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Featured Spotlight One of the most celebrated anime films of all time is coming back with a Blu-ray release that includes both the English dub and original Japanese language options with subs, as well as a Japanese commentary track. Yep, we're talkin' about Madhouse's incredibly …Read more »
Once upon a time, there was a store called Blockbuster Video. In order to view filmed entertainments at home, customers would travel to their nearest Blockbuster, often several miles away, and rent a film contained on a physical media format – often a shiny metallic …Read more »
Out of all the recent license announcements, one question remained on the minds of many: Where the hell is Mawaru Penguindrum ? Well, Sentai Filmworks answered that question this weekend with the announcement of the Brain's Base animated series, with plans for a release on …Read more »
Many years ago, when I was a lowly assistant-manager-in-training at Video USA Store #16 in Tarpon Springs, Florida, my supervisor, Stacy, once told me something profound. As we discussed film as an art form, Stacy looked me square in the eye and said, “Paul, sometimes …Read more »
Four years ago, back in 2008, first-time anime series director Sayo Yamamoto debuted with Michiko and Hatchin , a phenomenal television show with solid characterization and a distinct visual and aural style that in my mind seemed like a no-brainer for US release. I was …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 »
When something bad happens, a person might say, “Well, it’s not the end of the world.” But with the anime X , it is the end of the world. Armageddon. The end of days. X comes to us from a manga written by CLAMP, the …Read more »
From the young adult section of your local bookstore to every other show on The CW and the recent release of the latest movie installment of Clarissa’s favorite live-action film franchise the Twilight “Saga” (based on her time spent talking about it), vampires are once …Read more »
Sometimes you don't know just how good you've got it until it's gone. When one of the oldest anime publishers in America, Central Park Media, went out of business earlier this year, most fans didn’t really notice. The company had been largely dormant for the …Read more »
This franchise has a rather strange (if short) history. Afro Samurai began as a doujinshi by author Takashi Okazaki which appeared in an independent Japanese magazine, and from that point, Gonzo and Samuel L. Jackson produced it as a 5 episode TV series straight to …Read more »
It's been a good year for anime adaptation announcements. Well, actually, it's always a good year for those, but it's pretty rare that we see much beyond the initial announcement or acquisition of rights. Still, the intention's there, right? Well, Leonardo DiCaprio's production company, Appian …Read more »
Anime viewers who are attentive to the people who actually make animation itself may have previously picked out the name Mamoru Hosoda thanks to his distinctive work on the first two Digimon movies and the sixth One Piece movie. Alternatively, his name may have been …Read more »
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