Fist of the North Star is probably the most famous “old” manga, it began a year before I was born (83) and “ended” in 1988. Over the years it spawned a faithful fanbase that accompanied it and ensured a few followup stories and even an MMO!
The beta testing has already started, and will last until […]

Just looking at the poster above awakens the terrible geek inside me everytime. What iconic figure can do that to any self respecting geek than Astroboy himself?
I’ve been collecting Astroboy figures ever since I saw my first Astroboy toy way back in 1976. Ever since then I’ve tried to keep the memory of Osamu […]

Casting for the live action Dragon Ball Z continues with some very interesting choices. One of the first people to be cast was of course the actor that will play Goku and Justin Chatwin was given that honor. Chatwin does not have a very long acting resume, having only knocked appearances in Smallville and Lost. […]

Coming down the pipeline from Anime News Network is some crazy news you likely weren’t expecting.  Tyndale House Publishers will be releasing a manga series aptly titled “Manga Bible” which will have popular Japanese manga artists retelling famous Bible stories.  Hidenoi Kumai has been announced as the author of the first volume, with Kazumi Shinozawa and […]

I’m not really sure how to describe this product. In this case, I think that the image is sufficient.

And yes, it is a real product.

In a recent move, which should certainly help popularize iTunes and the iPod a bit more in Japan Bandai has decided to start distributing some Anime-related videos, which make “sense” to carry in your iPod, if you’re an Anime fan. Instead of distributing whole episodes or movies, they’ve decided to promote Anime Intros/Endings, and Anime […]

So we’ve all seen the promo artwork for the upcoming “Transformers: Animated” television series. And I suppose the initial reaction was to be expected. People reacted this way when the designs for Transformers 2007 were released, people reacted this way when the designs and premise for Beast Wars were released in 1998, and […]

AnimeReactor have just released the results of their polls, and of their Jury’s nominations for the best Anime series of 2006. There will be, in most cases, two awarded series for each category separated by a “-”. The first one refers to the community’s choice and the second refers to the Jury’s pick. When there […]

Today marks the 21st anniversary of Dragonball! It was on this day, in 1986, that the very famous Anime aired the Japanese Nihon TV. If it weren’t for Akira Toriyama’s success with this show, many great shows and games we enjoyed in the past, like Chrono Trigger and Dragon Quest for instance, might have never […]

I have to say, the first time I saw the design for Optimus Prime from the upcoming Live Action Transformers movie…it brought a tear to my eye…and a little vomit to my throat. Of all the designs of Optimus out there over the years, I didn’t think it was possible to completely screw him […]

20 years ago, a little animated series called Robotech entered the homes of American Children, and completely changed their lives forever. We were introduced to Anime…to a more sophisticated animated offering, and Robotech paved the way for every Anime that has hit these shores since.
Robotech itself was a combination of 3 animated series from […]

I wasn’t fortunate enough to have seen Samurai Pizza Cats when it originally aired. I knew it existed, but I sort of passed it off as yet another anthropomorphic animal action cartoon trying to cash-in on the popularity of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (like Street Sharks, Biker Mice from Mars or the COWboys of Moo […]

I’m afraid I wasn’t one of those kids who got to grow up watching Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs, leaving me without a nostalgic fondness for the show. As a result, I tend to view it with a rather critical eye, noticing quite a few flaws and shortcomings. Yet, even as I watch it […]

One day in 1987, Fantasia and Heavy Metal met in a bar. They had a few drinks, got to talking and eventually went back to Heavy Metal’s place. And that’s how Robot Carnival came to be. When I say that Robot Carnival is a fusion of Fantasia and Heavy Metal, I’m not being a smarty-pants. […]

Normally I don’t bother with harem animes since I pretty much know they’re not my thing. However, working at the Anime USA convention as a video ops staff member this year, one of my assignments was to sit in the video rooms and make sure nobody stole the equipment. That also meant I had to […]

Ssso, I had just kidnapped two scientists and ordered them to construct for me a massive ssuper weapon capable of harnessing the magma of the Earth’s molten core in order to raise the planet’s temperature just enough to increase property value in Wyoming (which I had intended to turn into the world’s largest quicksand pit […]