For the older anime fans out there, what counts as “classic anime” can feel a bit slippery. When you remember that the original Sailor Moon is now over 30 years old, everything starts to feel a little weird. And now it’s time to feel even weirder, …Read more »
Keiko Nobumoto—a veteran of the anime industry known for writing scripts for Cowboy Bebop, collaborating with Satoshi Kon on Tokyo Godfathers, and creating the Wolf’s Rain anime—has passed away at the age of 57. The writer was battling esophageal cancer, and according to a message …Read more »
Now that Michiko & Hatchin has run its course, Adult Swim's Toonami block is cooking up the next series to add to the late-night anime block. Starting January 2, Cowboy Bebop director Shinichirō Watanabe's Samurai Champloo will join in on the action. According to Adult …Read more »
Hot on the heels of this season's run of the Gangsta. anime comes some disappointing related news. The rumors had been churning for much of the week, but today it was officially confirmed that anime studio Manglobe filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday. According to the …Read more »
Space Dandy is gearing up for its January 2014 debut in Japan and in America, and Bandai Visual has a preview of the latest from Shinichiro Watanabe ( Cowboy Bebop , Samurai Champloo ) in a new full promo. The Japanese voice cast is on …Read more »
As revealed at this year's Otakon, the next work from studio BONES ( Fullmetal Alchemist , Eureka Seven ) and Shinichiro Watanabe ( Cowboy Bebop , Samurai Champloo , Kids on the Slope ) is Space Dandy ! Shingo Natsume (unit director on Fullmetal Alchemist: …Read more »
Michiko & Hatchin should have been a bigger hit in Japan, and it should have been on Cartoon Network's Toonami anime block years ago. Just look at all the winning components! It comes from Manglobe, the studio behind 2004's Samurai Champloo . It features Champloo …Read more »
Ignoring the fact that they spelled Samurai Champloo incorrectly in the trailer, this is a pretty nifty little collaboration between a selection of anime studios and EA, who will be publishing the God of War -esque Dante's Inferno . Visceral Studios is the development team …Read more »
I was never a fan of videogame developer Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio led by Goichi Suda aka "Suda51," at least not at first. I played the PS2 port of killer7 for about two minutes before giving up in frustration. "What do you mean I can …Read more »
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