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[Review] Rurouni Kenshin: The Movie

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I’ve always been an AVID activist of letting the origin of a work be recreated by that same origin. A book is based in New York filled with Americans; let the Americans handle the film adaptation. If a mini-series about a first woman ruler of Silla was created by the Koreans, let them handle the film adaptation. If Bollywood wants to make a movie version of Saathiya Saath Nibhana, let the Indians make that damn movie. My case is proved infinitively by the Rurouni Kenshin live action film adaptation.

Rurouni Kenshin is a 2012 Japanese film adaptation of Rurouni Kenshin based on Nobuhiro Watsuki‘s popular manga of the same name. Directed by Keishi Ōtomo, the film stars Takeru Sato and Emi Takei.(via Wikipedia). It was released in August of 2012 and I, by the grace of God, was able to find a subbed version of it on January 24th, 2013.

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Bidam-ah Will Kick Your Ass

As a lover of foreign film and dramas, I’ve previously been keeping you abreast of what I watch, but this time I don’t want to focus on the show itself (The Great Queen Seon Deok), but a character. If I focused on the show this would turn into a dissertation.

Allow me to introduce Bidam Rang.

Oh, the blood? He just killed about...30 people over some chicken.

Oh, the blood? He just killed about… 30 people over some chicken.

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Good Kid, Bluffington City. A Short Film by Toy Sldrs

(Yea, it’s a Town and not a city..but that makes for a bad title.) Anyway, I had a random thought. What would happen if you take Kendrick Lamar’s album, Good Kid M.a.a.d City(go listen to that if you haven’t already), and merge it into one of my favorite childhood cartoons, Doug. Two of my favorite things connected together seamlessly. Well, lets find out:

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