Posted on January 28, 2012. Filed under: anime, Consuming, films, Japan | Tags: Arrietty, Fullmetal Alchemist, Go Nagai, Gundam, Hetalia, Katsuhito Ishii, Kokuhaku, Madhouse, Mai Mai Miracle, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Redline, Studio Ghibli, Summer Wars, Takeshi Koike, Tetsuya Nakashima, Universal Century, Yona Yona Penguin |
Helen really, really tried to get excited about anime in 2011. Honestly. But sometimes you just can’t muster the enthusiasm to try hard enough.
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Posted on November 28, 2011. Filed under: anime, history, writing | Tags: anime, Fred Patten, Frederik L. Schodt, Gundam, Japan, Jim Croce, Osamu Tezuka, science fiction, Tezuka |
If Cher could turn back time, she’d take back those words that hurt you. Helen McCarthy just revisited an old interview and found that the Internet has made time travel possible.
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Posted on November 22, 2009. Filed under: anime, appearances, events, films, manga | Tags: Black Jack, Declan Murphy, Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena, Gundam, Hunterian Museum, Mechatronics in Medicine, Osamu Tezuka, Richard Hollingham, Sci-Fi Surgery, U-18 Knew |
An evening at London’s Hunterian Museum showed how far surgical robots have come along the road from science fiction to science fact – and how far they still have to travel.
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Posted on September 30, 2009. Filed under: anime, Consuming, events, Japan, manga | Tags: anime, Arab anime, Astro Boy, Giant Thunder, Gigantor, Gundam, Hanshin Earthquake, Kobe, lifesize giant robot statue, manga, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Osamu Tezuka, Tetsujin 28, Tetsuwan Atom |
Giant robot revivals come in many forms, including lifesize, headline-grabbing, revenue-raising statues.
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Posted on August 14, 2009. Filed under: anime, comics, Consuming, Japan, manga | Tags: anime, collecting, Gundam, Kanto Earthquake, manga, matchmaking, multigenerational household, otaku, Tokai Earthquake |
Stay at home with your collection – how risky is that?
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Posted on June 19, 2009. Filed under: comics, films, Japan, manga | Tags: Akihiko Shiota, anime, Anna Tsuchiya, Barbican, chambara, Colour TV, comics, Daimajin, Dororo, film, Frankenstein, Gisaburo Sugii, Gundam, Hayao Miyazaki, James Whale, Kamikaze Girls, manga, Osamu Tezuka, review, steampunk, Street Fighter II, Vertical Inc, yokai, Yoshiyuki Tomino, youkai |
Akihiko Shiota’s movie of Osamu Tezuka’s Dororo changes elements of the classic comic story but stays true to its dark yet ultimately hopeful heart. And it features Anna Tsuchiya!
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