By Joseph Luster

If the name in this article's subheader doesn't ring an immediate bell, then you need some serious schoolin'. I don't say that in a remotely belittling way, either, because you already know who Ishiro Honda is, whether you're aware of it or not. The man behind the original Godzilla film; the pioneer of kaiju flicks as we know them today. Ishiro Honda's career is as bold a legend as the tale of...

By Mike Dent

As they haven't done any openings for say Naruto or Soul Eater , I'm betting that a majority of you readers out there will tilt your head slightly at the mention of Tokyo Jihen (lit. Tokyo Incidents). Mind you, I'm not saying that to be utterly elitist or as part of my best possible hipster impression, I'm being realistic. It makes this group something of a tough sell as there aren't any notab...

By Mike Dent

On January 2nd, 2010, the Saturday morning ABC Kids line-up debuted the first episode of what fans have called Power Rangers: Remastered . Boasting improved picture and sound, these re-runs of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are taking the place of the usual yearly Super Sentai adaptation. The exact reasons for this change-up are still unknown, the popular rumor being that it's thanks to 200...

By Joseph Luster

I love fancy special effects and the accompanying oohs and aahs as much, hell, maybe even more than the next guy, so it should carry at least a little weight when I say that Kazuaki Kiriya needs to chill out. Maybe that would be like telling a dog not to bark, but it's worth a shot. Goemon is further proof that he has a long way to go before he can break out of that music video box, where the ...

By Emily Balistrieri

I can't think of anything I'd rather be doing on a Friday night than checking out a new movie from Katsuhito Ishii (one of my favorite directors -- Japanese or otherwise), so it was pretty sweet that NEW PEOPLE in San Francisco offered anyone who made it out that plus a Q&A with the man himself, his co-directors, Yuuuka Ooosumi and Shunichiro Miki, and the actors Atsushi Yoshioka and Kanak...

By Joseph Luster

Katsuhiro Otomo has always had it kind of rough. That's not to say he's living a transient life on the skids, but there aren't many other creators out there standing in the booming shadow of a single piece of work (or, in his case, two distinct versions of said work). No matter the degree of subsequent successes, the greater question always hangs on the tongues of audience members: is it as go...