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Beastars: Volume 3 – Manga Review

Legoshi is a wolf at Cherryton Academy, a school with a mixture of carnivore and herbivore animals. Volume 3 of Beastars by Paru Itagaki, continues his story, and in this volume he starts to become friends with Haru, a rabbit … Continue reading

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Emily – Film Review

Director: Frances O’Connor Writer: Frances O’Connor Starring: Emma Mackey, Fionn Whitehead, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Alexandra Dowling, Amelia Gething, Adrian Dunbar, Gemma Jones Rating: ★★★½ Emily is the directorial debut from Frances O’Connor, who also wrote the screenplay. It’s a largely fictional … Continue reading

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Pluto: Volume 2 – Manga Review

Pluto is Naoki Urasawa’s adaptation of the ‘The Greatest Robot on Earth’ story arc from Osamu Tezuka’s legendary manga series, Astro Boy. Urasawa turns the classic story into a neo-noir detective story with more philosophical questions and a much darker … Continue reading

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Beastars – Volume Two – Manga Review

The second volume of Beastars continues the story of Cherryton Academy, a boarding school with a diverse set of animal students, both carnivores and herbivores. The story focuses on Legoshi, a wolf who tries to keep himself to himself and … Continue reading

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Beastars – Volume 1 – Manga Review

I went into Beastars knowing absolutely nothing about it. Based on the cover alone, I had assumed that it would be similar to the Vertigo comic Fables, and that the wolf on the front cover would be some kind of … Continue reading

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