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As far as claymores and greatswords go in anime, it’s hard to find one more iconic than Guts’ Dragon Slayer from Berserk. While the sword itself is objectively quite plain-looking, what makes ...
Some swords are more than just weapons, they're extensions of the wielder’s soul, symbols of defiance, legacies passed down, ...
a teenage Viking who dreams of becoming a great dragon slayer like his father. While not physically capable of killing a dragon, the inventive Hiccup builds an net launcher that catches a Night ...
Our young hero, Hiccup (Mason Thames), is maybe not quite as scrawny as he was as a cartoon, but he’s still just slight and hesitant enough, a far cry from the heroic dragon slayer that his ...
His sole champion is Gobber (a delightful Nick Frost), the blacksmith and dragon slayer teacher, who convinces the chief to give the clever Hiccup a shot. The film finds its internal engine when ...
As in the 2010 film, we follow young Viking, Hiccup (Mason Thames), an inventive, kind boy, who is struggling with the fact that he doesn’t measure up to the other dragon slayers in his village or the ...
“I loved how two of the trainee dragon slayers were siblings” — Ruffnut and Tuffnut — “and during training, they always humiliated each other,” my daughter says. “It was so funny ...
Gerard Butler wouldn’t have been gutted to see someone else take his role in the live-action “How to Train Your Dragon,” but there would have been some side eye. Though “it would've made me sad,” the ...
At the core of the strategy is a set of circular fire control lines, known as Dragon Rings, placed in circular control lines around the structure. These rings provide a systematic way to safely ...