![]() ![]() On the planet Etheria, Adora loyally serves the Horde, rising through its ranks with her close friend Catra by her side until the discovery of a strange sword transforms Adora into the legendary warrior She-Ra. With a sixth and final season in the works, now is the perfect time to binge the first five. But thanks to some seriously impressive fights and stunt work, and with a younger cast you can’t help but root for, it’s a retro-styled delight. It’s all presented a little bit tongue in cheek, and with Ralph Macchio and William Zabka reprising their 1980s roles, the show is an unabashed love letter to the classic action flicks. As the series progresses, the stakes get higher-and frankly, increasingly, gloriously ludicrous-as rival martial arts schools start cropping up all over California and alliances are forged and broken with alarming regularity. Yet after defending his young neighbor Miguel (Xolo Maridueña) in a fight, Johnny finds new meaning by reopening the eponymous karate dojo and guiding a new generation of students. Picking up decades after Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence’s iconic fight at the end of the first movie, the debut season of Cobra Kai finds the tables turned, with Daniel living the charmed life while Johnny is washed up. While this latter-day sequel to The Karate Kid films of the 1980s started life on YouTube Red (remember that?), it’s really come into its own since moving to Netflix. (Confusingly, there's another show with the exact same title on Netflix, a 2019 Brazilian series following a trio of relief doctors in a village dominated by a cult leader-also worth a watch, but don't get them confused!) There's an English dub, but stick to the original Spanish with English subs for a better viewing experience. While this could have been yet another formulaic entry in Netflix's expansive library of supernatural teen dramas (the Stranger Things vibe is particularly strong), the decision to shoot on film and in a 4:3 aspect ratio make this a visual delight, unlike almost anything else on the streamer at present. While the young boy would rather hang out with his friends, his life-and potentially the world-changes forever when he starts exhibiting miraculous powers, attracting dangerous attention from sinister forces. A lot could have gone wrong bringing One Piece to life, but this is a voyage well worth taking.īased on the comic American Jesus by writer Mark Millar ( Kick-Ass, Kingsman) and artist Peter Gross ( Lucifer), The Chosen One follows 12-year-old Jodie (Bobby Luhnow), raised in Mexico by his mother Sarah (Dianna Agron). Luffy, would-be King of the Pirates, bringing an almost elastic innate physicality to the role that brilliantly matches the characters rubber-based stretching powers, while the crew Luffy gathers over this first season-including swordsmaster Roronoa Zoro (Mackenyu), navigator and skilled thief Nami (Emily Rudd), sharpshooter Usopp (Jacob Romero Gibson), and martial artist chef Sanji (Taz Skylar)-all brilliantly embody their characters. The perfectly cast Iñaki Godoy stars as Monkey D. Despite fans’ fears, this spectacularly captures the charm, optimism, and glorious weirdness of Eiichiro Oda’s beloved manga, manifesting a fantasy world where people brandish outlandish powers and hunt for a legendary treasure in an Age of Piracy almost verbatim from the page. ![]() Mark one up for persistence: After numerous anime adaptations ranging from “awful” to “not too bad,” Netflix finally strikes gold with its live-action take on the global phenomenon One Piece. ![]()
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