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I Am a Hero: Brilliant manga adaptation and zombie movie.

It's spooky season once again! That means that I've been delving into the archives to find some form of spooky media to cover on the blog. This October, I've specifically been diving deep into zombie movies, I just had the urge to watch zombie stuff after Resident Evil: Requiem dropped earlier in the year, I guess. Much like last October with Gannibal, this year I found another suitable live-action adaption of a manga. Shinsuke Sato is one of the very best at adapting mange into live-action and I have covered several of his projects throughout my tenure as a blog writer. Over a decade ago, before Train to Busan wowed audiences, the underappreciated adaptation of Kengo Hanazawa's magnum opus: I Am a Hero was released.  I Am a Hero follows the exploits of Hideo Suzuki, a manga artist or rather an assistant aspiring to have a manga of his own. A meek man who isn't very assertive, Hideo finds his relationship with his girlfriend strained due to his inability to have his...

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