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When I think of iconic movie fights, the first one that comes to mind is the corridor scene in Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy. It’s under four minutes long, but its one take approach and raw energy made the scene feel real.

What can be considered funny in one country might not work someplace else. The concept of manzai comedy may come from the same roots as Abbott & Costello and Martin & Lewis, but humor in the West has moved on

For twenty years, the Japan Music Culture Export (JMCE) has showcased various J-POP acts through the Tokyo International Music Market (TIMM). Not only does this event give Japan the chance to show the music scene’s biggest strengths, it also aids

You ever feel like a writer is just dilly-dallying in order to fill page counts? Because that’s how I felt reading the nineteenth volume of Fly Me to the Moon. I’m not sure what was going on with Kenjiro Hata,

There’s a flair to the current arc in Jujutsu Kaisen that makes it a page-tuner. Unlike their last long arc, The Culling has found many ways to keep things interesting, to say the least. Sometimes it’s with a witty conversation

You are in the woods, walking towards a cabin. A narrator is telling you that you — and only you — can slay the princess. If she does not die, then the world ends. At least, that’s what the narrator

Everyone thinks about sex, but admitting such a fact would result in many a concerned stare. While men tend to get away with dirty talk more often, it’s a fact that women can be just as shameless when speaking of

You hear a name like Sky Lions, and you're automatically thrown into a fantasy world! Witches, wizards, and monsters big and small roam within the music and lyrics of the Oregon-based duo's debut album Inside the Circle. Do you draw

Sometimes it takes great sacrifice to be given great power. But we’ve heard the Spider-Man motto enough to know that some folks may not wield great power with the right amount of intelligence. In the case of Azuma in Choujin

Wowzers! That’s one word I could use to describe the eighth volume of The Elusive Samurai. While there’s a lot of work that goes into making a battle plan happen, it’s seeing the end result that will lead to either