For the fourth time, John Mulaney returned to host Saturday Night Live on Saturday, October 31. The former SNL head writer's homecoming fell on the biggest night of the month. It was more than a Halloween episode; with three days left until Election Day 2020, the show made damn sure to remind us just how important it was to go out and vote — and vote for Democratic nominee Joe Biden. With plenty of material available thanks to the timing of Saturday's episode, the cast and writers turned in one of the strongest episodes thus far in Season 46. …
Tokyo Ghoul faithfully adapts the manga, revealing that the convoluted story makes for a fun, if barebones, game that likely won't find new fans.
Horror has historically been a challenging genre to do in anime. Live-action adaptations of anime are traditionally notoriously bad. What happens when you combine the two, add a dose of Hannibal aesthetics and bromance, but wrap the whole thing in a traditional slice-of-life soap opera? You get Tokyo Ghoul S, of course! Tokyo Ghoul S is the sequel to 2017’s live-action Tokyo Ghoul, an adaptation of the dark fantasy / horror manga and anime series Tokyo Ghoul. If you’re not familiar with the franchise, you’re out of luck. Tokyo Ghoul S throws you right …
This supernatural serial killer thriller is a silly, fun, and uneven B-movie romp.
Tokyo Ghoul first burst onto the scene back in 2011 in writer-illustrator Sui Ishida's dark fantasy manga series. Set in an alternate reality and focusing on ghouls--who must feed on human flesh to survive--living among the normal human population, Tokyo Ghoul soon went on to enjoy an anime adaptation in 2014, followed by sequel series and a live-action film. Now, as the franchise continues to entertain fans around the world, that film got itself a sequel in Tokyo Ghoul S, which debuted in Japan this past July and is now prepping for a North American …
Horror-genre anime is not so popular due to its heavy gore and the possibility of psychological scarring. So Tokyo Ghoul created a major stride for the anime horror genre when it was popular enough to get its own video games and live action films. Its manga became known as a best seller in Japan and before we knew it, Hot Topic was selling shirts and wallets with the characters faces on them.