"In the spirit of us both being fans of Japanese anime, specifically the shōnen genre that filled Cartoon Network and Adult Swim's Toonami programming block, like "Dragon Ball Z" and " My Hero Academia," I ask Critics Choice and Golden Globe Award nominee Michael B. Jordan what arc his career is currently in."
"As we sit in a post-production suite inside of the private Los Angeles residence that's getting ready to host a brunchtime screening of " Sinners," the actor's latest shared triumph with filmmaker Ryan Coogler, I can see the hours of series watched run through Jordan's head, trying to place himself in one of the worlds of the shows that he's said helped inspire the action scenes of his directorial debut, "Creed III." "I'm evolving in real time," he finally says. "I was going to say training arc, but it's like preparing for the next evolution.""
"Providing a reference for our fellow weebs out there, Jordan jokes that the closest comparison he could think of was being the center of "The Fourth Great Ninja War" arc in "Naruto" (which feels strangely apt, considering the current state of Hollywood.) He is almost dressed for the part too, of his favorite fictional shinobi, wearing a semicasual combat green set with brown leather tabi loafers."
Michael B. Jordan sits in a post-production suite at a private Los Angeles residence preparing a brunchtime screening for Sinners, a collaboration with filmmaker Ryan Coogler. The film blends Southern Gothic period elements, vampires, and a dissertation on the history of Black music in America, earning strong reviews and becoming the highest-grossing original live-action film since Inception. Jordan connects his career trajectory to shōnen anime, noting a real-time evolution and characterizing his path as a training arc toward a next evolution. Jordan references Naruto's Fourth Great Ninja War as a fitting comparison and embraces anime influences from Dragon Ball Z and My Hero Academia.
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