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
Paramount Pictures and Star Wars Episode VII director J.J. Abrams have announced plans for an American live-action adaptation of writer/director Makoto Shinkai’s blockbuster anime film Your Name (Kimi
Lego Movie & How to Train Your Dragon producer Roy Lee and Straight Outta Compton producer Scott Bernstein have collaboratively announced plans to work with Warner Bros. to
Japanese anime studio Cygames Pictures has revealed its development of Blade Runner: Black Out 2022, a promotional anime short that will serve as one of multiple prequels to
Manga artist Yuki Fumino’s 2013 debut story I Hear the Sunspot (Hidamari ga Kikoeru) is an intimately personal dramatic expression. The slice-of-life story is subtle, affecting, and quietly
Netflix has released the trailer for its original hipster/anime parody animated series Neo Yokio. The six-episode mini-series is created & written by rock band Vampire Weekend vocalist Ezra
The official online Gundam Info channel has released 2017’s second new Gundam Build Fighters web anime, “GM’s Counterattack.” The streaming video offers optional English subtitles.
In case any local readers, followers, or fans are interested, I’ll be signing copies of my anime-inspired fiction novel Bloody Angel on Sunday the 27th at Warehouse 51
