Beloved actor Adam West passed away yesterday, June 10, 2017, after battling leukemia. West is best known for starring as Batman in the 1966-1968 television series and for
My “season pass” for this summer & fall’s G-Kids & Fathom Events Studio Ghibli Fest screenings arrived today. My Neighbor Totoro will be screened in limited American theatrical
At the Orlando Megacon convention this morning, I purchased a card-sized original illustration of Kiki from pro comic artist Katie Cook (Spider-Verse, Gotham Academy, My Little Pony). The
Netflix has released the first trailer for its Castlevania animated series. The series is scheduled to premiere on July 7 as the first of four 30-minute “season one”
Gene was sorting old documents and found some of the Miami Guns localization materials which he subsequent gave to me today. Photocopies of the original Japanese ADR scripts:
Paramount domestic distribution chief Kyle Davies has told CBS News that he believes widespread charges of whitewashing partially impacted the box office underperformance of director Rupert Sanders’ American
Question: Along with Osamu Tezuka, who are the most influential creators in manga and anime? I’d imagine Go Nagai for his work with super robots, Cutie Honey and
I really do want to like this American adaptation, and I’m both hoping for the best and keeping an open mind. However, I’m very conflicted over this extended
Question: What animators – Japanese or not – are worth following? The only contemporary, populist director I can think of who’s work is higher-quality-than-it-needs-to-be but still makes “normal”
DC Comics has released a preview image of this week’s new Flash Rebirth issue 16 comic book. Artist Carmine Di Giandomenico’s illustration looks a bit familiar. Coincidence or
The freshly released second full trailer for the live-action Ghost in the Shell movie seems to confirm my worst fears that the movie has heavily “Americanized” its presentation
I feel a tremendous sense of satisfaction knowing that the most successful anime film in history is not a soulless, corporate franchise picture owned by a giant conglomerate
