https://youtu.be/VK5LptZGu38 Listen / download here: This week on Saturday Mourning Cartoons, we're fielding a long-standing Listener Request courtesy of Charles from Michigan. What does Charles want us to watch? Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls, not to be confused with the follow-up anime Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls or even the similarly titled but earlier gateway anime standout Ninja Scroll. You've got to keep your ninja clans and scrolls straight, people. In this 2005 Gonzo-animated adaptation of Fûtarô Yamada's iconic works, the heirs to the Kouga and Iga ninja clans -- Gennosuke and …

After wrapping his Vietnam veteran drama Da 5 Bloods, Oscar winner Spike Lee has signed on to direct Legendary's Prince of Cats, which is described as a hip-hop take on William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, Collider has confirmed. Bbased on the graphic novel written and illustrated by Ron Wimberly, the film will be set in the 1980s hip-hop scene and tell the classic star-crossed love story from the perspective of Juliet's angry cousin, Tybalt, whose underground sword fights with the rival Montague clan in Da People's Republic of Brooklyn blossoms into a vibrant …