When Nicolas Cage and Samuel L. Jackson Brought This 1950s Superhero to the Big Screen Everyone Missed the Point — But It’s Worth a Spin

Adaptations of manga comics, that distinctive Japanese style of graphic novels, can be hit-or-miss when it comes to their cinematic versions. For every Akira, the highly influential 1988 sci-fi cyberpunk manga adaptation, there is a Dragonball Evolutionfrom 2009 waiting in the wings to drag the genre back down to its earthly beginnings. It can be tough to take what makes manga such a unique and special art form and transplant that to the silver screen, but when it works, it really works, creating this fantastic synergy between different forms of art and modes of creativity.