photo by Yves Tennevin Osamu Kobayashi grew up in the 1970s, something of a golden era for future animators. Weaned on the work of Yoshinori Kanada, Isao Takahata, and Hayao Miyazaki, Kobayashi knew he wanted to be an animator from an early age. After working …Read more »
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 »
Adult Swim's Toonami block is one of those things that doesn't seem as old as it really is, so I initially found all the nostalgic pining for it sort of puzzling. This new wave of nostalgia hit its peak when Cartoon Network pulled a calculated …Read more »
A little over a decade ago, everyone was trading fansubs of Kimagure Orange Road . In 2002, I borrowed a milk crate of VHS tapes from a friend and watched my way through the 1987-1988 TV series, followed by Kimagure Orange Road: The Movie . …Read more »
It's 2012 and I'm watching Yoshiaki Kawajiri's Ninja Scroll . Flash back to the days of Suncoast. Of clamshell VHS releases selling for a searing 30-spot. The days back-patting old school fans pine for but would never actually go back to unless paid a handsome …Read more »
Sega recently announced that the release of Anarchy Reigns —a multiplayer-centric brawler developed by the fine folks at Platinum Games ( MadWorld , Bayonetta )—will be delayed in North America until the first quarter of 2013. That puts it way off the previously listed worldwide …Read more »
GEN Manga has turned one year old! Robert McGuire began publishing monthly doujinshi collections last year and we spoke with him when he was just getting GEN up and running. Now that he’s reached the milestone of year two, we wanted to check back in …Read more »
I really enjoy having a subscription to Shonen Jump Alpha , but I won't lie and say I keep it going for anything other than One Piece . Sure, I've read series like Naruto and Bleach in the past, and I plan to catch up …Read more »
(Warning: The following article may contain spoilers for the end of the Nadesico TV series! Read at your own risk!) In my write-up of Martian Successor Nadesico (see the August issue, on sale now), I mentioned how said series tried its hardest to become something …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 »
As a reviewer, there's something magical about finding a diamond in the rough. It's something a little quirky, maybe something that doesn't quite have mass appeal at first glance. It usually takes a little getting used to, but once you give it a shot, you …Read more »
Thanks to titles like last year's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and The Witcher 2 —the latter of which was recently ported to Xbox 360 to much continued acclaim—there's no shortage of deep, lengthy Western-style RPG experiences for gamers to gorge on. While I'm one …Read more »
Eiichiro Oda has built himself one hell of a playground. It's like those old toy commercials that featured the luckiest kids in the world slammin' their G.I. Joes or Turtles in elaborate, craggy playsets that didn't exist and would take way too much effort and …Read more »
Confession: I wasn't a regular subscriber to Shonen Jump magazine. Unfortunately, there was never a point at which I was caught up enough with any of its series to warrant picking it up, but I still grabbed the occasional issue from bookstores and the ever …Read more »
While watching The Legend of the Legendary Heroes —featured in the latest issue of Otaku USA —I couldn't help but think of the 1990 Record of Lodoss War OVAs. Actually, that happens when I watch any anime that's even vaguely fantasy-related, and it's not because …Read more »
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