This week I’m giving my thoughts on the last game I beat in 2020, and get into how Orientalism and lazy research can lead to a perpetuation of fascist perspectives of the past.
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Ghost of Tsushima was the last game I beat in 2020 – I completed the game on New Year’s Eve on a launch PS4, and in spite of that console’s age, Tsushima is a title that looks and plays beautifully.
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Blade of the Immortal has had a mixed adaptation history. The last anime adaptation came out while the manga was still ongoing. This past year, we finally got a new anime adaptation thanks to Amazon – who produced and distributed it.
Continue reading “Blade of the Immortal (2019): Anime Review”
I’ve been getting back into reading Blade of the Immortal with the new Amazon anime series adapting the manga – which will still be airing as this goes up. Thus far I’ve read the first 8 volumes of the manga (using the US order), and have some thoughts on the work.
Continue reading “Blade of the Immortal Vol. 1-8 (US): Manga Review”This week I’m doing a vlog-styled review of Genpei by Kara Dalkey. Continue reading “Book Review – Genpei”
This week I’m reviewing another film in the Criterion Collection – the samurai film “Sword of the Beast”. Get Sword of the Beast at Amazon.com. Continue reading Movie Review – Sword of the Beast
Red Hot Chili Samurai is a manga that feels like it’s not sure what it wants to be. The manga follows samurai Kokaku Sento as he fights various criminals in rural Japan during the Shogunate. Kokaku’s strength and weakness is his dependance on hot peppers, which he eats regularly, and which strengthen him, like Popeye. Like Kenshin, Kokaku and his comrades, bespectacled Ento, ninja manservant … Continue reading Manga Review – Red Hot Chili Samurai Vol. 1
