Anime Review: Iron Wok Jan The Gobancho family restaurant is one of the top Chinese food places in Tokyo, serving authentic Chinese cuisine as well as innovative chef creations inspired by the Chinese tradition. The staff have a strong loyalty to the restaurant and are justly proud of their skills. So it’s an affront when… Continue reading Anime Review: Iron Wok Jan
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Manga Review: Big Order 01
Manga Review: Big Order 01 by Sakae Esuno It has been ten years since the woman called Daisy first appeared. Like a genie, she finds a person and grants them one wish. The wish then grants that person a superpower called an Order to fulfill the wish. Daisy is no automaton, and she can interpret… Continue reading Manga Review: Big Order 01
Book Review: The Book of Cthulhu
Book Review: The Book of Cthulhu edited by Ross E Lockhart Fantasy and horror author H.P. Lovecraft wasn’t a big seller during his lifetime, but the loose setting he created of the Cthulhu Mythos, where humans are only the most recent inhabitants of a cold and chaotic universe, and many of the previous inhabitants are… Continue reading Book Review: The Book of Cthulhu
Comic Book Review: King of Crooks
Comic Book Review: King of Crooks by Jerry Siegel, Ted Cowan & Reg Bunn A master safecracker is surrounded by the police after a job gone wrong, when a mysterious man in black offers him safety and wealth, in exchange for his absolute obedience. This is the Spider (no relation), a master criminal of great… Continue reading Comic Book Review: King of Crooks