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Afro Samurai: A Hair-Curling Anime

Monday, February 4th, 2008

The Afro Samurai plot mainly revolves around the desire for vengeance and incidentally, to become the world’s number one fighter. The series is set in an alternate feudal Japan with futuristic leanings where cyborgs, machine guns and RPGs are pitted against ’super’natural skill and the katana. With the protagonist carving a bloody path to challenge [...]

Poster to Ponder

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Displayed at one of National Bookstore’s glass windows near the SM Cagayan de Oro Mall side entrance is an eye-catching poster. “What do you feed your mind?” it asks accompanied by a graphic comic drawing of a small head attached to a rather large body. It stuck me as both funny and apt at [...]