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NY Giants Offensive Lineman Jermaine Eluemenor meditates in the endzone. Photo Credit: @themainshow_ on Instagram

Anime Obsessed NFL Star Jermaine Eluemunor: My Life Is a Sports and Shonen Saga!!

Players in the National Football League have a bit of a reputation – earned or otherwise – for their lavish lifestyles. Wide receiver Brandon Marshall’s $5 million ranch pales in comparison to Hall of Famer Tom Brady’s $17 million Miami mansion. Former Cincinnati Bengal Chad Ochocinco dropped a wagon full of cash on a custom semi-truck that got a whopping 7 miles per gallon, and Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald rang up a bill of $135,000 on one custom pendant packed with 85 karats worth of diamonds.

New York Giants offensive lineman Jermaine Eluemunor would just like to watch the next episode of One Piece, thank you very much.

“I’m about to start the Wano arc,” said the lineman, who, when not bulldozing the gridiron for the Giants firmly embraces his anime obsession. In addition to the chronicles of the Straw Hat Pirates, Eluemunor lists recent anime hits such as The Most Notorious “Talker” Runs the World’s Greatest Clan and Dandadan on his list of recent views.

NFL star Jermaine Eluemunor loves anime like One Piece - Image features the Straw Hat Pirates from "One Piece"
The Straw Hat Pirates from “One Piece”

And it’s not just cursory knowledge. The 6’4”, 338-pound NFL star has put the time into the media form. “I had watched anime like when I was younger, but I didn’t really connect the dots and think like that was anime until I had started watching more anime… It just became a domino effect and I started watching more and more and more. I just love it.”

“I’ll say it like this: when it comes to anime, I feel like it’s endless, whatever you want, you can have the characters do whatever they want. With anime, it can be literally whatever you want it to be.”

Eluemunor began his pro football career in 2017 with the Baltimore Ravens, immediately making a name for himself by landing a spot on the Pro Football Writers of America’s “All-Rookie Team.” As his career progressed, playing for the Las Vegas Raiders before being signed by New York, so did his fascination with anime, which began on a simple laundry day with a buddy. “He brought over Chik-Fil-A,” he recalled, “and he was like, ‘You wanna watch this show I’m watching?’ And I was like, ‘What is it?’ And he’s all, ‘It’s called Attack on Titan.’ Aiight, cool, just put it on. He puts it on, and it’s just like, these big figurehead people just running around, like eating humans, and I’m like, ‘Bro, what is this? What are you even watching?’ And at the end of that episode I was totally hooked. From that point on, that was literally all I watched was Attack on Titan.”

A battle against a Titan from "Attack on Titan."
A battle against a Titan from “Attack on Titan.”

It comes as no surprise then that Eluemunor lists Attack on Titan as the ultimate anime, crediting the high quality of character development as well as its constant improvement season after season, beating out other anime gems such as Naruto, Demon Slayer, and Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, which he all considers S-Tier. It also comes as no surprise that his passion for anime serves as a guiding force both on the field and off.

“For me, I get a deeper meaning from anime,” Eluemunor said. “Like, life is whatever you make it. You can do whatever you want in life. Like an isekai, where they die and go to another planet, and they do exactly what they want to do… You know, you can make life whatever you want it to be.”

Another lesson the offensive lineman has pulled from anime stems from his love for the underdog. “That’s what drives me,” said Eluemunor, referencing the appeal of anime like Wistoria: Wand and Sword where the main character remains focused on a specific goal. “I think that’s how I kind of relate to anime too. A lot of my top anime are ones where a character has a goal that’s driving them, and they never stray from the path that they’re on, because the ultimate goal is within distance, and they just have to keep fighting for it.”

Jermaine Eluemunor at an away game against Atlanta.
Jermaine Eluemunor at an away game against Atlanta. Photo Credit: @themainshow_ on Instagram.

It’s not just a trope for him, either. When ESPN’s Mike Greenberg took a swing at Eluemunor and the Giants’ offensive line, Eluemunor swung back, saying Greenberg should sit and watch some film with him to see if the analyst’s critiques held up against the footage. Was it Eluemunor’s redemption arc? “Nah, I would say it’s just standing up for what you believe in,” he said. “I have certain beliefs and it’s just kind of annoying when analysts get on TV and say certain things for views and viewership, and sometimes they’re talking from experience and sometimes they’re just talking out their ass.” The offensive lineman’s response may not have pleased Greenberg, but others, like Gene Clemons and Patricia Traina of Sports Illustrated, stood up alongside Eluemunor, praising his toughness and resilience bouncing back after an injury as well as his versatility and adaptability.

For Eluemunor, it tells him that he’s still walking the right path. “If I have all this influence where Sports Illustrated and all these other people want to jump on board, and be a part of it, it just tells me I’m on the right track.” And it’s not a path he intends to stray from soon. “By the time God calls me back up to heaven, I want to say I accomplished everything I wanted to do in life.”

He may have to wait for the next life to eat a Demon Lord, however. “I’d want to gain all their powers.” Maybe next time, he will be reincarnated as a slime.

"That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime"

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Playtonic Vows Yooka Replaylee Will Release In 2025

Playtonic Vows Yooka-Replaylee Will Release In 2025

Last summer Playtonic Games promised we’d get to replay Yooka-Laylee as Yooka-Replaylee, but they didn’t reveal when. Now, with the arrival of a new video, Playtonic has stated they plan to get the revamped 3D adventure out the door and into your living quarters by the end of this year. They swear!

To pull that off, they’ve announced a partnership with PM Studios, who will serve as co-publisher. “Yooka-Laylee was always our love letter to the golden age of platformers, and Yooka-Replaylee is a love letter to that love letter. PM Studios innately understands this,” says Playtonic CEO Gavin Price. “They’re a perfect partner for Playtonic Friends as we enter this next stage of our journey with the game.”

Playtonic released a new gameplay video today showing off all the work they’ve done. While at first there seems to be nothing new here beyond a fresh coat of 4K paint, we did meet a new character named Coineleus — a yellow ghost who is also a pig. Seems that wherever you find Coineleus, you’ll be able to play new stages of pure platforming skill that will allow you to amass major coinage you can spend through Vendi.

  • MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN EVER – With an art and animations overhaul and enhanced performance and resolution, the favourite buddy duo has never looked or moved better.
  • NEW AND IMPROVED CHALLENGES – Improvements to existing in-game challenges and many entirely new challenges to discover and undertake!
  • NEW COLLECTIBLE CURRENCY – Capital B’s inept minions have dropped their hard-earned coins all over the place. Collect the official currency of the Hivory Towers to spend on video games’ most beloved sentient vending machine.
  • NAVIGATING THE WORLD – Now you can get lost in the game, not in the world! A brand-new world map and challenges tracker helps you know where you are and what needs to be done. Hooray!
  • VENDI HAS PLENTY TO OFFER – Tonics are back with all new flavours! With the option to equip multiple game-changing enhancements, you can truly customize your playstyle. And as if that wasn’t enough, Vendi has new lines of merchandise for the modern fashionable adventurer.
  • REVISED CONTROLS & CAMERA – A new tweaked move set allows you to combine moves more fluidly while the new camera controls makes framing the action a breeze.
  • A DREAMY ORCHESTRAL SOUNDTRACK – The original score from famed video game composers Grant Kirkhope (Banjo-Kazooie) and David Wise (Donkey Kong Country) returns but as a beautifully arranged orchestral score. Now seriously, clean out those ears.

Yooka-Replaylee will be released later this year for Playstation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, and “Nintendo platforms” (take that to mean what you will).

Yooka-Replaylee | Kinda Funny Showcase | New Gameplay Explainer!

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The Best Hit – A Typhoon Hit and I Ended Up in the Future!

“The Best Hit” (aka “Hit the Top”) is a 2017 Korean drama series with 32 episodes (about 35 minutes each), categorized as Time Travel, Youth, Idol Drama, Fantasy, Supernatural, and Comedy; and streaming on Viki and KOCOWA+.

SUMMARY: No, you’re not dreaming. Yes, I know you’re old and I haven’t aged. But I really am who I say I am!

Bro! IT’S REALLY ME!!

In “The Best Hit”, the year is 1993, and K-pop was in its early stages, and the music genre was beginning to gain traction. Yoo Hyun-jae was making his mark as a pop star and then … one day … he vanished. Nobody knew what to think. Did he die? Did he run away? There’s no trace of him. He had a pager but he can’t be reached. A pager? Uuhhh … yeah. It’s 1993. Or rather … it was 1993.

Fast forward to 2017. Wait! How did I get here? Let’s try to backtrack.

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Star Trek

IDW Announces Three New Star Trek Comics

Publisher IDW, who’s held the Star Trek license for some time now, plans to exercise it further with three new limited series titles. Coming in 2025 are Red Shirts, Strange New Worlds: Seeds Of Destruction, and Voyager: Homecoming.

Red Shirts is what it sounds like. You ever wonder about those extras that appear for a scene or two on a mission with Kirk and Spock and then get blasted or incinerated or crushed? What were their lives like prior to those incidents? Did they really deserve it? Follow their lives…but try not to get attached to them. The book will be written by Eisner-nominated writer Christopher Cantwell and illustrated by artist Megan Levens.

“We will get to know these ensigns and lieutenants intimately before they are likewise crushed, disrupter’d, and sucked into space,” promises Cantwell. “Who will survive? Will any? And what is the true nature of their planetside mission to hunt down mysterious spies? This is a major melody Original Series-era story in the key of Death, one I’ve wanted to tell for years, equal parts fun and harrowing, subversive and celebratory of the boldest tunic color one can wear in Starfleet—security red.”

Following the first issue of Red Shirts, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Seeds Of Salvation will begin its five-issue run. The all-new story will follow Chapel, Una, La’An, Spock and a new robot sidekick named D6 as they explore an ice-covered planet and uncover its dangerous secrets. Robbie Thompson, writer for season four of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, is scripting this one, and artist Travis Mercer is bringing it to life.

“I’ve been a fan of Travis Mercer’s storytelling from afar, and it’s been a blast working with him and the rest of the team,” says Thompson. “We’re taking the SNW crew to one of the scariest and coldest corners of the universe, and I can’t wait for TREK fans everywhere to see the cosmic horrors we’ve cooked up!”

Finally there’s Star Trek Voyager: Homecoming, a five-issue series that reveals what happened right after the final episode cut to black after its brief shot of Earth. “What if just moments after that, there was one last emergency for the determined Captain Janeway and her brave crew?” IDW asks. Is the Earth in trouble? Or is the emergency in deep space? Don’t get lost again, guys. This tale comes from the minds of Tilly and Susan Bridges and artist Angel Hernandez.

“We can’t wait to give Janeway and crew one last adventure… will everything go smoothly? Well, this is Voyager… who’s to say (we are, but we’re not gonna spoil it, where’s the fun in that?). We all spent seven years getting to know and love this crew, and it’s an absolute honor to be part of the team that brings them home.” Tilly and Susan say.

The first issue of Red Shirts will beam into comic shops this July. Strange New Worlds: Seeds Of Salvation will begin its run one month later in August, and Star Trek Voyager: Homecoming will follow in September.

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Drop ~ To Be Released in Theaters on April 11, 2025

“DROP”, is a Psychological Thriller movie, scheduled for a theatrical release in the US on April 11, 2025; and will start streaming on Hulu on June 15, 2025.

All single moms who haven’t been on a date for a while, love it when someone calls and threatens their child who is at home, while they’re sitting at a dinner table with their new date.

DON’T HURT MY FAMILY!!

In “DROP“, Violet is a young widow with a young son who hasn’t been on a date in FOREVER! She finally decides to get back into the dating world. She’s nervous, terrified, doesn’t know what to say or do or expect, doesn’t know what her date expects from her … never once thinks somebody will call during her date and TERRORIZE HER!!

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David

House of David ~ David Vs. Goliath ~ Released Feb 27, 2025

“HOUSE OF DAVID – David Vs. Goliath”, a series with 8 episodes, released on February 27, 2025, streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.

Everybody knows this Bible story and it seems people never get tired of telling and retelling it.

The Biblical Account of the Giant and the Shepherd Boy

“HOUSE OF DAVIDDavid Vs. Goliath”. This well-known story found in the Bible is about David, a young shepherd boy, who had more courage to face a giant than a king and his entire military force. The enemy of Israel is the Philistines. These people are so confident that they can win a war they boast by sending out only one of their soldiers, a giant named Goliath. He barks at the frightened Israelites every day, challenging them to send one soldier out to fight him. If that soldier can beat Goliath, then it’s The End for the Philistines.

  • Michael Iskander is a fresh face. He was born in Egypt but moved to the US at the age of nine. He discovered acting during high school, has performed on Broadway, and won various awards. The “House of David” is his first-ever on-screen acting role.

CAST: Michael Iskander (as David), Martyn Ford (as Goliath), Stephen Lang (as Samuel), Ali Suliman (as King Saul)

GENRE: Biblical Historical drama

FILMING LOCATIONS: Greece and Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Viewership and Rating:

  • IMDb: 6.9 out of 10 stars

Where to Watch

LINKS OF INTEREST:

‘House of David’ images show battle between David and Goliath | Entertainment | The Christian Post

Where Is House of David Filmed? Beautiful Locations Revealed | The Direct

‘House of David’ Review: The Bible Has Never Looked This Good on TV | Collider

Amazon Prime’s House of David is a masterpiece | Reviews | Premier Christianity

Who is Michael Iskander? Meet the actor who plays King David in House of David | sportskeeda

TRAILER/TEASER:

ONE Media. “HOUSE OF DAVID Trailer (2025) David Vs. Goliath.” YouTube, 28 Jan. 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl7sPeNbwm4.

HOUSE OF DAVID Trailer (2025) David Vs. Goliath

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Oh, the Mysterious – You’re Out Here. But You’re In There?

“Oh, the Mysterious” (aka “Doubtful Victory”) is a 2017 Korean drama series with 40 episodes (about 35 minutes each), categorized as Crime, Mystery, Action, and Thriller; and streaming on KOCOWA+.

SUMMARY: A young man and his friend are both wrongfully imprisoned. He is on death row, but discovers a way to go in and out of jail. It’s like escaping without escaping. It’s mysterious.

I’ve Got to Get Inside Prison Cell One So I Can Get Outside

In “Oh, the Mysterious”, Kim Jong-Sam and his friend are both in prison for a crime they did not commit. He was on death row. One day he noticed that one of the prisoners attacked another and was put in Prison Cell One as punishment.

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Squad 38 – We Need to Collect Taxes Owed

“Squad 38” (aka “38 Task Force”) is a 2016 Korean drama series with 16 episodes, categorized as Crime, and Comedy; and streaming on Tubi TV.

SUMMARY: A Seoul City Hall chief officer crosses paths with a con man and the con man tells him that he can help him collect the taxes people owe. He may be a con man but he’s also a patriot. The chief officer is not having any success so he decided to “think outside the box”.

They Don’t Pay Taxes!

In “Squad 38”, Baek Sung-il works at City Hall in Seoul and he is a dedicated civil servant who heads up a task force that has been trying collect taxes from tax evaders. Some are just delinquent. But others? THEY DON’T PAY AT ALL!!

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The Twenty-Sided Tavern

Twenty-Sided Tavern Welcomes Final Guests Before National Tour

The Twenty-Sided Tavern is a liveplay production that’s been running in New York these past few months…but that’s about to change. The crew is going to kiss the Big Apple goodbye soon in favor of a nationwide tour…but before then, they’re holding a blowout in their original home with a new special guest every week.

This week, that guest is Travis McElroy, who’s appeared on The Adventure Zone and My Brother, My Brother and Me. playing the role of “The Trickster. But in the coming weeks, the Tavern will also play host to…

  • Darin De Paul (Avowed, The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep) joining the Tavern March 20 – 25
  • Devora Wilde (Baldur’s Gate 3, Silent Hill 2) as “The Spellcaster” March 28 – April 6
  • Samantha Beart (Baldur’s Gate 3, Demon’s Souls) as “The Trickster” April 10 – April 15
  • Anjali Bhimani (Ms. Marvel, Critical Role) as “The Warrior” April 17 to April 22
  • Becca Scott (Good Time Society, Dimension 20) as “The Trickster” April 24 – April 29

Officially licensed by Wizards of the Coast, The Twenty-Sided Tavern is a liveplay D&D campaign that’s truly live: each member of the audience loads a browser-based app called Gamiotics that allows them to vote on which way the story will go next. They vote on what characters appear, what they encounter, and what incidents befall them. There are even moments when members of the audience are invited upstage to participate in games like trivia, charades, and Fantasy Beer Pong.

The U.S. National Tour for Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern will launch May 2025 with the full list of tour cities to be announced at a later time. But if you live in the NYC area you can still get tickets for the final shows through May 11, 2025, at thetwentysidedtavern.com, telecharge.com, or by calling 800-447-7400.

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Wild Blue Is Coming To Steam

Tired of waiting around for Nintendo to release another Star Fox? So are we. That’s why it’s excellent news Giles Goddard, the programmer who worked for Nintendo on the original Star Fox, has founded his own development studio, Chuhai Labs…and you’ll be thrilled with what they’re making. Wild Blue — a spiritual sequel to Star Fox with everything but the official name! If we were flying jets right now, we’d all be doing barrel rolls.

You are Bowie Stray, canine leader of the sky fighting team known as the Blue Bombers, on a mission to lock target and fire on the forces of the evil Baron. The setting is on Earth (or an anthropomorphic equivalent), not in space, but that doesn’t mean the environments won’t get exotic…oceans, deserts and cave stages are mentioned. This game will be totally on rails with no unnecessary side missions or ground levels — just like Papa Goddard used to make.

“The easy-to-learn controls make Wild Blue accessible to both newcomers and genre veterans alike, while the stunning, hand-crafted anime-style visuals fully immerse you in its world,” says Chuhai. “Featuring a compelling gameplay loop, branching paths, and thrilling missions, every flight is an adventure!”

  • Experience all the classic on-rails shooter action with new and modernized controls.

  • Discover a rich and colorful world with stunning vistas at every turn.

  • Fly through an action-packed campaign alongside a stalwart squad of allies.

  • Take on exciting boss battles and dogfights against a mysterious rival squad.

  • Discover secret paths and missions on your quest to take down the evil Baron.

  • Become an ace pilot and master every mission through a simple and challenging score system.

There’s no release window for Wild Blue as of yet, but you can wishlist it on Steam and keep watch for further developments.

Wild Blue | World Premiere Teaser | Humble Games Showcase 2025

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