Fantasy

A Seoul survivor: a review of Gyeongseong Creature

Gyeongseong Creature Also known as K Project[1] Hangul 경성크리처 Hanja 京城크리처 Revised Romanization Gyeongseongkeuricheo McCune–Reischauer Kyŏngsŏngk’ŭrich’ŏ Created by Kakao Entertainment (planning)[5] Written by Kang Eun-kyung Directed by Chung Dong-yoon & Roh Young-sub Starring Park Seo-joon, Han So-hee, Claudia Kim Music by Kim Tae-seong[6] Country of origin South Korea Original languages Korean & Japanese Production Executive …

The Aangbangers: a review of Avatar: The Last Airbender

Avatar: The Last Airbender Based on Avatar: The Last Airbender by Bryan Konietzko & Michael Dante DiMartino Developed by Albert Kim Starring [Actors and roles from the Wikipedia page] Gordon Cormier as Avatar Aang: A free-spirited and peaceful twelve-year-old airbender who was frozen in ice for a hundred years. When he wakes up, all the …

Time caught in a steel trap: a review of Mabaroshi

Mabaroshi Maboroshi (アリスとテレスのまぼろし工場, Arisu to Teresu no Maboroshi Kōjō,  ’Alice and Therese’s Illusory Factory’) Directed by Mari Okada & Seimei Kidokoro[a] Written by Mari Okada Produced by Manabu Otsuka Starring Character Japanese voice English voice Masamune Kikuiri Junya Enoki Max Mittelman Mutsumi Sagami Reina Ueda Jeannie Tirado Itsumi Misaki Kuno Kitana Turnbull Akimune Kikuiri Kōji …

Putting people on Ice(land): a review of A Murder At the End of the World

A Murder At the End of the World Created by Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij Starring Emma Corrin Brit Marling Harris Dickinson Alice Braga Joan Chen Raúl Esparza Jermaine Fowler Ryan J. Haddad Pegah Ferydoni Javed Khan Louis Cancelmi Edoardo Ballerini Clive Owen Composers Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans No. of episodes 7 Production Executive …

A Year in review: a review of 2023

A Year in review: a review of 2023 2023 was another great year for television. Among other great shows we watched (and I reviewed) this year were Gen V (outrageous spin-off of The Boys), One Piece (excellent live-action version of a rather dumb anime), a new BBC remake of War of the Worlds, an engaging …

Paying a Butcher’s Bill: a review of Gen V

Also known as The Boys: Gen V Genre Black comedy, Drama, Superhero Based on The Boys Volume 4: “We Gotta Go Now” by Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson Developed by Craig Rosenberg, Evan Goldberg, Eric Kripke Starring Jaz Sinclair as Marie Moreau – has telekinetic control over blood (Jaeda LeBlanc portrays a young Marie) Chance …

Will I break my “R” key writing this? : a review of ONE PIECE

Based on One Piece by Eiichiro Oda Developed by Matt Owens & Steven Maeda Starring Iñaki Godoy Emily Rudd Mackenyu Jacob Romero Gibson Taz Skylar Vincent Regan Jeff Ward Morgan Davies Narrated by Ian McShane Composers Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli Production companies Kaji Productions Tomorrow Studios Shueisha ONE PIECE is the most popular manga/anime …

A fungus among us: a review of The Last of Us

The Last of Us Created by Craig Mazin & Neil Druckmann Based on The Last of Us by Naughty Dog[a] Written by Craig Mazin & Neil Druckmann Starring Pedro Pascal Bella Ramsey Nico Parker John Hannah Merle Dandridge Josh Brener Christopher Heyerdahl Bredan Fletcher Anna Tory Gabriel Luna Christine Hakim Nick Offerman Murray Bartlett Lemar …