Well it looks like Japan this summer is the place to be if you want authentic anime-inspired theme park rides. Anime news network reports that the official website for the ride Gundam Crisis has disclosed more information about this attraction. This is the first time man will ever see a full, life-sized Gundam model, at 18-meters or 59-feet in length.
This attraction will be located in Fuji-Q Highland, and will feature 3D CG mechanical animation compiled with 2D character animation. It takes place during the One Year War as Amuro Ray’s...
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As a lover of all-things-cute-japanese things, I simply can't wait to see some domestically released crazy licensed products. I'm also holding out for Gloomy, the bear that kills its owner....
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Play Along Gets Domo-Kun License
March 29, 2007
Florida-based Play Along Toys, a division of Jakks Pacific, has been named the North American master toy licensee for Domo-Kun, the mascot for Japanese broadcaster NHK. Nickelodeon has acquired 26 two-minute stop action shorts, which it plans to...
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Obviously Walmart and Target already pulled the material from their website, but it's interesting to note that such "family retailers" would let this slip through.
I'm not sure if this is good or bad press for anime, but it certain look negative right now.
From Walmart.com: "In Volume 3 of the ultra popular, kinky, sex-full Yaoi Hentai, you'll see tentacle monster Trach nailing an unsuspecting bus rider, a poor bishonen with his wiener caught in a fence hole and the perv friend who helps, a yaoi take on the "Aristocrats" joke, hot loving...
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According to the article, Sci Fi Channel has the rights to Miyazaki's "Tales From the Earthsea" but won't release it to the U.S. until 2009.
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Sci Fi Channel Blocking Miyazaki Film
October 17, 2006
Writing in Sunday's New York Times, anime/manga maven Charles Solomon interviewed Earthsea author Ursula K. Le Guin, who said that the U.S. release of Goro Miyazaki's Tales From Earthsea could be delayed until 2009 "as long as the Sci-Fi Channel people sit on their rights, which they have until '09" (the Sci Fi Channel aired a live action...
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I must confess that I love Jubei and was pleasantly surprise to find out that he has his own comic book series, published by Wildstorm Comics (Image Comics).
The original anime by Mad House was released in 1993 and found its way to US audience under the title Ninja Scroll. I first heard about it from a girl who listened to my radio show. She told me that this was a great film and that I should check it out.
Anyway, the anime was so popular that it spawned a direct-to-dvd television series (I think was made primarily for the US audience).
The remote controlled Gunwalker robot lets you walk the guy in "true two leg walking action" by using the "Magna Traction System".
How does this space-age technology work? Electro-magnets in the soles "communicates timing to the system so one foot remains planted on the combat field". In regular-speak, that means this guy shouldn't fall down when you're walking him around your dining room table. Plus, he comes with a gun, a bigger gun, a knife, a little man to step on, and a bright red cyclopean eye.
The Gundam is 7 meters high, 3 meters wide and apparently took over 10 months to build. There are several hydraulic pistons in the structure, one of them supposedly located in its crotch.
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Oshi 3 years 3 months ago
Masamune Shirow is now one of the most famous anime and manga creators in the world. Indeed, for a time, he was more popular outside of Japan than inside. He was chosen as an early author to bring to the West because of many stylistic similarities between his work and traditional American comics. Ghost in the Shell is a famous anime in the West based on his work, hence his popularity. Many people mistake him for the creator of the original anime movie, but he had no major role in its production. Mamoru Oshii directed both movies, which were...
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Kenshi 3 years 3 months ago
Masamune Shirow's full-CG anime film "Appleseed" has been made into a game!
Appleseed video game developed by Dream Factory and Saga contains an original movie that is only available with the video game and elements which connect it to the new film "Ex Machina," by John Woo Productions. The video game will be available in stores in Japan on Setember 28, 2006 for the Playstation 2, and the animated feature film will premiere in theaters sometime in 2007.
The film based on Masamune Shirow's legendary work, which was in itself like a dream...
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Motu 3 years 3 months ago
The American leg of Japanese publisher Namco Bandai confirm that the PlayStation 3 actioner, Mobile Suit Gundam, is coming to the United States, Canada, and surrounding territories sometime within next year. Whether the announcement means that the game will be ready before the end of 2006 or many months afterward is still unknown.
Several years in the making and one of two next-generation Gundam titles in production (the other game is "One Year War" for Xbox 360), the Japanese version of Mobile Suit Gundam was recently profiled in the...
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