In 1982’s hit action comedy 48 Hours, a young Eddie Murphy plays a wiseacre criminal on parole in order to help a veteran cop, played by Nick Nolte, solve a case. Murphy immediately shot to screen ...

If there’s anything that can improve a perfectly animated punch, then it’s a well-timed joke right afterward. For decades, action-comedy anime have thrived on high-stakes battles colliding with absurd ...