During what turned out to be the United States' final game of the World Cup earlier this year, the receptionist at Willamette Week came upstairs to pull me away from the office television. "You need ...

Perhaps the most unusual act of this past weekend’s Underground Music Showcase was Magic Sword. This mysterious trio hails from Boise and two of the musicians perform incognito while a third member ...

The epic battles of vengeance, competition, and power played a major part in defining the Japanese anime landscape that fans know today. A focal point for most of that action is the anime swordsman — ...

It's not everyday that an ancient sword that has hung on your wall for years becomes a man, but that's how Halla's life is going now. After the death of her great-uncle leaves her inheriting all of ...

When Magic Sword debuted at Treefort Music Fest in 2013, no one but the band’s members could have known what the audience was in for: two space knights playing the kind of high-fidelity synth rock ...

The members of Magic Sword aren’t human. So they say. To the Boise, Idaho, band’s credit, it’s hard to know what this musical threesome looks like under the hooded, druidlike robes and behind masks ...

In both of these tales, mastery of a particular skill ap-pears to offer great rewards. If Little Chu can study with the greatest swordsman, he can protect his poor village from bandits. If Mu Chi ...

Xpress' 6th grade reviewer offers her thoughts on Pixar's latest gem. It is generally considered — at least by those who have bothered considering it — that The Magic Sword (1962) is schlockmeister ...

Here are a few more things worth knowing about the adventure flick. The Magic Sword starring Tou Tsung-Hua, May Chin, Chang Fu-Chien, Emily Chu Bo-Yee has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 1 hr ...