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!
TV show news, trailers and reviews
Welcome to Geek Native's TV section, your guide to the best of the small screen. From epic fantasy series and sci-fi sagas to the latest superhero shows, we cover the television that fuels our geek passions. This is your hub for news, reviews, and a whole host of trailers to keep you ready for the next big premiere.
Our TV coverage has a special focus on Anime, with a dedicated section for the latest news and reviews from Japan. We also explore the ever-growing world of Online Shows, including the popular 'Actual Play' series where tabletop adventures come to life on screen. Whatever you're watching, you'll find it discussed here.
Ad: Alan you are a guitar hero
A rather odd but funky ad from Doritos in the United Kingdom. It follows the story of Alan, a frustrated guitar hero and successful zero, until his life takes a turn for the better in aisle eight.
Live action Gantz movie
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 […]
Yu Gi Oh meets Pearl and Dean
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 […]
Growing monster used to sell SEAT Altea in Spain
Let’s just say you’re a marketing agency working in Spain. You’ve a challenge – it’s the economic downturn and yet you need people to go out and buy brand new SEAT Altea XL cars. What do you do? That’s right. You run a TV advert featuring growing monsters.
Halo Legends: 5 minute clip of the new Halo anime
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 […]
Lucky Star: Fan video shows dancing Hiiragi sisters
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 […]
FUNimation puts Nabari No Ou on DVD
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. […]
SXION 23 picks up from ADV films
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 […]
Rintaro to defeat Hollywood
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 […]
