It’s been 10 years since Hideaki Anno, creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion , co-director of Shin Godzilla and all-around otaku genius, left Gainax and founded his own studio, Khara. To celebrate its 10th, Khara has pulled out all the stops for a massive exhibition in …Read more »
The best heroes of shonen manga have defined themselves by their ability to leap countless miles beyond whatever limitations may be holding them back. Maybe it’s some stringbean kid who thinks he’s going to be King of the Pirates, or a ninja-in-training who seems too …Read more »
Say “Hiroshima” to someone from the west and someone from Japan, and you’re likely to conjure up two very different mental images. For most people in America, Hiroshima is synonymous with a single moment: 8:15 am, August 6, 1945, the world’s first use of a …Read more »
In Taboo Tattoo , a 2016 action TV anime with direction by Takashi Watanabe and animation by J.C. Staff, Justice “Seigi” Akatsuka is an ordinary middle school student with a penchant for martial arts and a strong moral sense in favor of his namesake. He …Read more »
Youmacon, Michigan's biggest anime convention, returned again for 2016! As always there were plenty of amazing cosplayers whose costumes ran from the classics like Pokémon to modern day hits like My Hero Academia . Check out some of the best cosplays from the weekend! …Read more »
Warning: includes spoilers for the 2006 Death Note films. First, the good news: Death Note: Light Up the New World is a stunning visual and aural experience. Directed by Shinsuke Sato, it’s the best-looking manga adaptation since, well, Sato’s last film, I Am a Hero …Read more »
Ryosuke Tomoe’s popular horror manga Museum , first serialized in Young Magazine, has been adapted into a live-action film directed by Keishi Otomo ( Rurouni Kenshin ) and starring Shun Oguri ( Lupin III ). Does the live-action version capture the creepy atmospherics of the …Read more »
Anime series have just about covered the entire “player gets stuck in video game” spectrum of stories from A to Z, from reluctant players to those who want to pretend to be in-game gods. So much, it’s almost gotten to the point that it’s downright …Read more »
By some counts , there are as many as 70 new and continuing anime series on right now, and if your response to that crazy bit of knowledge is “no one can watch that many,” you are not alone , my friend. As the season …Read more »
Left to right: Akihiro Yamauchi, Isshin Inudo, Kohei Ando Shin Godzilla , which opened way back in July, is still stomping its way through Japanese theaters. “I just met someone the other day who’s seen it 50 times,” said Akihiro Yamauchi, taking the stage after …Read more »
For three years in a row, the Tokyo International Film Festival has honored an anime director with a series of retrospectives and talk events based around that director’s filmography. Two years ago, it was Evangelion ’s Hideaki Anno ; last year, Mobile Suit Gundam creator …Read more »
We’ve all got that one friend who simply isn’t “traditionally” what women are into. Maybe he’s got a bit of an annoying voice. Maybe he’s too short. Maybe he’s a little creepier than he intends to be. Not that any of that should matter to …Read more »
Talk about a two-way twister. It’s sister sister time over at ranking site Goo, where they have asked their anime-loving readers: who are anime’s cutest female siblings? Let’s take a look at the top 10. 10. Akari and Akane Akaza YuruYuri 9. Cornelia and Euphemia …Read more »
The beauty of the action-adventure shonen battle formula is that it works even when applied to activities that have nothing to do with martial combat. The activity barely matters: you can play games, race cars, build models, and do yo-yo tricks with the same bombast …Read more »
As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be watching anime about gangsters. Fortunately, Japanese animation has provided a handful over the past few years. I’ve enjoyed practically all of them, but a valid criticism of most is that they don’t offer …Read more »
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