You know we're livin' in the future when Shinto priests start "blessing the ground upon which the Mobile Suit will stand." The only thing better than that is having the actual MS stand there, which is precisely what's going down in Shizuoka on April 27, …Read more »
Good news for fans of Mazinkaiser , and giant robot enthusiasts in general, comes out of the June issue of Hobby Japan . The magazine announced the return of the completely badass spin-off to Go Nagai's legendary Mazinger Z . Details are currently about as …Read more »
Sad news surfaced this past weekend, as word got around that anime pioneer Carl Macek passed away as the result of a heart attack on April 17, 2010. It's nearly impossible to be too young to have been affected in some way by his work, …Read more »
If you’ve picked up the most recent issue of OUSA, you’ve likely read a review of the shoujo drama Glass Mask . In doing a bit of research for that review, we came to learn about previous incarnations of the story and found one of …Read more »
This should come as good news for anyone that double-dipped on FUNimation's Evangelion 1.0 and 1.11 releases. The Japanese Blu-ray and DVD editions of the second in the rebuild series, Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance , will feature the longer version of the film …Read more »
I figured it's been a while since I've watched Neon Genesis Evangelion in its entirety, so going into Evangelion 1.11 would be kind of a fresh slate viewing, or at least a memory-jogging one. It turns out the former isn't actually possible, but it …Read more »
Are you hankering for a peek at Mobile Suit Gundam UC (AKA Unicorn ), but just can't wait any longer? Don't fret, and don't resort to anything we wouldn't legally recommend, no matter how tempting, as Bandai Channel has offered up a stream of the …Read more »
I’m really not convinced of the efficacy of the “digest version” movie adaptations of so many popular anime shows. Decades ago, they made sense; 24-hour cable TV wasn’t around, so they were used to fire interest in the stuff on TV ( Heidi ), fill …Read more »
Recently, I was going through some older anime magazines and saw a blurb about the impending release of the Vehicle Team Voltron DVD sets… accompanied by a pic from the Lion team. I started looking through other publications and it occurred to me there’d been …Read more »
Now this is what I'm talking about. I mean, I enjoy the fact that services like Hulu and Crunchyroll have the ability to offer up to the minute (or hour) simulcasts of new shows, but what really gets me goin' is the prospect of more …Read more »
I long ago stopped asking the world aloud why I don't live in or near San Francisco. Now I just think it on a regular basis. Old woes have been popping up once again, though, ever since Viz Cinema started, well, showing awesome stuff within …Read more »
Is there a better way to start one's weekend than with a double whammy of Gundam trailers? I think not, and recommend doing just that with the embedded videos below. The first of the two is a promotional video for the Gundam Unicorn OVA, and …Read more »
Dedication, loyalty, and an unstoppable will to serve. It could be a fanatical religion, a really serious waitressing gig, or an incredibly unhealthy crush. In the case of Shattered Angels, it's almost a combination of all three as Kuu Shiratori and company learn their fate. …Read more »
Nabari No Ou proves relatively dense for a ninja manga. As mentioned in my review of volume one, it stands out from other shonen ninja series in its reversal of protagonist archetypes. Miharu's withdrawn, indifferent attitude has been seen before in mecha series, but in …Read more »
Neon Genesis Evangelion came out at an interesting time, which is one of the reasons it has such a bizarre collection of videogame adaptations under its belt. Technically, around the time of the show's debut in 1995, some regions of the world still tolerated vaguely …Read more »
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