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New trailer for Nezha: Transformers goes viral

Nezha: Transformers, an animated series, has released a new trailer on Weibo. The series, by Allspark Animation in the United States with China Central Television, is currently set at 52 episodes of 11 minutes each. It is expected to debut next year. As implied by the title, Nezha will enter into the Transformers Cyberverse universe for an adventure you can only dream of. Nezha is a three-headed, six-armed deity from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) novel Feng Shen Yan Yi (Creation of the Gods).

Merriam-Webster names 'they' word of the year

The nonbinary pronoun "they" has been named Merriam-Webster's word of the year. The American English dictionary revealed that searches for the term have risen by 313 percent this year over the previous year. The dictionary recently added a new definition to its online dictionary to reflect the use of "they" as relating to a person whose gender identity is nonbinary. In October, the American Psychological Association endorsed "they" as a singular third-person pronoun.