Manga Madness: Mushishi (2006)

If there was ever a live-action manga adaptation that actually looked promising, Mushishi is it.

Review: Blinded By The Light

The best music has always held the power to cross a multitude of boundaries, transcending time, space, and personal situation. In this way, the words of one man in New Jersey can radically alter the life of a Bedfordshire teenager many miles away.

Manga Madness: Death Note (2017)

Let’s just start with the obvious: Death Note is a mess.

Review: The Current War

AC or DC? That is the question that faced America in the late 1800s, as state-by-state the country hooked up to the new technology that was lighting up cities: electricity.

Manga Madness: Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)

Released in 2000, Production I.G.’s Blood: The Last Vampire stands out for its atmospheric visuals, stylish direction, and stunning digital animation.

Manga Madness: Ghost in the Shell (2017)

“It’s not like there aren’t any East Asian actors who could have done a good job as the Major.” This was me, to my dad, during the height of the Ghost in the Shell whitewashing scandal.

Manga Madness: Death Note and Death Note: The Last Name (2006)

With a manga as world-conquering as Death Note, it hardly comes as a surprise that the series would make the transition into live-action.

Hidden Gems: Millennium Actress

Ever since her swift rise to fame in the twilight years of World War Two, actress Chiyoko Fujiwara was the brightest star of the Japanese film industry, inspiring dedicated fans across the country. She was the ‘it girl’, the heroine, the princess. And then she was gone.

Review: Wild Rose

Ever heard of a country singer from Glasgow?

Manga Madness: Rurouni Kenshin Trilogy (2012-2014)

In the golden days before mangaka Nobuhiro Watsuki experienced his undeservedly brief fall from grace in 2017, the phrase Rurouni Kenshin only conjured thoughts of exciting samurai action…