Badlands is a new puppetry "Sushi Western" from Sam K. Hale.
Sam K. Hale (see previous post) is pitching a new projet called Badlands, a "Sushi Western" that combines the Wild West with Bunraku-style puppetry. There's a Badlands demo video available on YouTube that explores the concept. I think the idea of mashing up traditional Japanese stories and puppetry with the Wild West is interesting and I hope Sam gets to develop this further.
