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At the New York Asian Film Festival this past weekend, I was fortunate enough to soak in Tokyo Gore Night (more on that in detail later), featuring Tokyo Gore Police madman Yoshihiro Nishimura and Machine Girl maniac Noburo Iguchi. The two directors showed off some …Read more »
Piano vocal unit duo Kitri—which consists of older sister Mona and younger sister Hina—provided one of the two ED theme songs for the Komi Can’t Communicate anime. After “Sympathy” was used in the first episode, Kitri’s “Hikare inochi” took over starting at the end of …Read more »
Back in the day Media Blasters was one of the main companies in America bringing over anime. It hit some hard times, but while other companies folded, it’s hung on. Now, says CEO John Sirabella, the company is back on a real schedule, re-releasing titles …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: If you're brave enough for a concentrated shot of horror, prepare to enter the relentlessly eerie world of Japanese ghost stories. Lock the door, turn off the lights, and get ready for some intense frights with now available on Blu-ray and DVD. The …Read more »
Prison School is pure id, the sort of utterly shameless concept whose unprecedented levels gives self-styled “art connoisseurs” the necessary levels of disdain they need to continue functioning. Early in the career of manga author Akira Himamoto, his editors tasked him with creating Me and …Read more »
You thought it couldn’t be done: the over-the-top, almost criminally perverted manga-turned-anime Prison School is becoming a live-action TV series. This past Friday, the cast of the series was revealed in a series of photographs that shows them looking remarkably similar to their manga counterparts. …Read more »
Sushi Typhoon is dead, all hail Sushi Typhoon. Or should we? A vomitorium established by ace producer Yoshinori Chiba to allow Japan's grodiest a stage to run wild, it was supposed to be the V-cinema equivalent of huffing a plastic bag full of …Read more »
Kazuo Koike may be the most respected living manga author of all, but read enough of his manga and you’ll realize that respect comes from the fact that he’s certifiably insane. But he won’t be around forever, so in order to ensure that his manga-fu …Read more »
Before Tokyo Gore Police came out in theaters here or abroad, the ridiculous trailer surfaced online. At almost five minutes long, it was tough to believe that there was anything worth seeing beyond the massive display of gore previewed. Now, having finally seen the movie, …Read more »
King Records was founded 90 years ago, and to mark the prestigious anniversary, it’s holding an art exhibit with anime titles it’s invested in. The exhibit doesn’t cost any money, and it’s currently going on in Tokyo until January 16. After that it will be …Read more »
While Disney has been involved with anime in the past, its streaming service Disney+ is officially kicking off its foray into the world of simulcasting. The service is looking to get things started in full force in 2022, and has already revealed a handful of …Read more »
Studio Ghibli producer Yoshiaki Nishimura (actually, ex-producer, as he made sure to point out in his apology) kicked up a ruckus last month when he declared that women are “realistic” as compared to “idealistic” men, making the former unsuitable for directing Ghibli films. Never mind …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 »
Rika Ishikawa came from Japan to appear at the New York Comic Con/New York Anime Festival combined event on October 8 & 9, 2010. A former member of girl group sensation Morning Musume, Ishikawa came in character as the “Angry” half of the punk/gothic rock …Read more »
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