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Welcome to Geek Native's dedicated Anime section, your portal to the latest and greatest from Japan. From action-packed shonen and fantastical isekai to slice-of-life comedies and mech-filled sci-fi, we cover the full spectrum of anime. This is the place for news on upcoming series, reviews of current seasons, and trailers for the most anticipated new releases.

Whether you're a seasoned otaku or just starting your journey, we'll help you discover what to watch next. For those ready to dive in, you can explore a huge library of series, both new and classic, over at Crunchyroll. Stay tuned for our latest recommendations and updates!

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Anime Reports

Continuing the archive of independent Anime reporting (Archive Page 154).

Bleach 280

July 19, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Since very popular Bleach fansite Bleach7.com is down for the count I thought it might be a good idea to put a placeholder live for Bleach 280. Why? For many fans this will be the first Bleach they’ve had to go looking for without Bleach7.com. Let’s hope 280 is a good episode! This isn’t a […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: bleach, Crunchyroll

What happened to Bleach7.com? It’s down, dead and gone!

July 17, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood 23 Comments

Scanlation is not popular with the anime and manga license holders. They see it as an enhanced form of piracy. They may or may not be right. The debates remind me, very much, of the debates going on in the music industry. Fan site Bleach7.com has been caught up in the drama. It was once […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: bleach, manga

Manga for sale – all of it – the whole company

July 9, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Variety are reporting that Starz wants out of movies. This means that Starz Media is for sale. Starz owns Overture, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Film Roman and Starz Animation. They also own Manga. Starz also has stakes in companies like POW! ENtertainment (That’s Stan Lee’s company) and Archie Comics as well as been part of funding […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: manga, starz

Zan – samurai anime is Final Fantasy’s Yoshitaka Amano directorial debut

April 11, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Success with Final Fantasy and Science Ninja Team Gatchaman has made Yoshitaka Amano famous. It’s no surprise that fans sat up and took notice when it was announced he would be directing his first ever anime film. In fact; news of the film helped explain a mysterious panther-like creature that Amano has put on display […]

Filed Under: Anime, Movies Tagged With: anime

Crunchyroll gets Stan Lee’s Heroman anime

March 31, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Hereoman anime is a collaboration between Stan Lee and the anime studio Bones. Created by Stan Lee (yes; that Stan Lee) Heroman follows Joey Jones after an accident turns his toy robot into a real and rather large actual robot. Jones teaches Heroman about right and wrong and, of course, learns a few lessons […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: Crunchyroll, stan lee, trailers

Joost owners Adconion promote Hunt to MD and drop anime from roster

March 16, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The two moves are unlikely to be related but Adconion Media the network darling that bought struggling video on demand site Joost have been busy with changes. The former Head of Video from Adconion’s Australian operations Matthew Hunt has been promoted to Managing Director. He’ll replace Mike James who left last year. The video connection […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: anime, Crunchyroll, Hulu

Manga and Funimation stream Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood in the UK

March 14, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Until we catch up with the Japanese show the heroes of Funimation andd Manga are streaming episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood each week. It’s going to be a bit of challenge to keep up if you’re a busy person. Here’s the deal; each week you get 5 episodes you can watch via the website stream. […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: funimation, manga

Holy Cow! Gundam in Excel

February 27, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ok, ok… so this video might have been out for ages but I’ve only just seen it. I’m already jealous of people with artistic skill. I’m jealous of people who can get Excel to do what they want, quickly and without a data loosing crash. You can imagine how jealous I am of the artistic […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: animation, anime, gundam

King of Fighters: Vanessa model

February 17, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Sideshow have a rather stunning collectible figure of the ever-popular Vanessa. Borrowing from the site’s description of the piece I can say; Standing approximately 12″ high, this tough female fighter poses in a provocative, removable outfit. Oh my!

Filed Under: Anime, Geek Stuff Tagged With: anime, models

Tower of Druaga anime opening

January 14, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Over at AnimeVoice, Gia Manry has found the opening sequence to the MMORPG version of the Tower of Druaga. It looks good but comes from the ill-fated Gonzo animation studio which is all but lost to us know. Gia dares to speculate that Gonzo might be getting cash for this effort. Hmm. Let’s be optimistic!

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: anime

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