Guillaume Lebeau

Ghost nation? Violent home? Traumatised country? What does the horror of one of the most famous writers of our time hide? What does his fictional America expose? To what extent does cinema feed itself off his unique vision and expression of fear? In other words: what kind of America is Stephen King telling us about?

What if Pokémon dethroned Marvel superheroes? What if Japanese cyberpunk hacked Hollywood's codes? What if manga adaptations were the lifeline of French comedy? At a time when series and films based on Japanese comics are multiplying on our screens, this documentary seeks answers to this new (r)evolution of manga, through a dialogue between Japanese creators and Western filmmakers, between Tokyo and Hollywood.

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