Poor Retsuko has spent two seasons of her hilarious and occasionally heartfelt anime series expelling her existential rage via the medium of heavy metal karaoke. But in the third season, it seems like not even that can help her cope with all the new problems she’s facing. She needs J-pop bops.

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round-up of all things shiny, articulated, and plastic (or mostly plastic). This week, the Marvel S.H. Figuarts line continues to mine Endgame, the War for Cybertron gets your wallet caught in the crossfire, and Disney classics get some lovely new action figures. Check it out!

A new study is the latest to bring some mixed news when it comes to covid-19 and cats. The study found evidence that cats infected with the coronavirus that causes covid-19 can easily spread it to other cats within two days of exposure. However, none of these cats documented in the study become sick once infected,…

No, the final season of Game of Thrones was not great. For seven seasons, though, fans got probably as impressive a literary adaptation as one could imagine thanks to HBO. What you may not know, though, is that if one executive hadn’t stood up George R.R. Martin for lunch, things could’ve taken a completely different…

One Perfect Shot is one of the best follows on Twitter (aside from us fine folks at io9, of course!) to lighten up your doomscroll with gorgeous shots and gifs from beloved films from all sorts of genres. And now, it’s basically becoming a TV show—with a little help from director Ava DuVernay.

New ultraviolet observations of the Red Planet highlight complex circulation patterns in the Martian atmosphere, including eerily regular nightglow pulses invisible to the unaided eye.

A year ago, Hasbro revealed a massive 27-inch tall Unicron figure that, despite an equally gigantic $575 price tag, still managed to find 8,000 backers to help officially put it into production. The figure is impressively detailed, but in a recent blog post sharing the progress on Unicron’s development, it was…

Space might be the final frontier, but the only voyage we’re interested in taking is the one into the weekend. Time to grab that Romulan whiskey and cheers another Friday with, what else, an intergalactic gif party!

Archaeologists in Bolivia have recovered a fully intact underwater Inca offering containing a miniature llama figurine and a gold bracelet. The offering, dropped into Lake Titicaca some 500 years ago, provides key insights into Inca rituals and spiritual beliefs.

Television shows often take a bit of time to find their footing, with series like The Expanse, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Steven Universe only getting better with each passing season. Then there are the shows that peaked early. Like, really early.

HBO’s Lovecraft Country is a story about its heroes fighting for their lives as they make their way across 1950s America. It’s also a multifaceted family drama that embraces the idea that the people you share blood with are often the same people who hurt you the most. And yes, monsters. Of all sorts.

With San Diego Comic-Con being mostly a bust and Star Wars Celebration canceled, fans hoping for a weekend of fun geek news turn their heads to Warner Bros. On August 22, it’s hosting DC FanDome, a 24-hour online event that promises to be as close to a Hall H experience as one can get.

In The Boys’ second season, the Seven, the world’s preeminent team of corrupt superheroes, are out for blood following the untimely, but honestly justified killing of one of their monstrous members. The Boys are well aware that the Seven want their revenge, but in a series of new clips, you see that the most pressing…

James Wan is helping bring back Knight Rider. Christopher McQuarrie denies wanting to blow up an 111-year-old bridge for the next Mission: Impossible. Magik gets a moment to shine in another New Mutants TV spot. Plus, a look at AMC’s sci-fi-tinged romance show Soulmates, and what’s to come on the last episodes of Agent…