NewsAnime/manga
Aya to Majo (Aya and the Witch): new Studio Ghibli anime flick on the way (anime news).
Hayao Miyazaki is back in the creator’s seat for the next Studio Ghibli anime film, Aya to Majo (aka Aya and the Witch),…
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Anime/manga
Anime, manga and Japanese culture.
June 2020
April 2020
NewsAnime/manga
Quentin Tarantino talks Kung Fu flicks (audio interview).
Quentin Tarantino chats about his high-kicking obsession with the Kung Fu movie genre. Yes, Dan Halsted, head programmer at Portland’s Hollywood Theatre, sits…
NewsAnime/manga
Studio Ghibli release splendid anime backgrounds for Zoom conferencing (news).
Are you still using fake billion-dollar apartment pictures as your Zoom background to make work colleagues jealous? That’s so last week, my friend.…
January 2020
NewsAnime/manga
Gundam: real-scale walking mecha to become major Japanese tourist attraction (news).
If you like your Japanese mecha big, as in Gundam-size, then you’re in luck! The City of Yokohama in Japan is opening a…
November 2019
NewsAnime/manga
Ten Years with Hayao Miyazaki (interview/documentary – part one).
A behind-the-scenes examination of the genius of Japan’s best known anime film director and co-founder of Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki. Miyazaki allowed one…
October 2019
NewsAnime/manga
Ghost In The Shell (Netflix anime).
Netflix has a new anime coming to the streams next year … Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045 (directed by Shinji Aramaki of…
NewsAnime/manga
Netflix version of Cowboy Bebop put on ice for nine months as star John Cho hurt on set (news).
The Netflix version of Cowboy Bebop has sadly been put on ice for nine months as star actor John Cho is hurt on…
August 2019
NewsAnime/manga
Enter The Anime (Netflix anime documentary: tight or tripe?)
There’s a new documentary out on Netflix called Enter The Anime, which has Tania Nolan looking to explain anime’s popularity by interviewing Shinji…
March 2019
NewsAnime/manga
Neon Genesis Evangelion to air on Netflix.
If you like your anime TV in classic-big mecha style, then the appearance of Neon Genesis Evangelion on Netflix this Summer will undoubtedly…
NewsAnime/manga
Manga is Magnificent and Meaningful at the British Museum (event news).
Visually immersive, in manga, the images rule supreme. The Japanese characters for manga actually translate as ‘pictures run riot’ or ‘pictures unbounded’. But…
NewsAnime/manga
Netflix supercharges its anime output.
Netflix is partnering with production houses Anima, Sublimation, and David Production to up their anime output. These production houses and Netflix will create…
February 2019
NewsScifi
Alita: Battle Angel [2019] (a film review by Frank Ochieng).
It should not be such a novelty act to witness resilient feminine empowerment at the helm of an adventurous SF-oriented manga film. It…