Author: John

A scene in this week’s third episode of Akiba’s Trip occurs at the Schatzkiste maid café. Neat! I’ve eaten lunch there once.

In order to be most useful to readers, I need to preface my reflection on 2016’s anime by first explaining my own criteria for judgement. Despite having watched

Leave it up to Japan to advertise a dictionary as a children’s toy.

Question: Like me you probably heard the sudden and untimely passing of Carrie Fisher October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016 aka Princess Leia of Star Wars from

I was reorganizing part of my collection today when I was struck by the uncertainty, “How and when did I end up with two copies of this book?”

Collider has published a lengthy, in-depth interview with live-action Ghost in the Shell producer Avi Arad, executive producer Michael Costigan, star Scarlett Johansson, practical effects designer Richard Taylor,

Director Rupert Sanders’ live-action Ghost in the Shell movie clearly draws visual and narrative inspiration from both Mamoru Oshii & Kazuchika Kise’s Ghost in the Shell anime adaptations.

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.

This morning I acquired practically the last remaining items from the AnimeNation store collection (excluding the items remaining in Gene’s personal collection). These items are transferring into my

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,

Paramount Pictures has released five brief teaser spots for director Rupert Sanders’ live-action Ghost in the Shell motion picture. The film is scheduled for release on March 31,

I don’t usually buy comic books strictly for their cover art, but I made an exception for these two, for hopefully obvious reasons. Apart from Marvel’s series of

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

Alden Thomas, AnimeNation’s former graphic designer, and the designer behind AN Entertainment’s Risky/Safety, Miami Guns, and Haré+Guu DVDs, has published his first illustrated children’s book, along with writer