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Sword of the Stranger Review
Kotaro is a young boy being chased by the Mings. With him is his dog, Tobimaru. Through their running and hiding they come across a nameless swordsman. Hired as a bodyguard, the nameless swordsman joins them. Meanwhile the Chinese army joins Japan's forces to hunt the child whose blood is an ingredient to create eternal life (hey, it's anime, so why not). Will Kotaro escape the Mings? Who exactly is this nameless swordsman? Should you watch this movie?
Continue reading...FullMetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - Subbed by FUNi
The second anime series for FullMetal Alchemist airs soon. It has been recently announced by FUNimation that they have acquired the rights to it. They will also stream the episodes with Japanese dialogue and English subtitles via funimation.com and other sites. So when will this take place? Well, the first [...]
Continue reading...New York Anime Festival Report
This weekend I went to NYAF, the New York Anime Festival, at the Javits Center in New York City. Here is a recap of what went on. There were some license announcements, industry panels, and merchandise to drain the wallet. It didn’t seem as big as last year, but with Geneon [...]
Continue reading...FullMetal Alchemist movie goes Blu
With an upcoming release from FUNimation, the disc contains a trailer for the FMA movie on Blu-ray. This was previously rumored, but is now confirmed. This title was previously announced for a release in Japan, but one would need to order a ridiculous box set to get it. I say ridiculous [...]
Continue reading...More Blu-ray From FUNi
It seems that FUNimation has listed a few new titles for a planned Blu-ray release. In an upcoming Blu-ray release from FUNimation, the pamphlet inside has ads for some upcoming Blu-ray releases. One is Afro Samurai which is coming out next week. Of course you have more DBZ on the horizon, [...]
Continue reading...Jumpland
For some time now Jumpland has been up and available in multiple languages. One of which is English. This is celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Weekly Shonen Jump. Here you can learn about the magazine itself as well as read manga online. So if you are a fan of shonen manga, this is [...]
Continue reading...Ultimo Becomes an Anime
Back in April, Shueisha’s magazine “Jump Square” had a chapter by Stan Lee and Hirokyuki Takei (Shaman King) called Ultimo. You can actually find it translated in the September 2008 issue of Viz’s magazine, “Shonen Jump“. The anime will be developed by Dream Ranch Japan. Two other projects Stan Lee is involved with is Hero [...]
Continue reading...Bakuman Begins! Thoughts?
Well “Bakuman” chapter 1 is out. To me, it doesn’t seem like it will amount to anything special. I am interested though because it is a different idea. I haven’t read a manga before on someone becoming a mangaka. I hope it lasts because I am for original ideas. It also [...]
Continue reading...Bakuman Starts Next Week
The latest issue of Japan’s Weekly Shonen Jump had a preview for a new series called Bakuman. What is Bakuman? It is a new manga from the team that created Death Note, Tsugumi Ohba (writer) and Takeshi Obata (artist). It will start in issue 37-38 of this year’s run of the [...]
Continue reading...Yen Plus, an In-Depth Look
A new monthly Japanese manga magazine has hit the shelves. Well, not fully Japanese manga, it also has Korean manhwa and original English manga.
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