Search Results for: Mitsuteru Yokoyama
Fans of classic anime have a big treat to chomp into now thanks to TMS Entertainment , who started offering up episodes of 1981 mecha anime Six God Combination God Mars ( Rokushin Gattai Godmars ) on Hulu. The Super Robot series is based on …Read more »
All the excitement around Imagi's upcoming Astro Boy feature aside, it looks like the studio is going to need some more backing before they can move on with their other planned projects based on Japanese properties, like Gatchaman and Tetsujin 28 . We've had a …Read more »
These days, it seems like anime is creeping into the animation styles of countries the world over. Granted, it’s nothing new — animation is all about cross-pollination, and anime has been with us for decades. But with the jump in accessibility has come even more …Read more »
It’s a great time to be Hideaki Anno. He’s just put a cap on his magnum opus, and now he’s remaking all his favorite shows. Just like he wanted to back in college. And we’re here for it, too. From Shin Ultraman to Shin Kamen Rider and …Read more »
The typical anime giant robot didn’t have a cockpit until 1972, when Mazinger Z normalized having mecha pilots actually in the machine. Since then, we’ve seen lots of very cool setups for pilots. And a few… less so. While some get heroic control panels or one-to-one …Read more »
Is there anything more satisfying than a well-written anime ending? It feels so good when all the threads come together and all the questions get answered. We’ve spent so long with these shows, it’s rewarding to see our devotion pay off. And then, sometimes, anime …Read more »
There’s new anime — including new mecha anime — coming out all the time! With daily new choices, it can be hard to catch up to the classics if that’s your thing. So how do you know where to start? You let us tell you, …Read more »
It’s safe to say we don’t watch giant robot anime expecting it to be “normal.” These are shows where huge mecha fight dinosaurs and fling galaxies at each other. If anything, we enjoy how crazy these shows can get. But there are some anime robots …Read more »
Not all that long ago, which anime got licensed was a matter of what would sell fastest. That generally meant shows with tie-in merchandise, or things that already proved popular. Cult classics were a bigger risk, and so rarely got picked up in any official …Read more »
Yokohama’s life-sized walking Gundam is making big news right now! As part of the Yokohama Gundam Factory, it’s enchanting fans all over the world. You can even go into the hangar and “pilot” it for yourself! Which got us thinking… which other anime mecha deserve …Read more »
The greatest OVA of all time? I have been saying it for decades, because it remains true. Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still is the greatest anime OVA series ever created. Nope, not Gunbuster. Not even Legend of the Galactic Heroes. It’s this …Read more »
At this point, everyone should be well acquainted with the full-scale RX-78 Gundam statue, currently residing between a parking lot and a shopping mall on the man-made island of Odaiba in Tokyo Bay. Despite receiving a considerable amount of media attention over the past few …Read more »
Theatrical anime movies don’t come out in America very often anymore, and perhaps that’s part of why they don’t really get made as much anymore compared to how things were “back in the day.” Movies require more time and money to create than television shows …Read more »
Some of the details on this one are still a bit unclear, but it's worth passing along, especially in the shadow of some lackluster attempts at reviving Tetsujin 28 in recent years. I'm talking specifically about Shin Togashi's live-action film from 2005, which was almost …Read more »
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