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Question: Which was the first vocal theme song ever created for or used for an opening or an ending. I heard or read somewhere that the 1963 Tetsuwan

Star Wars: The Last Jedi spoilers follow. I’ve been thinking a bit about Luke in Last Jedi. Contrary to the seeming predominant perspective, I still do like Luke’s

Question: This is a new year and it is officially clear that anime/animesque type series is now more or less accepted internationally in Hollywood films and television. Some

A seemingly ever increasing number of annual anime productions are adaptations of Japanese light novels. Anime productions have frequently been adaptations of other media from the outset of

A pre-adolescent boy lives with a robot pet from the future. The boy’s daily life involves a crush on his female classmate as well as an assortment of

Question: Is Netflix creating a revolution similar to that generated by the introduction of the OVA format? Answer: Inherent within the term “revolution” is the concept of “revolutionary,”

I’ve been an virtually obsessive Dirty Pair fan since roughly 1986. I’ve collected more than 50 Japanese Dirty Pair doujinshi, although I’m probably not even half-way to a

Every year Japan’s anime industry pushes more new anime out to viewers via television broadcast and increasingly by Internet streaming. By comparison, 2010 saw the broadcast of roughly

Best wishes to all for a joyous Christmas season. Here I am this 2017 Christmas mid-day wearing the Totoro hoodie given to me by my closest female friend,

20th Century Fox has released the first trailer for Alita: Battle Angel, producer James Cameron & director Robert Rodriguez’s long-gestating American live-action film adaptation of Yukito Kishiro’s beloved

Since Star Wars Episode VII director Rian Johnson has been contracted to direct the first trilogy of Star Wars films unrelated to the Skywalker family, he has the

Afro Samurai creator Takashi Okazaki’s influence is very prominent in the first trailer for studio Kamikaze Douga’s original Batman Ninja feature film. Mushiking movie director Junpei Mizusaki is

Ask John: Question: As a longtime anime fan, I must break the question. Surely, there is Good World Entertainment, the guys behind Voltron, and were the heads behind

Japanese light novels are so called because they’re typically short and superficial. The vast majority are written in first person perspective, allowing for both quick reading and quick

Question: Have you see a video titled “Anime The Global Medium” by The Canipa Effect on Youtube? If you have seen it, what are you though about it?