A woman in her 20s falls for a middle-aged professor who was her late granny’s lover in “Her Granddaughter,” an offbeat romance adapted from a manga by Keiko Nishi. Although the protags’ age difference might have lended itself to a more off-color depiction, pink-film veteranRyuichi Hi...
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a kind and compassionate boy, who sacrifices himself for others; Ikki from Phoenix, a strong, rebellious and lonely boy, who hides a dark and sad past; Saori, a girl, reincarnation of Athena in the 20th century, torn between her human feelings and her duties as a goddess who protects hum...
I read an advance preview copy of Yoshiharu Tsuge’s The Swamp, a collection of short stories by a 20th century manga master published this month by Drawn & Quarterly. The Swamp is intended to be the first in a series of Tsuge volumes from the Canadian comics publisher, and it’s easy ...
manga. After a 14 year journey, the Cowboy Bebop adaptation is okay. The show makes a good impression with its three leads played by Mustafa Shakir, John Cho, and Elena Satine as Jet Black, Spike Spiegel, and Faye Valentine respectively. The three have a natural chemistry that comes ...
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South Korean superstar Gong Yoo stars in this popular gender-bender rom-com about a tomboy who pretends to be a boy – only for her boss to start falling in love with her. It’s all very Shakespearean but sweet, funny, and heartwarming. ...
Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron worked with Peter Jackson's visual effects wizards on this long-gestating manga-based action thriller 'Alita: Battle Angel.
The first volume of Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa brings the reader into a blast of the past in the early 20th century, with the added twist of alchemy, which changes this world into a darker fantasy-like endeavor. Fullmetal Alchemist is similar to a more well-known work in manga,...
And boy, does that web get tangled. All of the stories are deeply interwoven, and you often have to suspend one narrative and complete events in another before you can progress. Through this system, the game acknowledges you as an omnipresent voyeur peering into the tale from the outside, ...