Archive for the 'Anime' Category

BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE – An appreciation of the anime and the new movie

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

A live action movie adaptation of Blood – The Last Vampire is on the way this summer, and there are a lot of people out there interested in checking it out. For those of you that haven’t heard of the name, Blood The Last Vampire was a 48 minute animated movie from 2000, originally intended [...]

LIFE IN THE GEEK LANE: Because there’s more to life than lolcats and spoof inspirational posters.

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Well, geek season is here again, and there’s a ton of cool stuff making fanboys and girls grin from ear to ear. We’ve already had Iron man, The Incredible Hulk and Wanted, and here comes The Dark Knight to make you all wish you had a Batcave of your own. Personally I’m okay with pretty [...]

Thoughts on the SPEED RACER movie…

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Y’know, the upcoming movie of classic anime series SPEED RACER looks absolutely fantastic. The insane visual style that the film is being put together with creates a nicely self contained universe for the action to take place in, the stars look great, the cars too. What I’m curious about is how the movie is going [...]

PIQ MAGAZINE- Newtype: The Next Generation?

Monday, March 24th, 2008

The long-running anime/manga magazine Newtype was a wonderful thing, but, as ever, all good things must come to an end eventually. The death of that magazine has left a massive gaping hole in the magazine market. Granted there are other titles out there that cater for the same audience, but nobody has managed to match [...]