Author: John

CNN has published a two-minute long look into the workings of Tokyo-based anime production studio Polygon Pictures

“What would happen if someone were to watch the cursed video tape from The Ring inside the house from The Grudge? That’s the core premise of Sadako vs

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

The Robot Japan fan site today hosted an exhibit of the vintage Japanese robot toys owned by the site’s management. The “Robot Japan Art and Social Event” held

As written by New York Magazine, “But, as the internet is finding out today, tanuki are real, and they’re spectacularly cute.” Wait a minute! Was there ever, even

I absolutely love the way anime occasionally depicts realistic details that any other film would have overlooked or deliberately excluded. In the first episode of Koukaku no Pandora,

Yellow highlights in blue pupils, this time around?

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

There it is again! How can someone possibly have violet pupils with aqua highlights?

Creator Shouji Kawamori’s Aquarion franchise has always tread a thin line between robot anime and romantic fantasy. One Peace Books’ release of the fourth collected volume of the

“A rainbow in your eyes” isn’t supposed to be literal.

By my personal rough count, 2015 premiered 217 new television & web broadcast anime. My list excludes new seasons that continued the name and episode numbering of the

The critique, “The book was better” is cliche because it’s typically true. While novels lack visual motion and color, and lack a soundtrack, prose is able to vividly

I love collecting anime esoterica, especially American historical items, so I was a bit giddy to discover this forgotten American doujinshi while browsing a local comic book store

Artist Daniel Acuña appears to be tipping his hat to Kentaro Miura with his cover illustration for the January 2016 issue of Marvel’s Captain America: Sam Wilson #5