Welcome to Lost in Translation‘s quick series about the ins and outs of adapting games to television and film.* As seen since the first post, if something is popular, someone else will want to adapt it to a different medium. … Continue reading
I’m starting to loose track of the amount of adaptions-of-anime going on in Japan. Yamato? Check. Gatchaman? Coming up. Captain Harlock? Enjoy a badass trailer. Patlabor? Coming. I would like to make an interesting speculation. You know how now and … Continue reading
Space opera has long been a staple in science fiction. Sprawling epics, from Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars through Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers to Star Trek and Star Wars and the original Battlestar Galactica, where good and evil are easily determined … Continue reading
A few weeks ago, I was chatting with Serdar about remakes, specifically, why remake a work when the result winds up being the same. This got me to thinking about the nature of a remake. Serdar’s thoughts can be seen … Continue reading
Just finished up my latest visit to AODSF, a con in San Francisco I’ve been doing events at for awhile, and wanted to give my latest report. Sadly I didn’t get to to do much as my day and life … Continue reading
Last week, I covered how technology and progress affected vehicles in remakes. This week, I look at vehicles that have featured in projects that haven’t been remade yet. Akira The vehicle: Kaneda’s motorcycle. Currently in the process of being adapted … Continue reading
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