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Seven Seas Entertainment has been rolling through a month of announcements, and with February at an end today’s might just be the coolest. Coming to North America this December is a hardcover single volume omnibus collection celebrating the 50th anniversary of Shotaro Ishinomori’s Kamen Rider …Read more »
Where would we be without legendary manga author and illustrator Shotaro Ishinomori, whose 75th birthday was on the 25th? We wouldn’t have Kamen Rider , the transforming, motorcycle-riding superhero manga and TV series still running in various incarnations today. We wouldn’t have Cyborg 009 , …Read more »
Cyborg 009: Call of Justice —the CG-animated take on Shotaro Ishinomori's classic manga—is now set to make its Netflix debut on February 10. Originally split up into three feature-length chapters in Japan back in November and December, the Netflix streaming version takes the story and …Read more »
The new 3D CG-animated trilogy of Cyborg 009 Call of Justice films—based on the classic manga by Shotaro Ishinomori—recently made its debut in Japanese theaters, with the third having opened there last Friday. The official website updated with news that the series will be coming …Read more »
Diamond Comic Distributors published its list of the 100 best-selling manga of 2015, which has 2014 champ Attack on Titan being dethroned by an unlikely hero. This year the top spot goes to Viz Media's release of Shotaro Ishinomori's The Legend of Zelda: A Link …Read more »
The worlds of Shotaro Ishinomori's Cyborg 009 and Go Nagai's Devilman are getting ready to clash in a Cyborg 009 vs Devilman OVA. The three-episode crossover event will make its debut in eight Japanese theaters this October for a limited time, with two complete Blu-ray …Read more »
If you subscribed to Nintendo Power magazine back in the day, you might remember the awesome The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past manga by the legendary Shotaro Ishinomori ( Kikaider , Kamen Rider , Cyborg 009 ). The 12-chapter adaptation of the …Read more »
Dear reader, before we venture into today's review, a movie with this many conjunctions and colons (which we will refer to as simply Ultimatum here) demands a more detailed introduction. Kamen Rider is one of the longest-running and beloved tokusatsu superhero franchises in Japanese history. …Read more »
Cyborg 009 , the legendary sci-fi manga and anime franchise that debuted in 1964, is the subject of an in-depth feature in the September 1st issue of the Japanese magazine Pen . Approaching its 50th anniversary, Cyborg 009 , created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori, …Read more »
Download it here! Subscribe to us via iTunes! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!! - Star Blazers (might be) headed to SyFy Channel? -Shotaro Ishinomori Crossovers of Epic Proportions?! -And Mike worships KREVA yet again?! All that, and the beginning of the (living) end in this week's …Read more »
While you shouldn't get too excited over that headline, you should at least get somewhat excited, because Cyborg 009 is coming back! That's an entirely true statement, despite the fact that they'll only be coming back in a brief burst of CG courtesy Production I.G. …Read more »
Satoshi Kon, 1963-2010 As I sit here typing this, word is breaking on Twitter and elsewhere on the web that anime director Satoshi Kon has died, age 47. Although the details are still sketchy, both the co-founder of studio Gainax and studio Madhouse have already …Read more »
Another veteran of the manga industry has left us, this time with the passing of manga creator Gosaku Ota at the age of 74. Haruka Takachiho, co-founder of Studio Nue, reported the sad news via Twitter on Sunday. Though Ota stabilized after catching COVID-19 at …Read more »
Another manga legend is no longer with us, as news surfaces about the passing of Fujiko A. Fujio, co-creator of Doraemon as well as creator of hit manga such as The Laughing Salesman, Ninja Hattori-kun and Obake Q-Tarou. Fujiko A. Fujio, whose real name is …Read more »
The Anime Tourism Association held a new poll about great otaku places to visit, and has unveiled its 2022 list. The list was not updated last year because of COVID-19. Here are the new editions, with the franchise listed first and then the pilgrimage tourism …Read more »
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