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Even if it didn’t include directing Sword of the Stranger , Hanasaku Iroha , and Blast of Tempest , Masahiro Ando’s resume would be still be pretty darn impressive. Starting his career as a key animator, Ando’s action sequences in films like Jin-Roh , Cowboy …Read more »
“Hard science fiction,” sci-fi based somewhat in reality (think 2001 , not Star Wars ) is kind of hard to come by in the world of anime. So we’re pumped at this week’s announcement of a new hard sci-fi series called Knights of Sidonia. The …Read more »
A contradictory scene in rural Japan: by the bank of a river, a master and his apprentices dye traditional Japanese fabric by hand, the way it’s been done for hundreds of years. In the river, a human-shaped robot plays in the water, trying to catch …Read more »
Today is one of those days where shipping just doesn’t make a lot of sense. Yen Press, for example, has a truck load of new titles out, supposedly this week, but while big online retailers have their copies, other book distributors are still left waiting—and …Read more »
It's not such a bad time to be a Patlabor fan, is it? Not only did Maiden Japan announce the license of the Mobile Police Patlabor OVAs back in January, but they also recently added the entire 47-episode TV series, with plans to release it …Read more »
Black Magic M-66 is one of those titles that totally defines a formative era in western anime to me. Different things click for different people, but I still have vivid memories of everything from the OVA itself to the countless times I watched the commercials …Read more »
On March 4, the American anime and manga communities lost a legend with the passing of Toren Smith. He was 52 years old. Even if you don’t recognize his name, Smith’s influence is still felt by anyone who reads manga in the United States. He …Read more »
The used anime section is a cultural wasteland. Younger anime fans may not remember the days when anime on American home video didn’t generally come in full-season or half-season chunks. In the late Nineties and early Aughts, a typical twenty-six episode television series would run …Read more »
One of the biggest draws to anime conventions is always the chance to meet American voice actors, whose panels and events draw huge crowds and whose adoring fans come in droves to be regaled with insights, behind-the-scenes stories and voice acting tips. But despite their …Read more »
Last month we got a sneak peek at the second arc of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure with an early look at the visuals . Magazine pics are all well and good, but with the "Battle Tendency" arc nearly upon us, it's time to turn toward a …Read more »
At this point, director Kenji Kamiyama has pretty much become the filmmaking equivalent to a cover band for Mamoru Oshii. Between constantly hiring Oshii mainstay Kenji Kawai to do his musical scores and a penchant for inserting complex real world politics and, lately, religious allusions, …Read more »
Halloween comes but once a year, and what better way to celebrate the bewitching season than with an anime about things that go bump in the night? Unfortunately, very few horror-themed anime receive commercial releases in English-speaking countries, and most of them have more in …Read more »
Happy belated Thanksgiving, fellow Canadians out there! A perfect prelude to acknowledgement that this week's On The Shelf is a tad later than normal – turkey comas and all that, you know? But this week's manga listings were quick to snap me out of it. There …Read more »
FUNimation has officially announced its fall simulcast schedule, with six new shows joining its streaming anime lineup. Subscribers to the FUNimation Elite Video service will be able to watch the new shows in HD and without ads when they debut. The lineup includes Code: Breaker …Read more »
As we recently reported , last week saw the announcement of an extremely ambitious and exciting project from animation house Production I.G. and director Masaaki Yuasa: Kick-Heart , an animated short to be paid for by fan contributions via crowd-funding website Kickstarter. Kick-Heart , a …Read more »
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