The Street Fighter
When I mention the name Street Fighter, most of you probably picture something connected with this… This is pretty natural, since the Street Fighter series of video...
What Akira Kurosawa can teach us about writing
I recently watched an excellent short analysis of some of director Akira Kurosawa’s film-making techniques by Tony Zhou, and it got me thinking about how we prose...
Extra Credits- Sengoku Jidai
Tonight I stumbled across the amazing collection of videos that is Extra Credits, specifically their excellent short video series summarizing the events of the unification of Japan...
Benshi and Macross 7
Silent films were an international language. Taking advantage of the fact they had no natural soundtrack, they were designed and produced to be understood through purely visual...
Samurai vs. Shadow
Wow. Now that is some seriously amazing choreography!
Daikaiju Sushi
As many may know, I’m a huge Giant Monster fan, and today I discovered that one of my favorite blogs, Giant Monsters Attack!, has been reborn on...
Choudenshi Bioman- The First English Dubbed Sentai Series
Contrary to popular belief, the first Sentai completely dubbed into English wasn’t Zyuranger (Power Rangers Season 1, in 1993), it was 1984’s Bioman! A Filipino TV network...
Bakuman
I buy very few manga these days, in fact, I can count the number I do buy on one hand without using all the fingers. But if...
Samurai Horses
As someone into Japanese history, I always wondered something- why didn’t the Japanese make more extensive use of horses during their wars? I knew they made some...