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So trains are everywhere in Japan. That should come as no surprise to anyone who has heard the ping-ping-ping-ping of a Hideaki Anno or Makoto Shinkai sepia-tinged railroad crossing. Japan loves its trains and with good reason. Anyone who has endured the dirtiness of a …Read more »
Viz's 2009 publication of Taiyo Matsumoto's GoGo Monster received a lot of love when the time came for year-end Best Of lists, and now this fashionably late reader knows precisely why. This is as good a comic as you're likely to find out there on …Read more »
Tokyo Scum Brigade is another one of those killer blogs like Same Hat that everyone would do well to keep an eye on. They post a ton of great Japanese obscurities that would do a smashing job of titillating many of our readers, but perhaps …Read more »
3-D movies are all the rage right now. You can pretty much sell anyone on something—yes, even a movie featuring Tracy Morgan as a talking guinea pig—so long as it's offered up in some form of 3-D. You know what can sell me on 3-D, …Read more »
Hey, I'm not hitting on you. I just want to see your book. I was sitting over there mesmerized by the cover for half an hour." Never mind that I had only been sitting on that bench for less than ten minutes, the scruffy wanderer …Read more »
Monster Men Bureiko Lullaby is one of the strangest manga you will ever read. It's also one of the most filthy, depraved and disgusting comic books available in English. Not a page goes by without some form of penis gag, and the contents in general …Read more »
Sinking of Japan (2006) is a massive disaster and disappointment directed by Shinji Higuchi, who was once the greatest special effects director in Japan , creating the stunning FX for Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera films. Sinking of Japan is a remake of 1973's Submersion of Japan, …Read more »
Filmmaker Macoto Tezka (AKA Makoto Tezuka) has announced that he'll be taking up the demanding task of finishing his father's—the legendary Osamu Tezuka—final animated work, which has remained unfinished to this day. The God of Manga was only able to complete two of the film's …Read more »
Anyone who knows me well enough will tell you I'm a sucker for anything tokusatsu related. Certainly not to the lengths of our own Mighty Mike Dent, but I'm a fan nonetheless. With that in mind, it's no wonder my interest is piqued over the …Read more »
A DVD-insert interview with Witchblade 's character designer, Makoto Uno, sums up the female aesthetic lynchpin of the series succinctly: "We added a devilish element to the physical beauty of the women and animated them with particular attention to the breasts and butt.•bCrLf He ain't …Read more »
Look for more yaoi reviews in the February issue of Otaku USA , on sale now! Dash! Publisher: DMP Story and Art: Isaku Natsume Rating: 16+ Akimoto, a middling judo wrestler, develops an ill-advised crush on judo champ Saitou after watching him perform at a …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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