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Featured Spotlight: A deep-rooted conspiracy is brewing and VOTOMS pilot Chirico Cuvie finds himself smack dab in the center of it. With spools upon spools of truth to unravel, you’ll want to see how it all goes down for yourself, and you can now do …Read more »
Fans of classic armored action got a treat under their tree on Christmas morning—or at least a video under the... URL bar—in the form of two streaming promotional videos for Sunrise's upcoming Armored Trooper Votoms: Phantom Arc ( Sōkō Kihei VOTOMS: Gen-ei Hen ). Phantom …Read more »
Coming a whopping 26 years after Ryousuke Takahashi's Armored Trooper Votoms originally aired, Sōkō Kihei VOTOMS: Gen-ei Hen ( Armored Trooper Votoms: Phantom Arc ) is an OVA that aims to close out the long-running series for good (which could just mean "for now" for …Read more »
Armor Trooper Votoms: Pailsen Files Pailsen Files is the most recent installment of the Votoms franchise, released as 30-minute OAV episodes which concluded with vol. 12. The story takes place soon after the events of a late-80s OAV entitled Roots of Ambition , which …Read more »
In U.S. anime fandom, many point to Mobile Suit Gundam (whichever incarnation may be currently available) as the premiere series combining politics and mecha combat. However, for nearly as long, though not quite as popular, there has been a franchise in Japan that is very …Read more »
Whether it’s new titles hitting streaming, classic titles hitting Discotek, or a certain sequel smashing its crowdfunding goal, mecha anime is here to stay. But if you’re new to the world of giant robots, it can be a bit daunting. Especially if, say, a friend …Read more »
At the end of last week, we opened a poll asking our readers for their favorite mecha anime of all time. It was a tall order, given that mecha is one of anime’s oldest and most prolific genres, but readers came through with nearly 600 …Read more »
As you may have heard, 2017 is kind of a big deal for the history of anime. The first piece of animation made in Japan was produced in 1917, making this whole Japanese animation thing a century old. What better time, thought the folks behind …Read more »
Reboots. Like ‘em or hate ‘em, they’re a thing. From Ghostbusters to the Ninja Turtles to Godzilla , do-overs of classic franchises are proving that for this generation of moviegoers, old is the new new. To that end, Japanese news site Anime Anime has polled …Read more »
If we had to estimate how many pilots had stepped into robotic vehicles in the long history of Japanese animation, we’d have to say: a lot, man. But just who is the strongest mecha pilot in anime history? That was the question put to readers …Read more »
Let’s go for a ride. From giant robots to airborne gliders to 3D maneuver gear, from the beginning, the world of anime and manga has featured a wide and amazing array of rideable machines. Polling site Charapedia recently asked its readers what anime machines they’d …Read more »
Anno and Hikawa speak at an earlier panel at TIFF. Acclaimed director Hideaki Anno of Evangelion fame held a special panel entitled, “Anno and Hikawa’s Collection of Showa TV Manga Openings” at movie theater Wald 9 in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on November 8. …Read more »
If it's not 197x and you're animating something created by Leiji Matsumoto ( Galaxy Express 999 , Captain Harlock ), you have your work cut out for you. This is no fault of Matsumoto's, but his art is just something that doesn't tend to mesh …Read more »
Are you familiar with Space Battleship Yamato ? Well producer Leiji Matsumoto has a surprise for many of his fans! After 30 years of silence, the story entitled Ozuma produced by famous mangaka Leiji Matsumoto will finally be released on TV in Japan. Mr. Matsumoto …Read more »
As Right Stuf has just finished releasing the last anime in the Dirty Pair universe from the '80s needing R1 distribution (namely Dirty Pair TV Collection 2 ), we thought it was time to look back at its sister series, Crusher Joe , which has …Read more »
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