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The Five Deadly Venoms Review: You Want Me To Pick My Favorite Venom…Impossible
One of the reasons that I personally have not covered many Martial Arts (especially the Kung Fu subset) films on this site stems from the exact same reason that I tend to not cover a lot of (Spaghetti) Western films…. Read More ›
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Walkin’ Butterfly Review: Basically A Fighting Manga…About Modeling
Previously, I have written about Josei manga and how there seemed to be no real push for them to ever reach US soil. A title I brought up before was the efforts of now-defunct Aurora Publishing, their almost complete release… Read More ›
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Burma Chronicles Review: A Little Slice Of Myanmar Pie
In the comic books industry biographies and memoirs do not get much of the lime light, and therefore little to no one talks about or even brings anything up about them. I decided to take a chance and pick up… Read More ›
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Alice in the Country of Hearts Review: So It’s Like a Whimsical Ghetto?
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland have had a hand in captivating people for a long time, as well as inspiring a great deal of work based or influenced by the two books. And Japan is no slouch on borrowing themes or… Read More ›
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The Mask Review: Comic Fandom! Why Have You Kept This From Me?
I found myself looking up a list of all the films based originally on comics for an article I was going to do for another site. The obvious Marvel and DC canon majority aside, I learned that there were a… Read More ›
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Magic Knight Rayearth Review: Wait? I Have Seen This Before, Yet It Is Somehow Different.
I feel like recounting my first expose to Shojo manga; thus drastically dating myself in the process. Starting as a ten-year old purchasing the first issue of Viz’s premier Shonen anthology magazine Shonen Jump, I grew accustomed to a boy… Read More ›
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Santa Sangre Review: The Circus Gains A New Level Of Impact When Jojorowsky Is Involved
A few months ago, I spent a few days visiting some of my favorite high school teachers and discussing just general things during their off period. One of those conversations was with my sophomore year Film teacher; we compared attitudes… Read More ›
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Rohan at the Louvre Review: If Only I Could Posture Like Rohan, But Unfortunately I Have A Spine
One of the two digits worth of things that keeps me tossing and turning at night (this is no joke, I might actually have a serious problem) is whether something is considered manga. As someone who will just as simply… Read More ›
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Blue Pills Review: Sometimes You Just Need To Write About A Romance Comic…Found Outside Of Horror
During the ten plus years that I have been routinely reading comics in all of their forms, I came to a point where I figured that I knew the countries where most were created: the UK, Japan, France, America, and… Read More ›
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Feature2-Five Numbers! Special: Hope You Like Orange Prison Uniforms
Five Numbers! was directed by Hiroaki Ando, who, as you will notice when watching Five Numbers! for the first time, is successful in working in CG animation. From his own segments in the anthology Digital Juice, to CG credits in… Read More ›
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Godkiller Review: My God Does His Blood Taste Fantastic!
There comes a time in every media hoarder’s life when they learn the cold truth that something has eluded them. It does not matter how hard you try to keep up with publishers or distributors, no matter how often you… Read More ›
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Feature2-Coicent Special: A Mad Scientist’s Life Is Never Easy, Not Even In The Future
It is a rare occurrence for short animations to be released on this side of the Pacific. While this is not a tragedy I have personally suffered over; I can see why it is not a readily viable business proposition…. Read More ›
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Inukami! Review: Sassy Dog Deity May Be Man’s Best Friend
Usually, my cruel taskmaster Franklin will hand me something expecting me to write a review of it. I, in turn, will examine the material and after much arguing and griping (a benefit of which comes from being paid in stuff… Read More ›
Children of The Blazing Fist 