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Here’s a one (room) two punch for you: two trailers for new anime series debuting January 11. First up, it’s Hand Shakers , which, despite the similar naming scheme, is not the sequel to Flip Flappers . No, Hand Shakers is an original TV anime …Read more »
It is a world where evil organizations kidnap people and transform them into cybernetic weapons against their will. It is a world where demonic entities lurk in the shadows, ready to possess and consume human souls at the slightest sign of weakness. It is the …Read more »
Thousands of years ago, three gods working in tandem created the world: Orntorra, the god of the future; Towitorra, the god of the present; and Bantorra, the god of the past. Perhaps the gods grew displeased with their creation, because they disappeared soon afterward. Only …Read more »
Mid-1990s America was a time before high-speed Internet was available in homes, when owning movies was relatively uncommon due to cost. Nationwide video rental stores thrived. They would frequently offer a small section of “Japanimation,” where it would not be uncommon for violent pornography such …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 »
In the mid-1990s, the manga anthology Weekly Shonen Jump was at the zenith of its success in Japan, with a per-issue circulation of over 6 million. This astonishing prosperity came during a time when Dragon Ball was concluding—before Naruto and Bleach existed. Eiichiro Oda, who …Read more »
Those looking for more original anime out of the Kickstarter community should find promise in a new project from a group of Toei Animation veterans. Formed two years ago, Phoenix Angels Studios has been hard at work on a project called Devil's Legacy, and the …Read more »
Long-time readers of Shun Matsuena’s martial arts manga Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple were met with some sad news this past August, as word came down the pipe that Kenichi would be ending on September 17. That marked the end of a particularly impressive run for …Read more »
It’s rare a show experiences a renaissance quite like Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure . The long-running manga and anime franchise has become a fan favorite on both sides of the Pacific in recent years, thanks in large part to the TV anime series from David Production, …Read more »
Like him or not, it’s clear director Shinji Aramaki is at the forefront of Japan’s 3D, computer-generated animation movement. Beginning his directorial career with traditional, hand-drawn anime OAVs like Megazone 23 and MADOX-01 , Aramaki turned to computers to create 2004’s Appleseed . Since then, …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 »
Ah, Macross . One of the great titans of Japanese animated science fiction, this space opera about jet planes that fly in outer space, transform into robots, and fire swarms of missiles amidst a backdrop of interspecies warfare and love triangles involving pop music idol …Read more »
There is a small, albeit significant, minority of anime fans out there for whom the feature film Redline encapsulates the spirit of what they wished most anime produced was like. I consider myself one of them, which is why it’s that much more crushing that …Read more »
Between Birdy the Mighty: Decode and having designed the new Vocaloid character Gumi—aka “Megpoid” due to her voice being provided by Megumi Nakajima, best known for being Ranka Lee in Macross Frontier —Yuuki Masami has experienced a sort of popularity resurgence within the last few …Read more »
In light of Funimation’s re-release of the TV series X , directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, we decided to look back at his classic film Wicked City , as well as Kawajiri’s early work. Released in Japan in 1987, Wicked City (or ‘Supernatural Beast City’ as …Read more »
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