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The Adorable, Tragic Tale of Osamu Tezuka’s Unico Lives Again
This unicorn may look cute — and he certainly is — but don’t let his whimsy fool you. Unico was created by Osamu Tezuka, the legendary “god of manga” and creator of Astro Boy, who gave this adorable unicorn an edge that captivated Japanese readers of the ‘70s — as well as author Samuel Sattin.…
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s-CRY-ed’s Peculiar Power Sets and Stunning Fights Must Be Seen in HD
In Sunrise’s anime s-CRY-ed, which originally aired on TV Tokyo back in 2001, the future is a chaotic time — the world is still reeling from a mysterious geological phenomenon known as “The Great Uprising” that absolutely devastates a chunk of Japan. Though life continues to find a way in the Kanagawa Prefecture, humanity’s left…
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The Long-Lost Dubbed Galaxy Express 999 Movies Look Amazing But Sound Bonkers
Leiji Matsumoto’s brutal struggles to survive. Everything about the series, like its surprisingly kinetic action sequences and its deft use of moving leitmotifs, made the story feel like poetry. This is true both of the original series featuring its Japanese voice cast and of the more recently produced dubs (which are questionable).