Tag Archive: Anime

Space Battleship Yamato: 2199 Gets A Facelift

If you were a fan of Space Battleship Yamato (Star Blazers to us Americans) growing up, then you’re definitely going to like this.  It’s not about the live action version that I’ve still yet to see, but rather a remake of the original animated classic. From the looks of the trailer, it’s going to be…

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Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos Trailer and Listings

Fullmetal Alchemist has been one of my favorite anime series. Unfortunately I haven’t kept up on it in recent days, but that didn’t cause me to be any less giddy when I saw this trailer. Not only because of my personal fanboyism, but also that good anime is hard to find in theaters. The film…

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7ft Papercraft Gundam Kills Forests, Livens up Living Rooms

While we are likely light years away from actually piloting our own Gundam mobile suits, that’s not stopping people from building them. Whether it’s a full scale, life size mobile suit, or this one, made entirely of paper. From a price point, I’ll go with the paper one. Which is exactly what Seattle, Washington artist…

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Trailer of the Week: The Secret World of Arriety

I sometimes cringe when I hear that Disney has its meddling hands in Japanese animation, but on the other hand if it helps the movie to reach a broader audience, that can only be a good thing. And when I think of Studio Ghibli, only good things come to mind. Their latest upcoming release is…

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Live-Action Akira is a go

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Three years after purchasing the rights Warner Bros. has finally given to go ahead to begin production on a live-action version of the famed anime film, Akira. Yippee? I say yippee with great uncertainty. It isn’t because I’m not excited for the movie, I am, but considering the lengths the studio has gone through to…

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Grab Bag 10/7

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The Dalai Lama uses Google+ and a heart in a jar, in today’s grab bag. Curious how your city stack up against the rest of the US when it comes to buying games? – Kotaku I imagine a zombie monkey would fling some mean zombie monkey poo. Not this little guy though. – ThinkGeek Google+…

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Trailer of the Week: Redline

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Perusing through the many, many movies being screened at the upcoming Toronto After Dark Film Festival I couldn’t help but notice this little gem. It’s for an anime film called Redline. While the movie was released in Japan last year, it makes it’s big screen debut here in the states at Toronto. The theme for…

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