Category: Anime News

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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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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Going to Glass City

Toledo, Ohio’s annual Glass City Con has invited me to return this year as a guest presenter. This year I’ll be hosting four audio-visual lecture panels: Defining the
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The Deadpool Effect on Manga

As soon as the Deadpool movie broke box office records, pundits began predicting Hollywood’s kneejerk reaction. Producer Roy Lee announcing that the prospective American Death Note movies will
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A Winner is This

For so many reasons the first episode of Ojisan to Marshmallow may have already won the season. It’s only three-and-a-half minutes long. Just watch it, and you’ll understand
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