Search Results for: Appleseed
Wow, can you believe it’s already been 10 years since Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex first aired? Mere weeks ago Anime Los Angeles held a panel to mark the occasion, where voice actors Richard Epcar (Batou), Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (Major Kusanagi) and your …Read more »
Japan is getting a live-action version of the classic Tatsunoko Production anime Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (AKA Battle of the Planets and G-Force ), and a preview clip offers an early look at the film's cast. The video may not have any subtitles, but it …Read more »
Japanese rock duo Boom Boom Satellites, known in the west for a number of contributions to popular anime and films, have announced the release of their first album in two years, entitled Embrace. The album will feature the single “Broken Mirror,” which was used as …Read more »
That’s Metal Skin Panic: MADOX-01 for you, another one-shot OVA from those halcyon days of yore, the Nineteen Eighties, when anime didn’t have to make sense and when dedicated animators poured their blood, sweat, and tears into making sure every cel of a firing howitzer …Read more »
Funimation dished a couple of announcements fresh out of Katsucon this past weekend, one of them concerning the acquisition of To . To is a sci-fi OVA directed by Fumihiko Sori. Sori's previous animated work includes Appleseed (producer, 2004 film) and Vexille (director). He also …Read more »
Satoshi Kon, 1963-2010 As I sit here typing this, word is breaking on Twitter and elsewhere on the web that anime director Satoshi Kon has died, age 47. Although the details are still sketchy, both the co-founder of studio Gainax and studio Madhouse have already …Read more »
Hidemi Fukuhara, President and CEO of VIZ Media and Jeff Brown, Warner Home Video Vice President and General Manager have reached an agreement along with their respective companies for Warner's distribution of new and catalog DVD releases from VIZ. The distribution deal goes into effect …Read more »
Vexille is a tale of a future Japan that, just as their Asimo and Aibo robots predicted, has isolated itself from us all, tinkering with biomechanics on a level we couldn't possibly imagine. Perhaps the rest of us are to blame, having shunned cybernetics so …Read more »
I'm gonna cut right to the chase. Did you enjoy the 2004 Appleseed EX movie? Guess what: you're going to enjoy Vexille , end of discussion. Why are you even thinking about this? You could be watching Vexille right now. There is no need for …Read more »
It's been a while since I attended AX myself (back in '05), and once again I ended up spending Independence Day weekend (also known in some circles as Will Smith Weekend) far away from the LA Convention Center. I almost felt like I was there, …Read more »
In America, 2D animation is on the downswing. Ever since Pixar came along and made truckloads with fully 3D CGI films such as Toy Story or Finding Nemo , and more traditionally animated 2D movies like Treasure Planet and Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas …Read more »
Interview excerpted from the December issue of OTAKU USA ] In spite of the success of his groundbreaking 2004 film Appleseed and the buzz surrounding the upcoming sequel, Ex Machina , Shinji Aramaki is quite possibly the most famous and influential anime insider you've never …Read more »
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