Game Guys Review: Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 for the PS3
KXTV News10Net
If you have ever watched any mid-90's anime, you'll know what to expect. Visually the game is stunning to look at. The environment and shading was done well. One just wishes the environment was more interactive. One note to the truly avid g...
Astro Boy creator Tezuka the 'Walt Disney of Japan'
Newsday
As the first hero of anime, the Japanese style that has influenced animation globally, Astro holds a sacred place in his country's pop-cultural consciousness. Still, his genesis is of a sort that has echoes everywhere. In addition to "Olive...
US Special Forces Field-Testing Plasma Knife
Popular Science
Yes, anime master, it would. You would need to cut very quickly, however, to avoid burning bread (the moisture in bread being much lower than flesh). Of course, using this thing on a person would cause ridiculous amounts of pain. While the ...
Derby update: Oscars' animation race shinks? | 65 foreign flicks hit ...
Los Angeles Times Blogs
• BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Uh-oh. Looks like this Oscar race will only have three nominees, as usual. Today we hear from a spokesperson for Funimation that "Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone" — which is based upon the hit Japanese anime TV ...
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RPGamer
Story scenes feature hand drawn anime characters and painted backgrounds that look very nice, although they are static. The music in the game is entertaining at first, but becomes repetitive after a while. One of the vendors sells music tra...
An icon in Japan, Astro Boy comes to America
Newsday
Based on the celebrated Japanese manga and anime TV series, the big-budget, 3-D "Astro Boy," being released in theaters by Summit Entertainment Friday, revisits the iconic '60s character, with a topical '09 spin: He may be "Peter Pan," "Pin...
Rainbow Brite's Makeover: Skinnier, Sexier, Older
Huffingtonpost.com
No longer an adorable, cherubic cartoon, she is taller, thinner, sexier--with proportions more like a runway model's than your average child. The new Rainbow Brite is no tramp, but she's no icon either, and looks something like a disappoint...
Looking For Something To Do This Weekend?
Denver Channel
Also the largest SF/fantasy art show in the region, plus video, anime, masquerade, gaming, dealers, the Critter Crunch and Critter Flotilla (robotic combat and aquatic competitions), and more. Guests of honor: authors Barbara Hambly and Nan...
NYAF2009: Toon Zone Interviews "Soul Eater"'s Laura Bailey & Travis ...
News.toonzone.net
With dozens of titles between them, Laura Bailey and Travis Willingham are clearly battle-scarred veterans of the anime voice acting scene. Both kicked off their careers with parts in Dragon Ball Z, and have gone on to give voice to many of...
Your Name:
Kotaku.com
There are many types of otaku: train otaku, anime otaku, game otaku, Brian Ashcraft otaku, you name it! But if you are looking at ways to i.d. otaku, here are ten — as voted on by Japan's Goo Ranking: 1. He has an anime T-shirt 2. He has an...
Discovering your inner geek
Boston Globe
New crazes keep coming up: the Anime Boston convention draws more than 10,000 attendees. But the niche isn’t as necessary. "Science fiction tropes have sort of subsumed the mainstream," Lewis said. Anyone can read about robots, immortality ...
Library briefs: Story time
Batavia Sun
Whether you're an Otaku or you've never seen anime in your life, this program will offer something you'll enjoy. Come watch a few episodes of some ground-breaking anime series, enjoy some Japanese snacks, show off your manga skills and chat...
Science Bioengineered Muscle-nerve Connection Could Return Sense of ...
DailyTech
Cybernetics and the World Wide Web are the basis for the world of Ghost in the Shell in the comics, and later the popular anime movies and tv series. Shirow Masamune is a Futurist, and he is probably pleased to hear his predictions, based o...
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 Glitches V (PS2)
Softpedia
... created exclusively for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony and released in November 2004. It is classed as a cross between an action title and a role playing game, featuring influences from fighting and martial arts games. It is based ...
from the not-the-jailhouse-fantasy-I-signed-up-for dept.
News Slashdot
She would have been shot because she clearly "endangered" the armed men's life. 2. ANIME ANGEL TATOOS? In an American prison??? I doubt there are any anime nerds in lockup... The phrase "copycrime" really reminded me of "thoughtcrime" from ...
