All the way from Sweden and so very cool! Platina Jazz is a band which likes to do jazz rearrangements of anime theme songs. Frankly, the concept alone is awesome. Here’s there cover of Hajimete No Chuu. Nope. I’d never heard of Hajimete No Chuu either! Here’s the original theme (which is half the length…) […]
New Trailer: Space Battleship Yamato
There’s not much doubt that BSG draws heavily on the old anime Space Battleship Yamato. That’s just one of the reasons it’s exciting to see a live action adaption of the classic. There’s a brand new and nearly 2 minute long trailer for the movie. It looks a little unofficial – ripped off Japanese TV […]
Amazing lego anime models
It’s simply amazing what people can build out of Lego. Combine the really healthy online Lego community with the huge anime fan culture and it should come as no surprise that there’s some fantastic cross-over. This quick blog post simply showcases a half dozen lego anime creations. One rule; no Gundams here. There’s no suggestion […]
Trigun Badlands Rumble review
The Trigun movie enjoyed its UK premiere as part of Scotland Loves Anime. Glasgow got the scoop and this week the feature-length anime made it to Edinburgh. Directed by Satoshi Nishimura, screenplay by Yasuko Kobayashi and storyboarding by Hideki Inoue, Soichi Masui and Satoshi Nishimura the movie has all the Trigun experience it has to […]
Hollow mask makeup
Would other Bleach fans agree with me when I suggest this is Hollow inspired makeup? Yeah, sure, we can start to debate if half-a-mask counts as something else but in terms of inspiration – this is Bleach tribute? Or is there another series I need to track down and start watching?
AKB48 find success through anime music
AKB48 is an interesting Japanese pop group. They’re interesting not just because they had origins in indie music in Japan but also because there are 48 members of the group! AKB48 are so far, in fact, that they’re split into several teams; Team A, Team B and Team K – currently with 16 girls in […]
Watch before it’s YouTube Yanked: English Dub Iron Man anime
The Madhouse production of an anime version of Iron Man has been long teased. We’ve seen snippets and trailers. Now we’ve got the whole first episode, in two parts, available on YouTube. You’ve got to figure that these two vids will be yanked under YouTube’s Claim Your Content policy fairly quickly. So? Watch them now […]
Sexy anime exercises – a bit too much?
I don’t mind admitting that I like my anime. I don’t mind admitting that I like my tech. I like my Google Android. I also don’t mind admitting that I should do some more exercise and loose a bit of weight. I think, though, you can take this too far by merging all three of […]
Summer time lapse of a life-sized Gundam
Anime heroes tend to come and go. Sure, the likes of Bleach, Dragonball Z or even Pokemon have been around for years – but compare that to Batman or Superman. Compare those to the likes of the Phantom or the Shadow. I’m no expert but my gut feeling is that Gundam is one of the […]
Enough footage of Another Century’s Episode: R that you can review the game yourself
Another Century’s Episode: R is an mecha game that evokes pretty much every single anime archetype. Perhaps it’s the same sense of thoroughness that perusaded the game makes to be so inclusive that also perusaded them to release so much in-game footage. The following two YouTube videos probably contain enough of Another Century’s Episode: R […]
