Live-action adaptations of beloved anime or manga are always subject to intense scrutiny. Fans pay obsessive attention to even the smallest details—rightfully so, since these stories have long earned a place in their hearts. When Rurouni Kenshin (also known as…
Review of the Most Recent Zatoichi Film Adaptation I must confess this is my first real encounter with this peculiar and iconic character. Despite being a legendary fictional figure in Japanese pop culture, with decades of TV shows and movies,…
If there’s one movie that didn’t give me what I expected, it’s The Twilight Samurai. Not because it disappointed me—in fact, quite the opposite—but because with a title like that, you’d expect dozens of epic sword fights, flawless stances, flying katanas,…
