Archive for May, 2008

Anime adaptations: The good, bad, and ugly

May 31st, 2008 – 11:50 pm
Tagged as: Anime, General

Now on IGN, my article on some of the best and worst English Anime adaptations. It should come as no surprise that several 4Kids adaptations fall into the unfavorable categories.

Mention the word “dub” to most hardcore …

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Anime pulled after Muslim protest

May 26th, 2008 – 5:32 pm
Tagged as: Anime

Japanese Anime creators are notoriously bad at handling foreign cultural and religious references. This time, one publisher got in some serious trouble for an insensitive portrayal of the Islamic holy book.

From The Hollywood Reporter:…

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IGN: Rebuilding Neon Genesis Evangelion

May 23rd, 2008 – 6:32 pm
Tagged as: Anime

My latest IGN post covers four things that we’d like to see out of the Rebuild of Evangelion films. This one’s bound to stir up a little controversy! Flame suit, on!

From the article:

For those of you that didn’t …

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Just a reminder, AdultSwim.com has Geass episodes

May 13th, 2008 – 1:53 pm
Tagged as: Anime

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Top Ten Shin Chan Characters!

May 8th, 2008 – 6:38 pm
Tagged as: Anime

IGN will have an episode of Shin Chan up for viewing soon. To get the fans ready, I wrote up a lil article on the crude and …

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Photo Blog: The Anime within

May 7th, 2008 – 10:08 pm
Tagged as: General

I stumbled upon an interesting photoblog entry today. The focus of the piece was anime cosplay fans. It’s quite beautiful.

From the post:

When shooting this series of photographs (published in Fandomania: Charac…

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New Marvel Movies Coming!

May 5th, 2008 – 3:54 pm
Tagged as: General

Marvel posted news regarding the release dates for their upcoming films. Look for Iron Man 2 in 2010!

The news is big, but short, so I’ll list it all here:

Iron Man 2, April 30 2010

Thor, June 4 2010

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