Being Yellow Menace’s resident ‘Asian Design Major’ (as Greg likes to call me), I found this interesting… What Do I Do With Those Damn Anime Kids? Excerpt: Introductions were made, and more chitchat was had about the problem at hand, namely, the Damn Anime Kid. “They just wanna draw the same stuff over and over again. The big eyes, the [...]
I don’t have time to properly eulogize him, but I was shocked to learn via Twitter that anime director Satoshi Kon (Paranoia Agent, Tokyo Godfathers, Paprika) died today at age 47. Rest in peace, sir…
Yesterday, our friends at Daily Bento (www.dailybento.com) featured this delicious Gundam fan film from back in the day. It recreates an epic mobile suit battle from the show- with people. But they’re not dressed in Gundam costumes, oh no. They’re just wearing clothes and wielding cardboard weapons. Which somehow makes it more awesome than if they’d actually constructed costumes. Rad.
This week we discuss the new Godzilla film from Legendary Pictures, the Warren Ellis produced Marvel anime due on G4 in 2011, and Space Battleship Yamato: The Movie. We also briefly discuss Ed’s strange fascination with the Daredevil movie. Special Guest commentator – AnaKhouri’s husband! The consensus on Godzilla and Yamato was mixed, but we all agree Marvel anime is [...]
With Gen Con Indy 2010 less than a week away, I thought it would be good to provide a rundown of what we’re looking forward to checking out at the con – while many think of Gen Con solely as a tabletop gaming convention, the truth is that Gen Con has a lot to offer no matter what portion of [...]
Uh, I thought at first it didn’t look as bad as I’d feared, but by the end I’d decided it really was as bad as I feared. Trailer From Tokyo Anime Fair Harlock is a badass, right? But this movie is making him look…too badass. Harlock is badass in a quiet manner. He knows he’s awesome and has nothing to [...]
Actually it was voice actor Peter Fernandez, who portrayed Greg ‘Speed’ Racer, in the American version of the seminal anime. Hernandez also voiced Mark Venture in the U.S. version of Space Battleship Yamato, aka Star Blazers. Farewell, Peter – enjoy your final lap.
Anime News Network has a collection of some pretty sweet anime origami. Some of the related links contain instructions for how to fold your own Howl’s Moving Castle or whatever, but I don’t have time for that shit so I’ll just look at other people’s pictures of their hard work. Origami Gallery
Here’s a couple videos about the latest from the revered Studio Ghibli- an adaptation of Mary Norton’s The Borrowers. We’ll definitely be seeing it (Shapiro Keats is all about stories concerning little tiny people, and hey, it’s Ghibli). Teaser Trailer Longer Trailer Although I think the story should be called The Takers because really, they never give your stuff back, [...]
This week we interview with Zebediah De Soto – director of the upcoming 3D animated film Night of the Living Dead: Origins. Show Notes Night of the Living Dead: Origins official website Night of the Living Dead: Origins Facebook page Yellow Menace Interview: Dawn of the Dead’s Ken Foree
Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God. >hyperventilates< DO WANT They’re wearing…Space Battleship Yamato uniforms. Apparently Kitty and Yamato share a birthday, their 36th, to be exact. ANN Article My current cell phone actually has a place to put a charm or ten…so I am going to go hit up ebay right now.
So Manga and Viz are joining forces to show the first episode of Monster online tonight at 7 (EST) while people chat about the anime as they watch. See it here! Which is kind of neat, but I still can’t forgive Viz for the crappy way they are releasing Monster (see my angry letter to Viz further down the page). [...]
Are you proud to call yourself an otaku, completely ignoring the bad connotations thanks to the “Otaku Killer”? Do you live in your mom’s basement and work in IT and cry every night because Rei from Neon Genesis Evangelion isn’t real and she can’t hold you in her arms at night until you fall asleep? Then you may just be [...]
Dear Viz, Your cover art for the U.S. DVD release of the anime Monster looks nice. That’s about all I can say for it. You see, this series is 74 episodes- hella long. And yet your first release is a 3-DVD set. 3 full-size DVDs in cases, in a slipcase. That’s kind of stupid, since all the DVDs will take [...]
Hey hey! What do you say! It’s a brand-new trailer for the live-action version of Beck today!] Trailer! Koyuki looks kind of older than he should be. Which is weird, since he’s Asian one would expect him to look even younger than 14.