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Gundam Theme Park Opening in Tokyo in April
Filed under: Manga, Anime, Culture
It won't quite hit the scale of Tokyo Disney, but a new mini theme park dedicated to all things Gundam will surely be the mech-iest place on Earth when it opens up on April 19. According to Sankei News, Bandai's Gu... [read more]
Aaron McGruder of ‘Boondocks’ on Working with George Lucas and His Future In Comics
Filed under: Movies, Television, Interviews, Anime, Animation, Comic Strips, Culture
Red Tails, the George Lucas action adventure about the Tuskegee Airmen, opens this weekend after twenty years in development. The project features a cast and crew... [read more]
Five Reasons You Need To See Takeshi Koike’s ‘Redline’ [Video]
Filed under: Video, Anime, Opinion
Takeshi Koike's Redline hits Blu-ray on January 17. It's a racing anime that feels like it synthesizes the best parts of the Fast & Furious franchise, the destructive core of Twisted Metal, and the absurd des... [read more]
AKIRA film in doubt…again
Looks like we might not get that "New Manhattan" live action version of AKIRA after all. I know you're all crying. Maybe Warner Bros. knows that too, as they shut down the Vancouver production office: [read more]
TRAILER: Blade the anime series
There’s a new trailer for the Blade anime series which kicks off on January 13, 2012. Harold Perrineau voices Eric Brooks, the supernatural Daywalker known as Blade, making his animated series debut with more action, terrifying villains and blood... [read more]
Major Spoilers Holiday Gift Guide 2011: Neon Genesis Evangelion Chopsticks
I know what is on our holiday menu this year – sushi, soba noodles, and a honey glazed ham… And what better way to celebrate the downing of food, than with chopsticks inspired by the Neon Genesis anime series. Not … Continue reading &... [read more]
Life-Size Gundam Gets its Legs in Groovy Time-Lapse [Video]
Filed under: Video, Anime
Having already chronicled the proud presentation of the 1/1 scale Mobile Suit Gundam in Shizuoka, Japan last year, YouTube user darwinfish105 has returned to see the mech warrior reassembled in Odaiba. Gundam's legs get mos... [read more]
‘PokeAwesome’ Takes Pokemon Battles Into NSFW Territory [Video]
Filed under: Gaming, Video, Anime, Animation
Now in its 14th season of catching 'em all, the Pokémon anime continues to entertain the world's youth with its messages of choosing friends based on their ability to beat up other people's friends... [read more]
New Images From the Live Action ‘Rurouni Kenshin’ Movie Surface
Filed under: Movies, Manga, Anime, News
Rurouni Kenshin fans got their first look at Japan's live action film last week in the pages of Jump Square magazine with a single image of star Takeru Satoh holding Kenshin's signature sakabato reverse-bladed... [read more]
‘White Akira’ Pours One for America’s Dreaded Live Action Movie [Art]
Filed under: Movies, Manga, Anime, Humor, Art
Responding to Acting Auditions' plot synopsis for the live action Akira film on the way from Warner Bros., Curious Old Library's Chris Schweizer has illustrated his tongue-in-cheek excitement for a film ... [read more]
‘Akira’ Movie Update: Kaneda the Bartender and Actual Japanese Person Offered Role
Filed under: Movies, Manga, Anime, News
As predicted by George Takei in April, Warner Bros. Pictures seems intent on making its live-action adaptation of AKIRA -- the seminal manga and anime by Katsuhiro Otomo -- as pointless as possible. Takei and ... [read more]
Actual Asian person Ken Watanabe potentially offered role in AKIRA remake
The long on-again, off-again life action Akira movie is decidedly on again at Warners, with Jaume Collet-Sera to direct Steve Kloves script. Given that AKIRA is a worldwide classic of anime and Japanese film in general that hugely influenced both animation and the cyberpunk movement, it seems ripe for reinvention [read more]
Scott Porter on the X-Men Anime, Voicing Cyclops, and Why He Quit Reading DC Comics [Interview]
Filed under: Marvel, Television, Anime
The X-Men Anime debuted its first episode on G4 last Friday, the latest in the Marvel Anime series of cartoons produced by and for a Japanese audience. The English translation of the show features performances... [read more]
Scott Porter on the X-Men Anime, Voicing Cyclops, and Why He Quit Reading DC Comics [Interview]
Filed under: Marvel, Television, Anime
The X-Men Anime debuted its first episode on G4 last Friday, the latest in the Marvel Anime series of cartoons produced by and for a Japanese audience. In the American version of the show, the series features ... [read more]
Warner Bros. Officially Greenlights White ‘Akira’ As More White ‘Akira’ Films Propagate [Video]
Filed under: Movies, Manga, Video, Anime, Music, News
Warner Bros. has officially "greenlit" production of AKIRA, the studio's long-in-development live-action adaptation of the classic manga and anime created by Katsuhiro Otomo. The studio announced... [read more]
Live action AKIRA is GO once more at WB
After many starts and stop -- an Albert Hughes directed version had the plug pulled after pre-production had already started earlier this year -- Warner Bros has greenlit a live action AKIRA remake again. This time Jaume Collet-Serra (ORPHAN) is set to direct. The movie apparently got new life after [read more]
More Starship Troopers on the way
While the first Starship Troopers movie brought a lot of attention to the bug menace that threatens the universe, subsequent movies didn’t fare as well. There was a very well done animated series that ran about eleven years ago, and … Conti... [read more]
Parting Shot: ‘Saturday Night Live’ Skewers Anime and J-Pop Fans [Video]
Filed under: Television, Manga, Anime, Humor
Actress Anna Faris hosted Saturday Night Live over the weekend, appearing in a skit called "J-Pop America Fun Time Now" that parodied American fans of anime and J-Pop and even implied -- via Jason Sudeikis... [read more]
$1,000 ‘AKIRA’ Jacket The Last Piece Of Clothing You Will Ever Need [Fashion]
Filed under: Manga, Anime Does it still count as cosplay if you spend nearly $1,000 on an official replica, or is that just looking really damn good? In any event, the object in question is one of the greatest accoutrements in all of science fiction ... [read more]
Parting Shot: Dramatic ‘Akira’ Image Transformed into LEGO
Filed under: Manga, Anime, Culture, Parting Shot
Fans of the seminal anime and manga Akira -- or the time-honored internet tradition of transforming just about anything into Lego format -- may enjoy this Lego rendition by Flickr user SPARKART! of ... [read more]