Archive for 'Anime'

Crazy Blast from the recent past: IGN Anime TV Review show

May 20th, 2009 – 12:05 am
Tagged as: Anime

So, as most of you probably know, I write at IGN. Before IGN decided to let the Anime section die at quiet death, there were actually some pretty interesting anime-related features on there, including a small, and oftentimes odd, web video show. Here’s a clip:

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IGN Trailer for live action Blood: The Last Vampire

May 4th, 2009 – 4:04 pm
Tagged as: Anime

Yeah, yeah. I know, I’ve been quiet recently. Work and all that. Anyways, here’s a new trailer from IGN for the live action version of Blood: The Last Vampire. Let the onslaught of anime movies begin!

More Blood: The Last Vampire (live-action) Info

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The Evangelion iPhone apps are out!

February 24th, 2009 – 12:51 pm
Tagged as: Anime, Fandom

Appliya Inc. has announced the availability of the first in a series of Evangelion applications in the iTunes app store!
Here’s a link to the Evangelion Clock app on iTunes, and here’s the link for the Evangelion Picture Stamp app
You can also learn more about Appliya’s Evangelion app series at: http://appliya-inc.com/en/special/evangelion/

“The Evangelion Clock makes checking the [...]

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The Naruto Merchandise Giveaway contest begins!

January 29th, 2009 – 10:17 am
Tagged as: Anime, Fandom

As promised in my first post about the contest here, here’s the latest episode of Naruto Shippuden from VIZ, directly from Hulu.com. If you can’t see the video below, you’re probably in a country that Viz doesn’t license to, and are unfortunately ineligible. For everyone else, leave your reviews in the comments section, [...]

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The Naruto Shippuden Giveaway where I give you free stuff.

January 27th, 2009 – 8:58 pm
Tagged as: Anime, Fandom

Update: The contest has started! Click here for the official contest page
Listen up, all you Naruto fans. Want some free Naruto swag? Over the next few days I’ll be holding a contest to promote Viz’s efforts to bring you free streaming episodes of Naruto Shippuden on Naruto.com. For the first time ever for [...]

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IGN: Afro Samurai PS3 game review

January 27th, 2009 – 6:59 pm
Tagged as: Anime, Games

IGN games did a video review for the new PS3 Afro Samurai game. Their review isn’t that favorable, but looking at some of the gameplay, and the clips of Ninja Ninja’s hilarious dialogue, I think it might be worth a play through.

Here’s a great sample of Samuel L. Jackson as Ninja Ninja in the [...]

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FUNimation adding some more Fullmetal Alchemist anime?

January 27th, 2009 – 12:15 pm
Tagged as: Anime, Industry News

D.F. Smith over at IGN reported this interesting tidbit about FUNimation, Fullmetal Alchemist, and the upcoming convention season

Funimation, word has it, will be announcing something Fullmetal Alchemist-related when the convention season kicks off next month. They might have picked up the FMA “Premium Collection” OVAs – an array of cute action and super-deformed comedy shorts [...]

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Imagi Studios is out of cash, Astro Boy and Gatchaman films in jeopardy

January 26th, 2009 – 4:05 pm
Tagged as: Anime, Industry News

UPDATE: Anime News Network confirmed the story with Imagi, but President Erin Corbett of IMAGI Studios U.S. told ANN that her company plans to resume production next week with new funding.
The sad news on the internet today is that Imagi Studios is out of cash, and shutting down temporarily. What this means for the [...]

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Afro Samurai: Resurrection advance review

January 13th, 2009 – 9:12 pm
Tagged as: Anime

Thanks to IGN, I had the pleasure of reviewing Afro Samurai: Resurrection before its January 25th premiere on SpikeTV. If you liked the first series, you’re going to love this sequel. I don’t know if the broadcast version will quite capture the beauty of the animation, and there’s some gratuitous profanity, and some naked [...]

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New Astro Boy Movie: Japanese franchise owners think Astro’s butt is too small

January 7th, 2009 – 10:56 pm
Tagged as: Anime

There’s a funny article in the Malaysia Star Online about the upcoming new CG Astro Boy flick. The new design for Astro is “Americanized” in ways you wouldn’t expect, and the estate of Tezuka Osamu weren’t happy:
WHEN they saw the initial designs for Astro Boy in the upcoming computer animated flick, the one [...]

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