I’m in the market for wall art. I moved flat over the Christmas holiday, now have a wall beside my computer and enough space to hang three geeky prints. It’s been quite a challenge. I want the three prints to be complementary but also want to reflect a wide range of geekiness; fantasy, sci-fi and […]
Irregular Reconnaissance: Anime #15
Welcome back to Irregular Recoannaissance which returns after a gap of a year. How’s that for irregular? This anime column is a collection of mini-reviews. In particular it looks at anime episodes, rather than movies or whole collections, to give thoughts and recommendations on whether the title is going strong, getting better or loosing interest. […]
New RPG studio offers up Gun-Fu with Purgatoria: City of Angels
It’s not a contradiction to suggest a game can be anime-esq and gritty. Some of the best animes are noirs so Purgatoria: City of Angels caught my attention with their Kickstarter. You can read the campaign page here. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1597847626/purgatoria-city-of-angels [Back this Campaign] In the Risks and Challenges section of the Kickstarter the RPGs creators acknowledge; […]
Pirates vs Fish Men in: One Piece – Pirate Warriors 3
Bandai Namco have another title in their One Piece: Pirate Warriors series and this time the action moves to Fish-Man Island as the Straw Hat gang take on Hordy Jones and his… well, his horde. In the UK fans can order the special One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 “Doflamingo” edition exclusively from from Amazon. This […]
Short film: The Alita Project
This short film is a proof of concept. The Alita Fan Project.com‘s goal is to show that a live-action version of the anime Batle Angel Alita is possible and a good idea. Forrest McClain, the writer and creator, has reasons to bring this demo to the wider audience as it thought that James Cameron fancies […]
Short film: TIE Fighter
Today’s addition to the short film collection has been especially picked for Star Wars Day. This animation has only been live for a few weeks but it’s had well over 3,000,000 views on YouTube. Animator Paul Johnson wanted to create a classic 80s anime that put the focus on the Empire, oozed crazy detail and […]
Anime wizards: An interview with Animatsu
At the start of the year Geek Native reported on the rise of Animatsu and a launch with 11 titles. Former Manga UK managers Jerome Mazandarani and Andrew Hewson have taken their expertise and created a company that’s not just an anime distributor but touches on production and IP. Sound interesting? Geek Native reached out […]
15 magical realms created by Tyler Edlin
Tyler Edlin is a concept artist and illustrator from the USA. You can check out his incredible worlds at sites like Facebook, Tumblr, Deviant Art and Behance. You can even buy his art in various froms over at Society6. There’s a lot to tempt you. If you’re an artist yourself then Edlin’s World Building Design […]
Even anime fans think anime tends to objectify women
What do you think of when you think of anime? Giant robots? Huge eyes? Women in skimpy costumes? Women with huge eyes, in skimpy costumes, riding giant robots? In a competition to win a copy of Patema Inverted Geek Native asked an entry question. This was not a huge competition. People may just have ticked […]
14 colourful examples of Yap Kun Rong’s amazing imagination
Yap Kun Rong is a concept artist working in Singapore. His style explodes with colour and action. This seems to be the case even when he manages to portray far more sombre moods and atmospheres. There’s an official site at YakKunRong.net but additional art tends to be found at Deviant Art and a blog called […]
