I will admit that I was getting a little worried about Dr. STONE after its thirteenth volume. While it was good, it lacked the smarts that has made Riichiro Inagaki and BOICHI’s work the unique series in the Shonen Jump
Shuzo Oshimi is a master of traumatic horror. It’s the kind of terror that showcases the psychological scarring that can be placed upon an individual. The inability to speak, the trouble with getting your thoughts together, and the feeling of
Around the time the Nintendo Wii launched, a video game trailer was making its rounds that had gotten my attention. Its mixture of high-octane violence meshed with some terrible English dialogue gave me b-movie vibes in video game form. It
It should be known that Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru was forced to cut its narrative short. Writer Masashi Kishimoto and his artist Akira Okubo had hoped to tell the story within 10-15 volumes of manga, only for it
Daniel Takes A Train from its London home nonstop to Manchester going 60 kilometers an hour. Meanwhile, another train leaves London to Manchester going 90 kilometers an hour, with a couple of 10-minute stops in-between. Who will show up first, and
WRITER'S NOTE: While I intend to do a full review later on Root Double: Before Crime * After Days, this will be an impressions piece that covers what I've experienced thus far with the Switch version. Root Double should not be
Even the crazy times have to come to an end. After three years of being published in America, Hikaru Nakamura’s Arakawa Under the Bridge bids farewell with its eighth volume (technically fifteenth, seeing as Vertical Comics published two volumes in
It’s been the question running through everyone’s mind since BEASTARS began: who killed Tem? The murder was the first domino to fall at Cherryton Academy, with tension and fear dripping through the campus halls. Finally, after years of waiting, Legoshi’s
Some people go clubbing; others just hang out in bars. When I need to go out and do my thing, I hit the concert venues. Of course, during this psychotic year of 2020, this is one of the things that
The indie music scene took Japan by storm in 2020, as evident by this year's edition of King Baby Duck's top Japanese album releases! Some new faces, a couple of old ones, and even some impressive debut albums are placed