Color me impressed. Bits and pieces have been leaking out before, but this first proper trailer looks like the film in question does a good job of adapting the source material to live action without it being another Dragonball: Evolution.
Jean Giraud, known to the world as Moebius, has passed away at 73. Moebius was an influence on many artists in the comics industry and worked with Stan Lee in 1988 for a two-part Silver Surfer story. Giraud also worked … Continue reading
A training ground for future anime artists, Anime Mirai, is showing off student-created work. I present this for general interest – and of course more confirmation about Japan’s economic interest in being a culture engine. Which is kind of obvious. … Continue reading
As video game storytelling relies more and more on – gasp – acting, what does that mean for the future of the game industry? Today, someone who does a voice for a video game character takes a backseat to… well, … Continue reading
Dentsu to Create Industrys 1st Think Tank to Study Otaku – News – Anime News Network. For context, Dentsu are the parent company to anime outfit Geneon (about whom anime and J-culture expert Patrick Macias has had more than a … Continue reading
The 80s saw a major change in how toys could be advertised. A regulation that prevented companies from making cartoons based on a toy line was dropped* by the Reagan administration. This opened the door to several lines, including Transformers, … Continue reading
As someone who works with intellectual properties, and someone who knows a lot of people who also work with intellectual properties, I can safely say that a lot of us like to keep our ideas to ourselves. There is a … Continue reading
So where to begin. While doing my usual online surfing, I came across an interview at Nerdcaliber on a fan-made Sailor Moon Movie. My reactions went as follows: What? Really? Eh. They did this with what kind of budget? I … Continue reading
Recently in my viewings of various anime, I came across "Oh! Edo Rocket", a show that borders on the inexplicable, as it's an anime based on a play based on a legend that is loaded with parody elements. I vaguely … Continue reading
We have one big prediction hanging over our heads as we try to decide what lies ahead of us in the next 12 months, and it has to do with a certain calendar put together by a certain tribe a … Continue reading