Search Results for: Katsuhiro Otomo
Tragedy struck the world of anime on August 24th, 2010, with the passing of director Satoshi Kon at age 46. Kon, creator of the films Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers and Paprika , as well as the series Paranoia Agent , was a once-in-a-generation …Read more »
Quite a few announcements went down during this past weekend's Otakon convention in Baltimore, with companies revealing new licenses and additional rights to existing series. FUNimation had the largest stable, with the addition of One Piece Film: Strong World and much more. One Piece Film: …Read more »
Michael Sinterniklaas is no stranger to the world of voice acting. Founder of New York-based recording studio NYAV Post, Sinterniklaas is well-known not just as the voice of American cartoon characters like Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) and Dean Venture in …Read more »
In this age of Internet streaming, it’s easy to forget that only a few scant years ago, the most efficient way to experience anime was to collect it on home video in such formats as VHS, laserdisc, and DVD. This required disposable income, dedication, and …Read more »
Heads up: contains some Eden of the East spoilers As we know from grade school in the U.S., a democracy is rule by the people. So how about a gerontocracy? Is that a state ruled by the old (the geriatric)? This fancy-pants term comes up …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 »
I'm much more eager to post about this than the still-alive rumblings of Zac Effron being considered for the role of Kaneda. After all, is there anything that makes a movie's existence more "real" than the inclusion of Morgan Freeman? Apparently Freeman is circling the …Read more »
For those readers who aren’t familiar with the man or the studio, Hiroyuki Yamaga is one of the founding members of GAINAX, the animation studio that produced such works as Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise , Neon Genesis Evangelion , FLCL and Gurren …Read more »
That's right, you get two for the price of one today, as a handful of us were a bit tied up at this year's New York Anime Festival (and we'd like to thank everyone that stopped by the booth!). Even in the cavernous echo of …Read more »
Fans of the excellent thriller Monster will find a lot to look forward to next year, as two more series from creator Naoki Urasawa are topping VIZ Media's 2009 release list. The titles in question are 20th Century Boys and Pluto: Urusawa X Tezuka , …Read more »
French artist Jérôme Alquié grew up with anime being aired in France, and these days it’s paying off. He’s working with Leiji Matsumoto on the comic Space Pirate Captain Harlock from ABLAZE Publishing, which is currently being published. And he is working on a Saint …Read more »
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