Movie Review: Moonlight Sword and Jade Lion (1977) directed by Karl Liao (Chinese title Yin xiao yu jian cui yu shi) Chu Siew Yen (Angela Mao) is sent by her martial arts instructor to look up his brother, who he hasn’t heard from in a while. No one in the town he was living in knows where… Continue reading Movie Review: Moonlight Sword and Jade Lion
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Anime Review: Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure
Anime Review: Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure (Japanese title: “Hirogaru Sky! Precure”) Pretty Cure is a franchise series of anime shows aimed at preteen girls, which began in 2004 with Futari wa Pretty Cure (“We Two are Pretty Cure”). The recurring basic plot is that girls in their early teens are given magical items (usually by… Continue reading Anime Review: Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure
Manga Review: Case Closed Vols. 80-82
Manga Review: Case Closed Vols. 80-82 by Gosho Aoyama It’s time once again to catch up on the adventures of Conan Edogawa, boy detective, who is secretly Shinichi Kudou (Jimmy Kudo in the dub), teen detective who was shrunk by an experimental poison. See my many prior reviews of this series, titled Meitantei Conan (“Detective… Continue reading Manga Review: Case Closed Vols. 80-82
Book Review: The Destroyer #26: In Enemy Hands
Book Review: The Destroyer #26: In Enemy Hands by Richard Sapir & Warren Murphy When JFK realized that there were certain threats to America and the world that could not be handled by normal government agencies and it wasn’t wise to rely on random good people stepping up, he turned to bureaucrat and former CIA… Continue reading Book Review: The Destroyer #26: In Enemy Hands
Anime Review: Tokyo Majin Part Two: Martial Fist Chapter
Anime Review: Tokyo Majin Part Two: Martial Fist Chapter Magami Academy in Tokyo looks like an ordinary high school at first. But it’s actually a nexus of mystical forces that draws unusual people from all over. Most of these people are under the Stars of Destiny, a group of 108 people destined to play an… Continue reading Anime Review: Tokyo Majin Part Two: Martial Fist Chapter
Manga Review: Dr. Stone
Manga Review: Dr. Stone written by Riichiro Inagaki, art by Boichi It is 2019, and young lug Taiju Ooku is finally going to confess his love to his crush, Yuzuriha Ogawa (who it’s hinted likes him back.) Taiju’s encouraged by his best buddy, science whiz Senku Ishigami, but Senku’s attention is drawn to the puzzle… Continue reading Manga Review: Dr. Stone
Manga Review: Ranma 1/2
Manga Review: Ranma 1/2 by Rumiko Takahashi Soun Tendou, a widowed martial arts instructor in the Nerima suburb of Tokyo, has three daughters: gentle Kasumi, cunning Nabiki and fiery Akane. They are surprised to learn one day that their father made an agreement with his old friend Genma Saotome to marry one of them to… Continue reading Manga Review: Ranma 1/2