All by Joshua Brafman

Lost in Translation: Why Hollywood and Anime Don’t Mix… Yet.

Since the 1990s, anime has experienced a meteoric rise in popularity here in the United States. It’s influenced our media and created a whole new subculture within film and animation fans. However, Anime has not successfully translated to live action movies successfully…until now! With the emergence of Alita: Battle Angel, its possible that Hollywood might have finally found the golden ticket…

Bakugo VS. Sasuke: What Makes a Hateable Character Relatable?

Katsuki Bakugo is a young man with the incredible ability to create explosions from his hands. From the anime' My Hero Academia, I believe he heavily parallels Sasuke Uchiha’s rivalry from the modern anime, Naruto. Although Naruto came first, I believe that My Hero Academia’s Katsuki Bakugo is a far better character than Naruto’s Sasuke Uchiha. How could such a new series, one that’s only existed since 2014, create a character better than one that’s been around for over a decade?