I’m not sure how many times I’ve typed something like this: “Warner Bros. is looking at (insert name of director) for its live-action Akira film.” But, uh, it’s a lot. The long-delayed live-action version of the Katsuhiro Otomo manga/anime has been through more directors than …Read more »
Fans of Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind will remember Nausicaa’s main method of transport was a sleek one-man glider called a Mehve. The Mehve is a work of fiction, but one man, Kazuhiko Hachiya, has been working on a real-life version …Read more »
Spring is in the air. Birds are chirping, flowers are blooming, and new anime is airing. In the spirit of the season (or it’s just a coincidence…), two of Japan’s convenience stores, or “conbini,” in the Japanese parlance, are simultaneously running anime promotions. How do …Read more »
Matt Schley
