Search Results for: Hideo Kojima
If you have an enthusiastic otaku in your life, there’s nothing better than the gift of amazing manga and anime. VIZ Media has more than enough to offer, and they’re here to help you pick out the best of the best with their holiday gift …Read more »
For the past few months, gamers have eagerly awaited Abandoned. The mysterious new game from indie developer BLUE BOX Game Studio has held surprising promise. For some, it’s a matter of real interest: the game looks atmospheric and spooky, and promises a realistic experience. But for …Read more »
Metal Gear Solid writer and director Hideo Kojima has signed a letter of intent with American company Microsoft to create a new Xbox game for them. VentureBeat, which covered the news, says that this means lawyers are still going over the smaller details but a …Read more »
Is Silent Hill coming back at last? We… have no idea. Depending on who you ask, there’s a new game on the way. Or two games. Or there’s a Dutch indie game dev who’s secretly a highly-advanced CG character created by Hideo Kojima. Frankly, we haven’t …Read more »
“Derek! Derek…..!” That’s one Derek Connolly, the screenwriter of Jurassic World and its upcoming sequel, who Variety reports is set to write the live-action Metal Gear Solid film. Connolly also wrote Safety Not Guaranteed and Kong: Skull Island. The latter was directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, …Read more »
Metal Gear Survive, the Metal Gear Solid V spinoff that pits Militaires Sans Frontieres against zombie opponents, is finally set for release. The game will be released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC February 20 in North America. Metal Gear fans who preorder the …Read more »
“I think our job is to take what we thought was fun when we were growing up… and pass that on to a new generation.” In the span of his 20-odd year career, Hiroyuki Hashimoto has worked his way up the ranks, starting as a …Read more »
1) The very first Otakon in 1994 attracted around 300 anime fans. Otakon 2012's attendance number of 30,785 is nearly 88 times that. 2) Otakon's 2012 attendance makes it the 2nd largest American anime convention in the United States. 3) If you learned something at …Read more »
It's 2012 and I'm watching Yoshiaki Kawajiri's Ninja Scroll . Flash back to the days of Suncoast. Of clamshell VHS releases selling for a searing 30-spot. The days back-patting old school fans pine for but would never actually go back to unless paid a handsome …Read more »
There's a lot going on at the Electronic Entertainment Expo this year, especially with everyone battling it out on the new frontline of motion control warfare. Both Microsoft and Sony busted out some interesting tech demos displaying the potential for their Wii-competing technology, but a …Read more »
[Excerpted from the December 2007 issue of Otaku USA magazine Ryuhei Kitamura is a giant among Japanese film directors. The only catch is, he's not in Japan anymore. A newly minted Los Angelino, Kitamura is currently prepping his US film debut with Midnight Meat Train, …Read more »
Sports manga and anime haven't traditionally been released here in the US very often. In Japan, they tend to make up some of the most popular, enduring titles and several have been extraordinarily influential classics. Baseball in particular is a major sport in Japan, so …Read more »
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