Television Update (Blue Eye Samurai | One Piece Live Action)

Samurai and pirates, what else is new.

Blue Eye Samurai

An eight-episode animated series set in 17th century Japan. It stars Mizu, who is half-white and half-japanese, and very skilled with a sword, hence the title of the show. Mizu's on a mission to kill four white men who remained in Japan even after the closure of its borders to foreigners, because one of the men must be Mizu's father.

If any of that sounds interesting to you, it's well worth the watch - the fight scenes are excellent, the animation is pretty, the side characters entertaining, and most importantly, I love the way the show has you constantly question your perceptions of Mizu, taking its time with peeling back the layers of backstory. It is NSFW though, there were more sex scenes and animated floppy dicks than I necessarily expected.

Also, was very surprised by the number of names I recognized on the voice actor cast. (Something about Paxton Hall-Yoshida voicing Taigen and Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior voicing Akemi makes so much sense.)

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One Piece Live Action

This was fun? I've never read the manga and maybe saw the anime episode introducing Zoro a very long time ago as a kid.

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