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Category: Anime

  • Anime Column for March

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    For those who missed it, my latest anime column at Tokyo Q was posted last Friday. I review GANKUTSUOU and TRAVA – FIST PLANET.

  • Anime Column for February

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    February’s anime column is up at Tokyo Q. A bunch of reviews, starting off with Studio 4C’s MIND GAME film. Oh, and you know, it wouldn’t be a column without a mention of SAMURAI CHAMPLOO.

  • Samurai Champloo Is Back!

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    In case you missed it, SAMURAI CHAMPLOO is back, and oh my, what a great return. The second season kicks off with a great episode that manages to allude to Harajuku (Ura-Edo), graffiti artists, and even manages a cameo by a certain Warholian lover of art… Seems like the show is turning more and more…

  • Anime Column for January

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    My new anime column is up at Tokyo Q. I talk about BECK, ZIPANG, the APPLESEED movie, and the new TV season.

  • Fushigi Sekai Atagoul Monogatari

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    Got the following from Octopus Dropkick: This is a clip from an upcoming feature “all-3d CG animated musical” from Digital Frontier, the company behind the recent CG version of Masamune Shirow’s Apple Seed. Direct link to swf: Here. Still trying to load the clip — it’s taking ages. I absolutely loved Appleseed (I review it…

  • Naoki Urasawa Interview

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    I make no secret of being a huge fan of mangaka Naoki Urasawa — the currently airing animated MONSTER is my favorite series on TV, and his 20TH CENTURY BOYS is my favorite manga (I can’t believe they haven’t animated that one yet). The site Comic Book Galaxy has posted a long article on him,…

  • Anime Column for December

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    My new anime column is up at Tokyo Q. Features a few quick reviews of shows I’m presently following, like MONSTER, OTOGIZOUSHI, SAMURAI 7, and SAMURAI CHAMPLOO.

  • Midnight Eye for December

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    Midnight Eye has a new update, and it’s again anime heavy: an interview with Kawamoto Kihachiro, a feature called “Japanese Anime and the Animated Cartoon,” as well as reviews of Miyazaki Hayao’s HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE and Kon Satoshi’s TOKYO GODFATHERS. They also review the recent otaku themed film KOI NO MON (OTAKUS IN LOVE), and…

  • Howling Box Office

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    Looks like Miyazaki has another hit on his hands. Famed director Hayao Miyazaki’s latest animated film “Howl’s Moving Castle” chalked up 1.48 billion yen in box-office revenue and attracted an audience of 1.1 million people during its first two days of release, a record for a domestic film, Toho Co said Monday. For its first…

  • Chamber of Fear

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    The other day I caught this cool anime ad on TV for Nike, and it ends up that it was produced by Studio 4C (they did two shorts of the ANIMATRIX project, as well as the recent MIND GAME film). Although it was only to be used in the Japanese market, the ad agency liked…