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Category: Anime

  • Standing for Evangelion

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    How popular is the new Evangelion remake movie (first of 4), EVANGELION: 1.0 YOU ARE [NOT] ALONE, which debuted yesterday? According to Anime News Network, the movie “played to standing-room-only audiences in Tokyo-area theaters from morning to evening.” Also, the film included a preview of the second episode, which showed new EVA designs, and a…

  • Review of The Anime Encyclopedia

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    Patrick Macias reviews THE ANIME ENCYCLOPEDIA: A GUIDE TO JAPANESE ANIMATION SINCE 1917 in today’s edition of THE JAPAN TIMES. You can read it online here.

  • Ghost Hound

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    Why are you going to want to keep an eye out for the upcoming anime series GHOST HOUND? It’s from Production I.G and Masamune Shirow (GHOST IN THE SHELL), and to be directed by Ryutaro Nakamura (SERIAL EXPERIMENTS LAIN). Have a look at the these 2 trailers: here and here. The series will debut October…

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Sample Lab Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro Retail Space You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • Heaveny Sword Animated Shorts

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    In anticipation of the upcoming HEAVENLY SWORD game for the PS3, a series of animated shorts, HEAVENLY SWORD: LEGEND OF THE SWORD, are being released. Originally intended for a membership-only service, they’ve been popping up online, which is great news for us because they really do look terrific (even if the storyline is ho-hum). Via…

  • Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro at LOFT

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    They had a huge corner selling “Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro” merchandise at LOFT in Ikebukuro. Pictured above are some giant panels from the original manga, branded cans of juice, and some diagrams, and innards, of the various characters from the series.

  • Otaku USA 2

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    The second issue of the Patrick Macias-edited OTAKU USA is out. He’s even made a jingle for it!

  • Freedom Project

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    The FREEDOM PROJECT, a collaborative effort with Katsuhiro Otomo to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Nissin’s Cup Noodle, launched last year and it’s only now that I’ve finally seen the episodes that have been released so far (3 of 6, although I think 4 just came out). I think the reason I hadn’t checked it…