Anime News Network has the results of this year’s Seiun Awards. For those who are unfamiliar with the awards, the Seiun Awards (Seiun being the Japanese word for Nebula) are handed out every year at the Nihon SF Taikai (or Japan Science Fiction Convention). Voting is done in a manner similar to the Hugo Awards – voting is open to attendees of the convention. Here’s a link to a Google Translated version of the results, and I’ll have my own list below the cut. The full list of Nominees can be found here. Continue reading →
Author Archives: Alexander Case
Supernatural Anime Teaser is Online
About two months ago I ran a news story about an upcoming anime project adapting the first two seasons of Supernatural, done as a partnership between Warner Bros. and Studio Madhouse. Well, the teaser for the project is up on YouTube and is embedded below the cut. Continue reading →
Anime Review: El Hazard: The Magnificent World (OVA)
This week I have a review of one of the OVA series to come out in the early 90s in the “Whisked Into A Magical World” genre–one that predates Magic Knight Rayearth. Continue reading →
Pictures from San Diego Comic Con
So, I took a fair number of pictures at San Diego Comic Con, and I have them here, submitted for your approval. Continue reading →
Weekend Review – Kamen Rider: The First
In terms of Tokusatsu (Japanese Special Effects Films & Series) especially those of the Henshin (transforming) hero sub-genre, there are a 3 main franchises. A holy trinity that has stood the test of time. One of these – the Super Sentai Franchise – isn’t available in the US in its original form, instead being available in the localized form of the Power Ranger series. Only two Henshin franchises have made it in some form of their original form. One is Ultraman, the other (which is the subject of this review), is Kamen Rider. Continue reading →
San Diego Comic Con 2010 Journal
Yes, I realize that SDCC 2010 was last week. However, I kind of had a lot of stuff to do when I got home after the convention (I’ve only really finished unpacking just now), so now it’s time to get my notes together and let you know what happened during the con, based on my journal entries from the trip. This isn’t precisely going to be a “news” post – partially because it’s late, and partially the news stories from the con went up during the con, so you’ve probably already read them. Continue reading →
Weekly Digital Disk Picks for August 3rd, 2010
For space considerations, the plethora of rerelease titles was omitted, and we kept this down to “first time released in this edition” or “first time released in this format” releases.
Misc. Anime News
While I was at Comic Con, a few notable licenses happened that I missed, as well as some other news stories – Continue reading →
Thor Comic-Con Trailer
A bootleg of the Thor Trailer from Comic-Con 2010 is currently online, and I have it embedded below the cut. This may get taken down quickly, so I would recommend watching it sooner rather than later.
Legendary Pictures’ Godzilla Design Revealed!
I’ll be starting my “dispatches from Comic-Con” posts pretty soon, but first, I wanted to post a story that I missed at the con, while wandering the massive Exhibit Hall.
At their booth on the show floor, Legendary Pictures unveiled the character design for Godzilla in their upcoming movie. You can see the pictures at comingsoon.net. I’m pleased to say that rather then being the smaller, leaner, “meaner” Godzilla-In-Name-Only from the Roland Emmerich film, this has a much more traditional Godzilla Design. At this time we have no information about whether Godzilla will be, as with tradition, a man in a suit, if he’ll be a CGI performer generated using Motion Capture, or if he’ll just be fully CGI. Continue reading →