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High & Low: Anime Gets Tragic in 'Grave of the Fireflies' While Alain Delon Captivates As A Spaghetti-Western Zorro

High & Low: Anime Gets Tragic in 'Grave of the Fireflies' While Alain Delon Captivates As A Spaghetti-Western Zorro

If you thought Japanese animation was all horny teens and laser guns and rocketships, prepare to have your mind blown by a tragic tale of wartime and lost youth (Grave of the Fireflies). And if you thought French star Alain Delon was known only for his work for art-house directors like Luchino Visconti and Jean-Pierre Melville (and for appearing on the cover of The Smiths’ The Queen is Dead album), get ready to watch him buckle his swash (Zorro).
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Good Idea/Bad Idea? Fox Plans to Reboot Zorro in the Post-Apocalyptic Future

Good Idea/Bad Idea? Fox Plans to Reboot Zorro in the Post-Apocalyptic Future

What makes Zorro the hero he is? The 19th century Spanish Californian roots, that mask, the swashbuckling. But many of those defining elements will be scrapped for Fox's planned reboot, Zorro Reborn, which sets the legendary hero on a quest for justice in the post-apocalyptic future, possibly without even his iconic sword. Is this heresy or a brilliant twist on the 90-year-old pulp mythology?

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