Crunchyroll Drops Teaser for ‘The Apothecary Diaries’ TV Anime Adaptation
My being more than a little behind the eight ball these days, I was surprised to find that a manga series I wrote about…
Author: Lucas Paris
A media anachronist, noir lover, voracious consumer of anime and manga. Lucas Paris "The Blandalorian" has written articles on actor Peter Lorre’s career and the prolific film producer Roger Corman for mondocult.com, and a speculative essay 'Egregore' for theagonist.org. You can find him, and his pithy posts on Twitter @TheBlandalorian
Lost Golden Age Film Noir Recovered… Then Banned from Release!
One might say Disney was scraping the bottom of the barrel when they bought out the majority of Fox in 2020, but the abrasive corporate…
Tampa Bay Comic Con 2022 Re-Cap: Cosplay, Comics & Bar Crawls
A couple months back as of this writing, I was recuperating from a particularly madcap, alcohol and scotch egg fueled three day weekend in one…
And Here’s to Five More…
An anniversary, like a birthday, is the celebration of reaching a point of inception, or birth on the calendar. One thinks of marriage, perhaps,…
Bastard!! (1992-93) A “Classic Rock” Anime Recollection
There’s something about a reboot/remake/revival that either raises the hackles on me, or takes me back to my youthful days of hope, dreams, aspirations…
Lost Doctor Who ‘The Daleks’ Master Plan’ Discovered in Wakanda
It turns out that King T’Challa (or perhaps his old man) must be a Whovian. The ‘Mostly Lost’ 12 episode arc during the pioneering…
Review: Journey to the Middle Kingdom – Princess of Yelang (Part 1)
Back in mid October last year, I covered indie comic title Journey To The Middle Kingdom, a story about three high school friends,…
Blando Reviews: Belle (2021) “To Be Real”
2022 finds me at the local AMC yet again, this time to snag a 5pm showing of Studio Chizu’s Belle, directed by the seasoned Mamoru…
Anime Recollections: Serial Experiments Lain (1998) “Gestalt”
First off – Happy New Year! I ushered in 2022 the best way I knew how, well, at least it seemed the…
Kare Kano (1998): Hideaki Anno’s Turbulent Shojo Adaptation
To commemorate one year of writing for Bleeding Fool, I felt it necessary to pick another title that was both excellent, and perhaps lesser known.…