Author Archives: Alexander Case

Carl Macek Passes Away

Carl Macek, the producer best known for bringing the anime series Super Dimensional Fortress Macross, Dimensional Cavalry Southern Cross and Genesis Climber Mospeda to the United States wrapped together as the series Robotech, died yesterday of a heart attack. Macek was one of the founders of Streamline pictures, which was one of the first major companies to license anime for US release, bringing such films and TV series as the first Vampire Hunter D film, Akira, Aura Battle Dunbine, My Neighbor Totoro, Robot Carnival, and Barefoot Gen to the US, among other properties. Continue reading →

Anime Review – Tokyo Babylon (OVA)

We’re going to do something of a double feature this weekend.

Now that I’ve finished reading Tokyo Babylon, I’m gonna take a moment to review the anime. The manga was adapted to the screen twice – once as a two-episode OVA, and once as a live-action film that serves as a second epilogue to the manga. The film has not been licensed for a stateside release to my knowledge. However, the OVA was brought over to the US, though the DVD is currently out of print, as it was put out by US Manga Corps/Central Park Media. However, I was able to get a hold of a copy of the OVAs, and for the sake of completeness, I’m going to give my thoughts on it. Continue reading →

Greg Rucka Leaves DC

ComicsAlliance is reporting that Greg Rucka announced at WonderCon that he is leaving DC comics. While he enjoyed writing the new Batwoman, he was concerned about becoming complacent and too comfortable at DC. However, he is not jumping ship to Marvel. Instead he has some plans for more Queen and Country stories, including a new novel. Continue reading →