Search Results for: Kazuo Umezu
Already steamed straight through season 4 of Stranger Things? Us, too. So… now what do we do? Besides rewatching seasons 1-3 and dusting off our old Kate Bush albums, we’re searching for those nerdy, otherworldly vibes elsewhere. Fortunately, the hit Netflix series shares plenty of tropes …Read more »
When you’re trying to land a career in the arts, it can feel like your own life works against you. Maybe you didn’t get the art education you want. Or maybe you don’t get a lot of support from your family. The good news is, …Read more »
There’s a good chance you’ve never seen a “gekimation” film before. Independent director Ujicha has made his name on the stuff, but his latest horror film, Violence Voyager, is the first time anyone had created an entire gekimation feature. The term refers to an unusual …Read more »
What happens when you mix renowned horror manga author Kazuo Umezu, creator of classics like The Drifting Classroom, with the sugary sweet stars of THE iDOLM@STER? You get a totally ridiculous Japanese Snickers campaign that puts a horrific spin on the idols. The collaboration has Umezu putting …Read more »
Ahead of his planned appearance at this year’s Crunchyroll Expo, horror manga master Junji Ito will be making his first North American appearance at another big event. Viz Media announced plans to bring Junji Ito to this year’s Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF), which will …Read more »
Chirpy, eternally hopeful young Yukie works as a caseworker for elder care company Green Net. Unfortunately, thanks to the meddling of a jealous colleague, the senior citizens she’s dispatched to care for are the toughest cases: difficult, dangerous, and frequently supernatural. Yukie’s assignments include a …Read more »
One of the most exciting anime announcements of late, especially for horror fans, involved plans to adapt the work of manga author Junji Ito ( Uzumaki , Gyo , Tomie ). Those plans have been expanded along with the opening of a teaser site , …Read more »
Manga: it ain’t just about the laughs. One of the most appealing parts of the medium, as our readers well know, is the wide range of genres it spans, and with it, the wide range of emotions it can evoke. That includes among other things …Read more »
Kichijoji, a neighborhood in west Tokyo, has had a long relationship with anime. It’s host of several anime studios, the Ghibli Museum, and a healthy assortment of anime, manga and subculture-related shops and cafes. Since 1999, Kichijoji’s also been the host of Kichijoji Anime Wonderland, …Read more »
After reading Uzumaki , good luck looking at spirals the same way again. Teen Kirie Goshima lives in a small town that’s… off. Her boyfriend Shuichi says he can feel it and they need to get out. Unfortunately, neither one of them heed his advice. …Read more »
Some people really love their manga. The Kingyo Used Books series can give you an idea of why. Kingyo Used Books is written in the form of easygoing and readable vignettes. Each vignette has to do with a manga, and that in turn has to …Read more »
The Mad Gamer (R) and co. play some "hot licks" while vintage boom boxes graze on the sound waves. Document two: “The Poison Spider Mansion Ambush” I’m thanking my lucky stars. I’m praying to a pantheon of dark gods that don’t even exist and hopefully …Read more »
Tenma and her classmates are back, and they kick off the second season of School Rumble (Or Schoorum , as the kiddies are calling it) with some quick period piece action and a rapid-fire recap that puts Harima vainly in the spotlight. That's perfectly fine, …Read more »
This evil season may be just about ending for you boils and ghouls, but Halloween's restless spirit can float on eternally for those with a taste for truly macabre manga delights. For a meaty primer, we've concocted a list of some of the most sinister …Read more »
Wonder House of Horrors is a horror anthology consisting of ten short stories: “Ugly Face,” “The Amazing Dismembered Girl,” “Monologue,” “Severance,” “Speed Girl,” “Wonder Valentine,” “Chocolate Man,” “Mission School,” “The Hut in the Mountains” and “The Mansion of Sweet Mystery.” The main characters in these …Read more »
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