I just recently finished watching the Hulu/FX television series Shogun. For those who haven’t seen it yet, it’s an adaptation of James Clavell’s 1975 historical fiction novel of the same name. It tells the story of John Blackthorne, an English navigator who shipwrecks on the Japanese coast in the year 1600 while trying to establish …
There’s been a welcome shift in popular culture over what feels like the past 5-10 years, a recognition that the animated medium of storytelling shouldn’t just be relegated to children’s tales, something Japan recognized years ago. Not that there aren’t incredible family friendly animated stories like Disney’s Up that I’ll keep coming back to till …
As of this writing, I’ve watched a season and a half of Invincible, a show that, for me, has been one of the few antidotes to superhero fatigue post Marvel’s Avengers putting an end to Thanos (though the fatigue set in a bit before that if I’m being honest). Along with The Boys, it’s given …
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