If there’s anything that can improve a perfectly animated punch, then it’s a well-timed joke right afterward. For decades, action-comedy anime have thrived on high-stakes battles colliding with absurd ...

Justin Long (“Barbarian”), Ron Perlman (“Hellboy”) Harry Shum Jr. (“Everything Everywhere All At Once,” Martin Starr (“Tulsa ...

While 2025’s Jack Quaid vehicle, Novocaine, might have been a box office disappointment upon release, the ingenious action comedy’s streaming success highlights a striking trend in the genre. Action ...