©Courtesy of Kadokawa Imagine a figure like Skeletor from Masters of the Universe, except he is a good guy. Perhaps “good guy” is too strong a term, but we can at least say he is complicated. Now imagine you are that character. This is the position Satoru Suzuki found himself in. He was the last…
@Courtesy of GFM Animation How can a little girl not love dogs? Even in Ireland, Mary O’Hara must surely have grown up with Snoopy and Clifford. Nonetheless, she inherited a fear of canines [perhaps unfairly] from her grandmother, Emer, along with her love of “cookery.” Both those inheritances skipped her mother Scarlett, who took on…
© Arenamedia As last words go, “the potatoes” are not as romantic as “rosebud.” Yet, for Grace Prudence Pudel, her elderly friend’s dying breath is just as cryptic and even more frustrating. Life threw a lot on Pudel’s shoulders, but crazy old “Pinky” might just have some parting wisdom to help her carry on in Adam…
© Amazon MGM Studios Life is simple for Kazuma Kiryu when he fights in yakuza-sponsored underground fights: keep punching until he is the last man standing. Everything else is much more complicated, because of his complex and sometimes contradictory loyalties to his yakuza clan, their broader criminal alliance, and his adopted family of orphans. Of course,…
©Courtesy of Netflix The original Mobile Suit Gundam deserves a lot of credit for making “mecha” a thing. It was also notable at the time for featuring human beings as both the heroes and the bad guys, within a science fiction anime context. Naturally, most viewers identified with the Earth Federation Forces (EFF), since all…
In “Mending Wall,” Robert Frost wrote: “good fences make good neighbors,” but it is unclear whether the poet laureate truly agreed with the sentiment. For the Chenoweth Family and their neighbors, the border a gasmask-clad man draws around and through their properties represents a deadly sinister invisible barrier. The mystery man certainly looks creepy—presumably that…
©Courtesy of Adult Swim Do not expect much cross-promotion for this new anime series in the Guggenheim rotunda. For many viewers, the sight of any seemingly benign spiral will cause great unease, even after just one episode. As fans of Junji Ito’s cult-classic manga and the 2000 live-action adaptation directed by Higuchinsky (a.k.a. Akihiro Higuchi)…
Photo by Courtesy of Paramount Pictures – © 2024 Paramount Animation Remember when Spider-Man and Nick Fury both appeared in the third installment of Marvel’s four-issue Transformers limited-series? That was when the comic company was the king of toy licensing deals. Of course, their four-part series extended into an eighty-issue run, developing its own separate and…
©Courtesy of Crunchyroll Joining a Japanese pop “idol” group is almost like enlisting in the military. There is constant practice, a rigid chain of command, and a strict code of conduct—but absolutely no boyfriends allowed. Yet, aspiring idols continue to dream of fans’ adulation. Kazumi Takayama would know. The “graduate” of the powerhouse female idol…
©Courtesy of GKIDS Momo Ayase and her “Okarun” classmate are both simultaneously like Mulder and Scully of The X-Files. He ardently believes in UFO phenomenon, but remains skeptical of ghosts. Conversely, she completely accepts the supernatural, but scoffs at the possibility of extraterrestrial visitors. They will dissuade each other of their disbeliefs, in the most…
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