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• The Visitor Review: Cheating At Pong With Telekinesis

  By Franklin Raines on August 28, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  The Visitor is an Italian and American co-production from 1979 directed by 8 1/2 actor Giulio Paradisi, credited as Michael J. Paradise. Paradisi’s other small directorial credits include the unfortunately titled Italian film Spaghetti House, supposedly a drama/comedy based on… Read More ›

• Cronos Review: I Can’t Think of a Witty Title Involving Vampires

  By Alexa C. on August 12, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Cronos was originally released in 1993 and was the debut film of director Guillermo del Toro, of Pan’s Labyrinth and Pacific Rim fame. Additionally, the film’s cinematography was done by Guillermo Navarro, who in addition to working on many of… Read More ›

• Place to Place Review: Lucky Star Wishes It Was This Intense

  By Francisco Garcia Fuentes on July 31, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  It has been a very long time since I last wrote something for Children of the Blazing Fist, for which I am entirely to blame. Sorry if anyone missed me. As it has been a while, I think it is… Read More ›

• Olympos Review: The Beautiful People

  By Alexa C. on July 20, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Although I’ve maintained a moderate interest in Greek mythology since I was in elementary school, I’ve never cared to consume adaptations of said mythos that would place the stories in alternative settings or alter the stories themselves to create a… Read More ›

• First Squad – The Moment of Truth Review: World War Esper

  By Alejandro Hajdar on July 7, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  World War II, so ingrained into the psyche of pop culture that even to this day we are still reading, playing, and watching media based on that time in world history (not just Coach Dunn’s 2A class). Recently, fellow writer,… Read More ›

• Children of the Blazing Fist’s New Tumblr is up!

  By Franklin Raines on June 28, 2014 • ( 0 )

  We got ourselves a new Tumblr, so check it out for site updates and general cool stuff like things we find relating to past reviews. Think of it like a visual explosion of cool things we like in Manga, Film, Anime,… Read More ›

• List of Titles Shown at A-Kon 2014

  By Franklin Raines on June 11, 2014 • ( 0 )

  Here is a list of all the titles and some extra information on what we covered at A-Kon 2014. For those cool people who are new to the site, we added hyperlinks to the specific titles that we have reviewed in… Read More ›

• Children of the Blazing Fist @ A-Kon 25!

  By Alexa C. on June 5, 2014 • ( 0 )

  We will be doing panels once again at this year’s A-Kon! Get ready for some updated and revamped versions of our usual panels and a completely brand new one. If you can come by the Hilton Anatole anytime between Friday… Read More ›

• A•TOMCAT Review: Yo Dog! Heard You Liked Meta!

  By Alejandro Hajdar on May 25, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

    Astro Boy, a beloved character spanning generations since his premier in 1952, is the flagship and most iconic of all of Osamu Tezuka’s creations. In high school, I had the luck of having fellow writer Franklin Raines as a… Read More ›

• God Hates Astronauts Review: Like Saga’s Louder Younger (Older?) Brother

  By Franklin Raines on May 13, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  My glorious plan to cover more Kickstarted (Indigogoed and etc., pick your favorite) comics as of late have hit a few snags. While I am not about to deeply ponder the Service Life Cycle of crowd funding, I believe enough… Read More ›

• Golgo 13: The Professional Review: Feur Frei!

  By Alexa C. on April 30, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Based on Takao Saitou’s long-running Golgo 13 manga, Golgo 13: The Professional was originally released in Japan in 1983.  The film was directed by the late Osamu Dezaki. Dezaki, who was best known for directing a variety of classic anime,… Read More ›

• Panda! Go, Panda! Review: The Adventures of Mimiko Longstocking

  By Alejandro Hajdar on April 23, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

    A long time ago when I was in 1st grade, I was lucky to have a weekly Japanese class taught by a lovely woman who worked well with children. From what I remembered, we learned very basic things about… Read More ›

• Space Adventure Cobra (The Movie) Review: SPACE BUTTS…AND ARTSY VISUALS

  By Franklin Raines on April 10, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  We recently noticed that we had a ton of Discotek Media DVDs lying around waiting to be reviewed (as is a common problem, as you know). Thinking we could make a theme month out of it, we decided to turn April… Read More ›

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