Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, the responsible for the direction of the “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex” series and “Eden of the East”, 009 Re: Cyborg is an anime film based on Shotaro Ishinomori‘s Cyborg 009 characters. In Cyborg 009 nine people, from all over the world, are kidnapped by an organisation called Black […]
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Assault rifles as anime girls – Upotte!! trailer
Based on the manga by Kitsune Tennouji, Upotte! is an anime in which assault rifles have taken on the from of girls. Characters have names like FNC and M16A4. The anime tells the story by following a new teacher at the school where all this is happening. The director is Takao Kato who cooperated with […]
Deeper than the abyss; the hadal depths
Film maker James Cameron may die. He’s going to be at the helm of a one-man submarine that’ll sink 7 miles deep into the Mariana Trench. This is the deepest point of earth and it’s an entirely scary proposition. He’s a brave man. The adventure is part of a National Geographic (sponsored by Rolex) series […]
Eureka Seven Ao trailer
Eureka Seven Ao is the latest in the Eureka Seven line. It’s described as a “proper sequel” set sometime after the original series – thus avoiding the “alternative universe” sequel that some fans dislike. The anime follows two main characters; Ao Fukai is a child being raised by an old doctor called Toshio because both […]
Mythbusters’ Grant Imahara stars in League of STEAM
It’s really worthwhile keeping your eyes open for what the League of STEAM are getting up to. About a year ago they stared with Panic at the Disco in The Ballad of Mona Lisa and a year before that Geek Native featured them hunting vampires. Well. Kinda. What next? This team they’ve managed to rope […]
Space Brothers trailer
Adapted from Chuya Koyama’s manga, Space Brothers is an anime about two brothers who once thought they saw a UFO and pledged to become astronauts. Except, well, the eldest brother only manages to land a job in a car company. Even that doesn’t go very well – he gets fired. Favourite scene in the trailer […]
Dr Joan Watson
When CBS announced, right after the success of the BBC’s Sherlock, that they would be doing a modern day Sherlock series I suspected they might prove to be very similar. In fact, I wondered whether CBS was copying the BBC. Was that wrong of me? Perhaps… but I surmise that I wasn’t the only one! As it […]
Hiiro no Kakera trailer
Hiiro no Kakera was once a game for the PlayStation 2. It popped over to the PSP and even the Nintendo DS. It’s a sign of the depth of the plot that it’s travelled so well and is now coming to life as an anime. There’s usually a busy collection of Hirro No Kakera trades […]
New Dragons: How to Train Your Dragon TV series
Lucky American TV viewers will soon get to sit back and enjoy a How to Train Your Dragon series. It’ll air on Cartoon Network and it’s made possible by DreamWorks Animation. The series, based on the book by Cressida Cowell, is expected to be true to the movie and be a little darker and deeper […]
Space Battleship Yamato 2199 trailer
This is the second trailer for Space Battleship Yamato 2199. It’s a whopper; weighing in at just shy of 4 minutes long. Space Battleship Yamato 2199 is a remake of the 1974 series (which was known as Star Blazers to some Western audiences) and looks like it’ll be following pretty much the same cast and […]
