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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 156).

Laugh with Princess Robot Bubblegum

October 30, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’m clearly an anime fan and yet I found the Princess Robot Bubblegum spoof funny. It’s here to promote the must-be-a-hit-or-rockstar-dies game Grand Theft Auto but its heavily woven up with Microsoft – sorry everyone else. I’d also note that Princess Robot Bubblegum spoof the genre so well that it could only have been put […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: anime, grand theft auto, xbox

Leo Burnett is the devil

October 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Leo Burnett is an advertising agency named after their founder Leo Burnett. Burnett, once named in the 100 most influential people in the 20th century by Time magazine, was the advertising guru who invented such powerful icons as Tony the Tiger, Pillsbury Doughboy and the Jolly Green Giant. Leo Burnett was years ahead of this […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: pokemon

Beckii Cruel will be big in Japan

October 14, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Beckii Cruel, from the Isle of Man, started posting videos of herself dancing along to various anime themes to YouTube. The 14 year old is now approaching 4 millions views and according to the British Anime Network she will now be performing live in Japan. Go Beckii!

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: anime

Live action Gantz movie

October 8, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

According to the Anime Newsnetwork we’ll have two Gantz live action movies by 2011. They’re citing the Nippon News channel. The movies will feature Kazunari Ninomiya and Ken’ichi Matsuyama. We know Matsuyama from Death Note. Gantz is one of the few 18-rated anime movies that you can easily pick up in the UK. As well […]

Filed Under: Anime, Movies Tagged With: anime, gantz

Yu Gi Oh meets Pearl and Dean

October 2, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This was produced just for Alcon 2009 and was shown before the opening ceremony. What do you think of the voice? Reminded me of Spongebob’s own version of this where he also sings along with the famous Pearl and Dean intro. It also reminded me why so many people prefer their anime in Japanese and […]

Filed Under: Anime, Movies Tagged With: anime

Halo Legends: 5 minute clip of the new Halo anime

September 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Over the States Spike TV is has some of the forthcoming Halo Legends series. That’s right, Halo in an anime style. Hopefully the show will make it over to the United Kingdom where we’ve heard of both Halo and of anime! Tell us what you think – worthy of a transatlantic hop, or not? It […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: anime, halo, trailers

Lucky Star: Fan video shows dancing Hiiragi sisters

September 16, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’re all now used to the wealth of impressive anime fan art but what about some impressive fan video? I don’t just mean a slideshow of stills from the anime set to some good music – I mean a CG animation of the Hiiragi sisters from Lucky Star dancing a way. It’s a slight shame […]

Filed Under: Anime, Music Tagged With: anime

FUNimation puts Nabari No Ou on DVD

September 15, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Kunihisa Sugishima’s Nabari No Ou ninja drama will launch on DVD in the States for about $60 by the end of the month. The set contains the first thirteen episodes. Nabari No Ou is a fantasy ninja drama which follows the teenage Miharu as he’s drawn into the shady and dangerous world of ninja rivalry. […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: anime, ninja

SXION 23 picks up from ADV films

September 9, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

ADV Films, a company responsible for the distribution for many fine region 1 and 2 anime DVDs, is no more. A.D. Vision – it’s parent company – is shutting it down. However, all hope it not lost as ADV Film’s assets are being sold to other A.D. Vision companies; Valkyrie Media Partners, Seraphim Studios and […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: anime

Rintaro to defeat Hollywood

September 8, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The acclaimed director Rintaro has begun work on a new anime to “defeat Hollywood” and produce a work that’ll “express characteristically Asian feelings.” The project will be a joint Korean-Japanese venture, will be in 3D and will take about four years to complete. Also working on the project will be Ji Young-jun the producer of […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: anime

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