We’ve just had Scotland Loves Anime up here Edinburgh, this blogger’s home town. You don’t often get the chance to watch anime on the big screen. That’s why it’s worth paying attention when the famous Barbican in London does a Premiere Japan event. Sure enough, Legend of the Millennium Dragon, will be one of the […]
Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Pailsen Files movie review
Armored Trooper VOTOMS is an anime series with a long history; 52 TV episodes that started in 1983, plenty of movies and games. VOTOMS is a mecha fighting series – but unlike Gundam the mecha are not giant space robots, they’re suits about 4 metres tall, they’re about as “man size” as powered fighting suits […]
Karafuru / Colourful review
It’s easy to see why Colourful is an award-winning anime. It’s the sort of feature-length that would appeal to judges. We start in a way station; somewhere between somewhere else, with people – or shapes of people – shuffling around before taking a line, getting a mysterious ticket and moving on. There’s an exception; a […]
Momo e no Tegami – A Letter to Momo review
A Letter to Momo is written and directed by Hiroyuki Okiura. Okiura is known for his work on Ghost in the Shell: Innocence, Paprika and Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade. I was lucky enough to watch A Letter to Momo on the big screen in Edinburgh’s The Filmhouse and it was introduced by Jonathan Clements. Clements […]
Who sings the Neon Genesis Evangelion theme song? A cockatiel, that’s who
Here’s a prank. Play this video to a geeky anime loving friend. Don’t tell them it’s Neon Genesis Evangelion and watch them struggle… it’s a good anime, they’ll say, it’s an old anime, they’ll ponder but I suspect it’s a little too abstract for most to get straight away. Would you?
Sexy pirate RPG covers for Talk Like a Pirate Day
You will have noticed that today is Talk LIke a Pirate Day. Sites are doing pirate things all over the web. All over the web pirate things are going on. Oh, wait, ahem… What will Geek Native do? Some clever, academic, geeky pirate essay? No. This blog will instead offer up a bunch of pirate […]
Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below trailer
Screenings of Makoto Skinkai’s Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below will take place on Tuesday the 18th of October at the BFI Southbank Cinema and Saturday 22nd at the Vue West End cinema. Tickets can be booked online at the BFI London Film Festival site. Here’s the trailer!
Berserk: Golden Age 1 – Egg of the Supreme King trailer
I watched my Berserk back during YouTube’s lawless age. I think I got to the end but that they simply stopped the animation. As I recall, after much angst, drama and carefully paced tension – it all went pear shaped, with monsters, tentacles, character deaths and all sorts. It was a sudden turn but it […]
Dragon Age anime trailer
Funimation are planning an anime based on the Dragon Age RPG. We’re looking at 2012 for a release; interesting timing as it seems unlikely Dragon Age 3 will be there, but perhaps there will be fresh DLC and pen and paper publisher Green Ronin will certainly be able to step up to the mark. We […]
Guilty Crown trailer
This Guilty Crown trailer is worth watching for two reasons. It looks cool. That’s the first reason. The second reason is that, unless something’s changed, YouTube’s automatic translations via subtitles are live. Click on the CC button to activate. After the outbreak of a virus called “Lost Christmas” that swept through Tokyo in 2029 the […]
