Wishing a fond farewell to beloved genre actor Rutger Hauer who passed away on July 19 at age 75. Hauer’s extensive appearances in sci-fi, fantasy, and horror films
Hours ago a disgruntled 41-year-old Kyoto man reportedly charged into the Kyoto Animation studio building, doused the building with gasoline, and set the building alight, killing 33 employees.
Toho Pictures has released the first trailer for director Takeshi Yamazaki’s full CG anime film Lupin Sansei: The First. Yamazaki has directed prior full CG anime films including
Setting aside personal nostalgia, traditionally the “golden age” of Japanese animation has always been the 1980s. Anime’s golden age coincided with the popularization of the VHS recordable media
I’m frustrated by the abundance of YouTube commentary videos claiming that YouTube is unfairly restricting “fair use” of anime content and demonitizing videos and uploaders. Judging by the
Co-writer & director Michael Dougherty’s 2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters is justifiably receiving a lot of criticism for its weak, illogical, and contradictory human drama narrative. At
Earlier this month Brazilian amateur filmmaker Chris Tex released the first global teaser trailer for his live-action short film Wind Princess, evidently an abbreviated live-action remake of a
Question: I know you had a column recently on Battle Angel Alita and you’re probably impressed with the reception where fans and some film critics are commenting this
Okay. I’m just a little late to learn about Arby’s March 8th tweet introducing “ArbysWaifu,” complete with “doki doki” heart flutter. The concept isn’t entirely new. In fact,
The tenuous status of the AnimeNation Forums and Blog motivated me to record a new monologue video. It’s mostly just my current random thoughts about anime. Regrettably, the
A week into its American theatrical release, director Robert Rodriguez and writer/producer James Cameron’s Alita: Battle Angel live-action film opened with a $28.2 million dollar first weekend, placing
2018 will not be remembered as a remarkable year in anime history as the year didn’t produce any television series of historical significance. No avowed masterpieces rose from
Japanese author Aneko Yusagi launched the amateur web novel series Rising of the Shield Hero in 2012. Japanese publisher Media Factory licensed the distribution rights to the franchise
