I have to be delicate with the way I use the word "toys" in this news bit, because I assure you these will be more "fine collectibles" and less "blister-packaged TMNT characters." Triad Toys, a collector-centric company that has also acquired the rights to produce …Read more »
If those pictures we posted were worth a thousand words, then the latest media for Chris Nahon's live-action Blood: The Last Vampire flick should be worth a cool million. Yahoo! Japan has made a streaming teaser available, though it prompted a download so I'll instead …Read more »
Anime Expo recently announced the first of their guests of honor, the roster-changing female pop sensation, Morning Musume. Since the group's inception in 1997, they've released the most #1 singles of any female Japanese group. They've increased in number, decreased in number, and split like …Read more »
We tackled Namco Bandai's most recent entry in the Tales series (released in 2008 on Xbox 360) in the magazine not too long ago, and now the game will be getting the anime treatment, just like many of its predecessors did. The difference here is …Read more »
Anyone that was at New York Comic Con likely passed or stopped by Anchor Bay's booth at least once. On the side of a Friday the 13th-heavy display stood an image that was blindingly colorful in contrast: the poster for Sakichi Sato's Tokyo Zombie film, …Read more »
When you're a manga-ka as huge as Rumiko Takahashi, you don't even need a title or premise to get people pumped for your next project. That's not to say it's going to be easy to follow an act as massive as the 50-volume monster known …Read more »
Yoshihiro Tatsumi is an astounding manga-ka, and it's a wonder that his work has been hitting store shelves over the last year or two in the form of Drawn & Quarterly's releases. If you haven't checked any of those out, from The Push Man and …Read more »
The answer is simple. Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 -which, if localized here, will be known to each and every one of us as Yakuza 3 -looks very, very awesome. As the first current-gen entry in the series proper (not counting the one that takes place …Read more »
Everyone knows that the most reliable measure of a film's quality is the coinciding toy line. If you don't believe me, dig up some of those old Robocop toys that came with pop gun ammo. Keeping that in mind, the fine folks at the Dragonball …Read more »
This summer will mark a couple of major milestones for both the Fuji TV network and legendary god of manga, Osamu Tezuka. The 80th anniversary of the late creator's birth and the 50th anniversary of Fuji TV are combining to resurrect Tezuka's classic series, Jungle …Read more »
I don't know about you, but I kind of forgot that a live-action Blood: The Last Vampire movie was in the works. Pathe is set to release Chris Nahon's ( Kiss of the Dragon ) film in British theaters on June 12th, so hopefully information …Read more »
With the Shonen world already firmly in their grasp, Viz Media is moving on to more daunting pastures: the world of Japanese science-fiction novels. Beginning this summer, Viz is launching their Haikasoru imprint with a selection of contemporary sci-fi books from Japanese authors, a dedicated …Read more »
Take a gander at this beast coming from Pop Culture Shock Collectibles. Their take on Street Fighter 's Ken is the latest in their line of 1/4 scale statues, following Akuma, Ryu and Cammy. That's right, 1/4 scale. At 18" tall, there is a very …Read more »
Maybe one day my quest to post as many awesome Japanese movie trailers as possible will come to an end, but director Takashi Miike is doing a good job of making sure that day isn't today, so I have yet another Yatterman video to pass …Read more »
Regardless of one's familiarity with Sanpei Shirato's Legend of Kamui manga, the upcoming film adaptation from director Yoichi Sai ( Blood and Bones ) looks like it could be shaping up nicely. It helps if you're a sucker for historical fiction peppered with swords and …Read more »
Joseph Luster
