons. This Go Go Muffin class guide will introduce you to the various classes available, help you determine which one best fits your playstyle, …
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Jan 26
‘Castlevania: Nocturne’ Got Away With Breaking the Golden Rule of Storytelling Due to Alucard’s Connection to the Belmonts
After a two-year wait, Castlevania‘s dark world returns with Nocturne Season 2 on Netflix. Based on the popular Konami video game, the series follows Richter Belmont (Edward Bluemel) as he battles vampires and other fearsome monsters amid the French Revolution. Despite it only being January, the second season of Castlevania: Nocturne is already a strong […]
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Jan 26
Gut-wrenching Real-Life Situation That Inspired Taylor Sheridan to Write ‘Hell or High Water’
Back in 2016, when David Mackenzie’s Hell or High Water debuted at Cannes and later graced the theaters with positive reviews, it was actually the Texas-born actor Taylor Sheridan’s brainchild that later earned an Oscar nomination for original screenplay. And that’s what marked a new era for Sheridan as a writer. Now, Taylor Sheridan has […]
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Jan 26
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Jan 25
“I don’t want to be dumb money”: Robert Herjavec Did a Tremendously Profitable Back Door Deal With a Shark Tank Product Mark Cuban Avoided Like the Plague
Robert Herjavec just pulled off one of the smoothest moves in Shark Tank history. Mark Cuban totally passed on a product that had potential written all over it, but Herjavec wasn’t about to let it slip through his fingers. While Cuban avoided it like the plague, Herjavec swooped in and made a back-door deal that […]
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Jan 25
Two of Mark Wahlberg’s Movies Couldn’t Avoid the Same Video Game Adaptation Trap That Sonic Director Escaped in a Whole Trilogy
Celebrated icon and once rapper (by the name of Marky Mark) Mark Wahlberg has found fame in Hollywood with his action and comedy movies alongside some accolades as well. However, what the actor could not achieve was a video-game adaptation movie that actually turned out to be pretty good. Max Payne (the 2008 film) and […]
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Jan 25
How to Train Your Dragon: Definitive read and watch order
When it comes to fantasy series that can capture both adult and child attention, there is possibly none better than How to Train Your Dragon . The first was written by Cressida Cowell back in 2004, and the world she created has since spawned an entire franchise.
So far, there are:
12 mainline books
3 related companion books
1 children's picture book
12 graphic novels
3 animated movies
5 animated TV series
6 animated shorts
And all of that is without counting the upcoming live action adaptation of How to Train Your Dragon that’s coming in June 2025. I know, it's a lot.
If you’re just getting into the world of Hiccup and Toothless, and are struggling to figure out where to begin, here’s how to both read and watch their story.
How to read How to Train Your Dragon
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When first diving into Hiccup’s world, the best place to start is with Cressida Cowell’s original novel series. They are, technically, children’s books, but that doesn’t make them any less enjoyable for a more mature audience. They’re well written, and offer a lot of insight into the Viking world that she worked to fictionalize and build as her setting.
Thankfully, the recommended reading order of the 12 novel series is the same as the order in which they were released:
How to Train Your Dragon (2004)
How to Train Your Dragon: How to Be a Pirate (2005)
How to Train Your Dragon: How to Speak Dragonese (2006)
How to Train Your Dragon: How to Cheat a Dragon’s Curse (2007)
How to Train Your Dragon: How to Twist a Dragon’s Tale (2008)
How to Train Your Dragon: A Hero’s Guide to Deadly Dragons (2009)
How to Train Your Dragon: How to Ride a Dragon’s Storm (2010)
How to Train Your Dragon: How to Break a Dragon’s Heart (2011)
How to Train Your Dragon: How to Steal a Dragon’s Sword (2012)
How to Train Your Dragon: How to Seize a Dragon’s Jewel (2013)
How to Train Your Dragon: How to Betray a Dragon’s Hero (2013)
How to Train Your Dragon: How to Fight a Dragon’s Fury (2015)
While the novels were being published, Cowell also worked on three companion books to go alongside the series:
How to Train Your Viking by Toothless the Dragon (2006)
The Day of the Dreader (2012)
The Complete Book of Dragons: A Guide to Dragon Species (2014)
There is also a standalone children's book about Hiccup’s early years and his struggle to fit in, called “ How to Be a Viking ”. Although it was released late in the timeline in 2014, it is confirmed by Cowell to be the first book in the canonical timeline.
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After the release of the first How to Train Your Dragon movie and it’s immediate success, Dreamworks authorized the release of 12 graphic novels through Titan Comics and Dark Horse Comics. These add additional story elements for Hiccup, Toothless, and the rest of the characters.
If you’re interested in how these fit into the canonical timeline, graphic novels released by Titan Comics feature stories that take place during the same time period as those shown in The Riders of Berk series. Those released by Dark Horse Comics give additional stories occurring just after the events of the second How to Train Your Dragon movie.
Titan Comics
Dragons: Riders of Berk
Dragon Down (2014)
Dangers of the Deep (2014)
The Ice Castle (2015)
The Stowaway (2015)
The Legend of Ragnarok (2015)
Underworld (2015)
Dragons: Defenders of Berk
The Endless Night (2016)
Snowmageddon (2016)
Dark Horse Comics
The Serpent’s Heir (2017)
Dragonvine (2018)
How to watch How to Train Your Dragon
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At first glance, the watch order of How to Train Your Dragon seems like a fairly easy thing to figure out. The three films are in timeline order, so watching them is a pretty safe way to get a lot of the story pinned down.
However, there are also six shorts and five entire multi-season series to take into account, so figuring out the timeline actually gets pretty complicated.
If you want to watch from start to finish in chronological order, here’s how you should watch all of the animated How to Train Your Dragon content:
How to Train Your Dragon (Movie, 2010)
Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (15 minute short, 2010)
Gift of the Night Fury (20 minute festive short, 2011)
Book of Dragons (15 minute short, 2011)
Riders of Berk (Single season series, 2011 - 2012)
Defenders of Berk (Single season series, 2012 - 2013)
Dawn of the Dragon Racers (Short, 2014)
Race to the Edge (Multi season series, 2015 - 2018)
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Movie, 2014)
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Movie, 2019)
Homecoming (Short, 2019)
Snoggletog Log (Short, 2019)
If you want to round off the collection with both spin-off series, then they’re as follows:
Rescue Riders (Spin-off series, 2020 - 2022)
The Nine Realms (Spin-off series, 2021 - 2023)
However, bear in mind that these do not feature Hiccup, Toothless, or anyone else familiar from the main series. Rescue Riders focuses on an entirely new cast, while The Nine Realms is set 1,300 years later in the modern world, so they do lose a lot of the charm of the original story.
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Jan 25
I May Be a Guild Receptionist Anime Has a Relatable Heroine
I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time, aka Girumasu ,is one of those light novel, manga, and anime series where the title tells you everything you need to know. You can tell right away the lead is a hard worker in a rudimentary office job, but is still remarkable. They also prefer to maintain a solid work-life balance! Which is admirable! Fortunately, after watching the first episode on Crunchyroll , I can attest to this being a solid adaptation that highlights how fun heroine Alina Clover is.
Editor’s Note: There are spoilers for the first episode of the I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time anime below.
Things start in Girumasu with things looking pretty good for Alina Clover, the receptionist in question. She has a comfy bed. The town she lives in looks quaint. Her uniform is adorable. She works at the Iffole Counter at a safe desk job with job security due to it being in public safety. She seems super happy.
But then we immediately see the other side of things. She’s donned a cloak and outfit, wielded a gigantic hammer, and rushed to defeat a gigantic dragon that is keeping things from being quiet, quick, and secure because it just won’t die.
This is the trend for the whole of Girumasu , and the anime adaptation seems like it works to ensure you get it right away so it can move on to the interesting stories that stem from Alina’s double life. Alina looks adorable and sweet, and she’s a perfect worker. But she’s also endlessly frustrated by the adventurers who won’t follow protocol, aren’t as skilled as they seem or claim to be, and take forever to finish quests. So much so that we see her strain to keep her mask on and be the “ideal” employee everyone expects. Especially when lines come up and result in overtime that keep her from relaxing, reading books, and taking it easy.
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Which, even though this is a fantasy setting with a guild receptionist, feels like any customer service job. When Ganz the “Raging Blade” of the famous Silver Sword group comes up to take the Hellflame Dragon quest nobody’s been able to beat, he fails to follow simple instructions! He acts like he’s some Big Man who doesn’t need to follow protocol because “he’s famous.” Which means she has to keep repeating for him to show his damn license so she can do her job . And because he did that and is too incompetent to beat said dragon, the rest of the line backed up and she’s stuck doing paperwork at night accrued by all the failures.
I’ve worked jobs dealing with customers. While not identical, this sort of situation happened at least once each day. “Oh, I’ve been coming here for years. You know me.” Yes, well, so are probably 100 other people I talk to every week and I absolutely will not remember your detailed personal information, so please give me the official documentation so we can get things done. Oh, you didn’t prepare something you need? So now I need to spend more time so it doesn’t back up? Right.
Except in the case of Alina and the Girumasu anime, there’s a bit of wish fulfillment. Those of us who worked similar sorts of jobs dealing with the public know we’re a bit trapped. But Alina is also a really incredible warrior in her own right! She’s smart and resourceful! She’s able to do what we can’t, which is take matters into her own hand. After a month of the Hellfire Dragon not being defeated, she goes and gets things done . No more overtime. No more dealing with idiots.
Which adds a fun element to the series and sets current event in actions. Remember that Ganz of the Silver Sword earlier? Well, that group’s leader Jade and some of his allies are there fighting the dragon when Alina busts in and solos the fight. Since Ganz retired, he’s submitted an investigation request into that “legendary” Executioner to recruit that person to the group. Which Alina does not want to do, since she’d lose her cozy public service job with ideally no overtime and be forced into a less peaceful, more risky profession. So we have Alina trying to maintain her current lifestyle, but also dealing with Jade.
I’m a big fan of the I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time manga and loved seeing Alina balance her work life and “secret identity” to attempt to give herself some peace, and I’m really happy with how CloverWorks’ first episode of the Girumasu anime adaptation went. Alina’s personality is well represented in this introduction. We get a good idea of who she is as a person. The problem she faces is identifiable and, frankly, hilarious. It quickly sets a strong tone for the rest of the series. The light novel and manga versions’ stories get really good, and if this first episode is any indication, the anime adaptation may be able to do it justice.
The I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time anime is airing in Japan and streaming on Crunchyroll now. Yen Press handles the light novel and manga outside of Japan.
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Jan 25
Planetarium Labs launches Immortal Rising 2 Season 3 ahead of the Token Generation eventPlanetarium Labs, one of the top Web3 gaming hubs, has announced Season 3 of the Path of Ascension Play-to-Airdrop Campaign (P2A) for its flagship title, Immortal Rising 2. Announced this week, the season marks the final chapter before the game’s highly anticipated Token Generation Event. Players will have a unique opportunity to claim 1% of …
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Jan 25
For a Game Struggling to Hold Its Players, Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Releasing an Expensive DLC Is a Major Misstep
In just one month after its release, Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero‘s Steam player count has already fallen by almost 90%, despite its impressive sales figures. During its spectacular debut, the game sold three million copies in a single day. Naturally, a sharp decline in player numbers, especially so soon after launch, would raise concerns. Since […]
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Jan 25
“No multi-player is a good decision”: 4 Crucial Insights About Doom: The Dark Ages That Got Our Hopes High for the Game
Doom Eternal came out back in 2020 and it was one of the best action games out there, still is in fact. But now in 2025, we’re getting Doom: The Dark Ages which is a prequel to the first Doom game and Eternal. Set to release on May 15, id Software has really pushed the […]
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Jan 25
“Knight isn’t a bad game… but…”: Real Reason Batman: Arkham Knight Stopped Just Short of Being a Legendary Conclusion to the Greatest Game Series
Batman: Arkham Series is one of the most incredible franchises out there. Bringing the DC superhero to life and giving the players a chance to actually become “The Batman,” the Arkham series truly surpassed all expectations. Although the whole series gets a good enough reception, some consider Batman: Arkham Knight a subpar title in the […]
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Jan 25
DC Worlds Collide returns as a soft launch after 2 years, but now with a different PublisherWarner Bros. International Enterprises has announced the soft launch of its fast-paced team-based RPG, DC Worlds Collide, now available on Android and iOS in select regions such as Austria, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Poland, Sweden, and Switzerland. Fight alongside some of the most powerful characters from the DC universe against Crime Syndicate DC Worlds Collide is …
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Jan 25
The Richest Shark Can Be Cutthroat When It Comes to Money – Mark Cuban Said “Screw the other Sharks” but Failed to Secure a $150,000 Deal
Shark Tank has arguably been one of the most entertaining reality television series of all time, and a major reason behind this besides the impressive business prospects were the sharks. For one, the richer the shark was, the more cutthroat they could be expected to be — just like how billionaire Mark Cuban was, especially […]
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Jan 25
Mark of the Deep Free DownloadMark of the Deep Direct Download: Mark of the Deep is an epic pirate adventure with a strong narrative and a thrilling mix of elements from acclaimed Metroidvania and Souls-Like games. Embark on this journey as the pirate Rookie, explore the mysteries of a cursed island and find your missing pirate crew! A pirate ship […]
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Jan 25
“Men can actually look feminine”: Guts’ Sworn Enemy Griffith’s Gender Somehow Still Bothers Berserk Fans
In the dark fantasy genre, Berserk has left a profound impact that can hardly be met by any other series of the genre. With extensive world-building, a compelling storyline, complex themes, and characters leaving a lasting impact, that will make its readers introspect about the human experience. While the series features a number of characters, […]
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Jan 25
MLBB Spring Festival 2025 event is giving away multiple exclusive rewardsThe Spring Festival is a joyous celebration marking the Chinese Lunar New Year. To this end, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) will be organizing a celebratory event to commemorate the festive period this January. The all-new Spring Festival 2025 event is here, bringing with it an exciting array of exclusive rewards to celebrate the Festive …
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Jan 25
ARK: Survival EvolvedArk: Survival Evolved is a action-adventure survival video game developed by Studio Wildcard.
