Manga Madness: City Hunter (1993)

Beginning its serialisation way back in 1985 and ending in the early nineties, Tsukasa Hojo’s City Hunter is a classic manga that hasn’t entirely aged well.

Manga Madness: Oldboy (2003)

Yes, it’s time to talk about the one true heavy-hitter of manga adaptations, Chan-wook Park’s Oldboy.

Manga Madness: Initial D (2005)

Set in the world of illegal Japanese street racing, Initial D tells the story of young driver Takumi Fujiwara (played here by Jay Chou), who unwittingly becomes a legend amongst the racers of his local Akina mountain pass for the skill he demonstrates delivering tofu from his father’s shop.

Manga Madness: Tokyo Zombie (2005)

Originally published in underground manga anthology Ax in 1999, Yusaku Hanamura’s one-volume Tokyo Zombie is undoubtedly, and unashamedly, a cult manga.

Manga Madness: Mushishi (2006)

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

Manga Madness: Death Note (2017)

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

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.

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…

Manga Madness: Attack on Titan Parts I & II (2015)

Okay, so, Attack on Titan… isn’t great.