Adam Wescott

Location

Washington DC

School

Kenyon College

Expertise

Books, Comics, Animation, Live Action TV, Film, Video Games

Adam Wescott is a features writer at Crunchyroll News, a popular anime streaming site.
He has been blogging about media for the past several years with friends on the site Isn't it Electrifying?
Adam is also a long-time bookseller at an independent bookstore in Washington DC.

Experience

Adam Wescott is a bookseller who works in Washington DC. He also writes feature articles for the popular anime streaming site Crunchyroll News, and has freelanced for websites like Anime News Network and Anime Herald. He is also a fervent devotee of AV Club's golden age of TV reviews, and can recite passages from the past two decades of games criticism from memory. He hopes to utilize this position to dig deep into fascinating work and pop culture ephemera outside the spotlight.

Education

Adam has a BA from Kenyon College, a small liberal arts school in Ohio.

Stories By Adam Wescott

Ang Lee Made Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon A Masterclass In Compromise

With the help of Yuen Woo-ping, Lee proved he could genre-bend the successful martial arts film.

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The Daily Stream: Thunderbolt Fantasy Is The Best, Bloodiest Puppet Show On Earth

Thunderbolt Fantasy represents a unique opportunity to experience an art form completely outside the realm of experience for many English-speaking viewers

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The Troma Movie That Brought The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Crew Together

Troma makes some of the shlockiest movies around, and one of their low budget productions actually has a place in Mystery Science Theater 3000 history.

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The Daily Stream: Penguindrum Will Show You Fate Can Be Changed

Penguindrum is a profound melodramatic suspense thriller that borrows heavily from the works of David Lynch and Haruki Murakami.

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The 10 Best Marvel Movie Credits, Ranked

Credit scenes? Old news! But the credits themselves? Let's rank them!

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The Daily Stream: A Chinese Ghost Story Is Hilarious, Horrifying, And Heartfelt

Mix wuxia martial arts with the horror schlock of Evil Dead and the absurd comedy of Monty Python, and you've got A Chinese Ghost Story.

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Year Of The Vampire: Vampire Hunter D (1985) Paved The Way For Pulpy Adult Anime OVAs

Vampire Hunter D may be an indulgent relic of the old world, but it casts a long shadow from beyond the grave.

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Why Spectacular Spider-Man Was Canceled (Even Though It Was Spectacular)

Spectacular Spider-Man was never given enough time to truly soar, but that's not because the series was bad.

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Michael Mann Had To Get Creative When Adapting The Last Of The Mohicans

Michael Mann had a lot of racist and otherwise problematic source material to contend with in adapting The Last of the Mohicans.

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Pacific Rim Kept A Key Part Of Its Old-School Kaiju Movie Roots

Guillermo del Toro ensure that the kaiju of Pacific Rim adhered to a specific design standard inspired by classic monster movies with rubber monster suits.

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How Come Drink With Me Created A Martial Arts Legend

One of the greatest martial arts stories of all time took place off-camera.

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How Political Revolution Threatened Platoon's Production In The Philippines

'It really threatened our shoot.'

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