While Astro Boy is not the first anime to be aired in Japan, it is considered one of the first popular and influential animated television series. Previously, Japan had often released animated shorts and films, but Astro Boy, with its 1963 TV series release, became the first of its kind to be widely broadcast on Japanese television. The anime spanned four seasons, featuring a proper sequential…
Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, though a novella, is one of the most revealing texts for aspiring writers. A deeply autobiographical work, it mirrors Kafka’s nervous uncertainty, his relentless inner complexity, and his sense of feeling alienated from the world.
Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games, published in 2008, is a young adult dystopian novel set in a future where entertainment, oppression, survival, and rebellion converge brutally. Its 2012 film adaptation, directed by Gary Ross, captures the world of Panem and the…
What do Walter White from Breaking Bad, Loki from the MCU series, and Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver (1976) have in common?
If you said “ridiculously handsome,” correct. But also… each one of the above is an antihero.
If your second response was “they are all villains,” stick around, because this piece is for you. The difference between antiheroes and villains is subtle. Knowing…