Author: John

So Close Yet So Far

Director Rupert Sanders’ live-action Ghost in the Shell movie clearly draws visual and narrative inspiration from both Mamoru Oshii & Kazuchika Kise’s Ghost in the Shell anime adaptations.
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GitS BTS from ET

The glimpses we’re getting of this work-in-progress film continue to suggest a lot of very faithful adaptation from Mamoru Oshii’s classic 1995 film.
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Happy 30th J.C.STAFF

Anime production studio J.C. Staff has released a promotional video commemorating its 30th anniversary. The studio was founded by Tomoyuki Miyata in January 1986. In case anyone cares,
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Comic Homages

I don’t usually buy comic books strictly for their cover art, but I made an exception for these two, for hopefully obvious reasons. Apart from Marvel’s series of
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Transformers Come to Life

I’m amazed not only by the technological development of Turkish company Letvision, but by the reality of a fanciful fictional concept originated within Japanese animation being developed into
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The House Ate It

Alden Thomas, AnimeNation’s former graphic designer, and the designer behind AN Entertainment’s Risky/Safety, Miami Guns, and Haré+Guu DVDs, has published his first illustrated children’s book, along with writer
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Commendation for Kuma Miko

Creator Masume Yoshimoto’s breakout hit manga series Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear is a distinctly Japanese story steeped in Japanese culture and practically necessitating a measure of Japanese
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RIP Kenny Baker

British actor Kenny Baker, best known as the actor behind the Star Wars franchise’s robot character R2-D2, passed away today at the age of 81 following a lengthy
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