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The Friday Poll is back! Ok, so first, we thought that maybe the Live Action Akira Movie was never gonna happen moving forward. Well, apparently Joseph Gordon Levitt (Live Action Cobra Commander), who was rumored to be Tetsuo isn’t involved (yet). From JoBlo:

Most of us have done it. Many have read a manga, fallen in love with it and gotten excited over the announcement our manga was being made into an anime. Score! Then we scurry to buy the DVDs when they’re finally released, and painstakingly collect each $24.99 volume. After the set’s complete and we’ve watched the whole manga-to-anime series, we realize: Wow, that sucked.... Continue Reading...

Seriously, what’s keeping more people from donning a costume and going nuts at a con? Fans of anime can be pretty die-hard; wearing t-shirts, cat ears, and carrying around merchandise like badges of honor. Why don’t they take the extra step and immerse themselves in a character? Hell, I wanna know why I don’t cosplay! I love Halloween, right? I adore anime, yes? I’m even sweet on sewing. So why don’t I whip up some elaborate costume and strut in front of cameras instead of living behind one?... Continue Reading...

After watching Volume Four of Glass Fleet, I asked myself, “Why did this anime get made, let alone licensed?” I mean really, with the huge amount of intriguing anime not getting licensed in the US, how did this squeak through? The studio could have licensed almost anything, and I guarantee it would have been better than this.

There’s so much anime in existence, though, it’s impossible for it all to get licensed and brought to the US. Impossible. Maybe if studios like Warner Brothers, Sony and Fox get more involved in the anime distribution game, we could potentially see more anime titles getting to America. Yet, you’d at least think the anime distribution companies would do a little quality control with the titles they pick. ... Continue Reading...

To date, there are zero mechs roaming the planet. Also to date; zero magic wands and no mysterious blue amulets imbued with powerful forces. There’s as yet, no fun new technology capable of taking us to stars and we’re still coming up empty in the giant sword department. However, there is a surplus of wishful thinking.

In anime, there’re plenty of fanciful props which are either center stage or in the peripheries. Mechs are common, as are strange magical implements able to transform ordinary girls into the magical variety (and get them naked to boot). The imaginative technology in anime is awe inspiring, if not very practical. And it seems there’s always something in anime that’s legendary and powerful, capable of phenomenal feats…if said legendary artifact are activated by the chosen one who has the power to activate it, yadda, yadda, and so on and so forth.... Continue Reading...

There’s been a lot going around about ADV’s health as an American anime distributor. Though ADV representative’s say nothing is “official” yet, it looks as though another American anime giant may be positioned to fall down to some degree. In my opinion, it would be a loss if ADV were to go the way of Geneon. While there are other good anime distributors out there, ADV has been around for a long time as one of the “big guys”, with the now defunct Geneon USA and the still kicking Funimation. ... Continue Reading...

There’s some movies I never get tired of watching: the original Star Wars trilogy, Spaceballs, Scrooged, Ghostbusters, Big Trouble in Little China, and so on. I don’t know why I don’t get bored with these movies, or what there is specifically about them which makes them so appealing as to be re-watched once or twice a year. Most movies I watch once and then never again. Just don’t feel the need. But the other ones have a special space on my DVD shelf.... Continue Reading...

How many times have you watched in slack-jawed wonder as an anime that started out so promising and so good devolved into a giant steaming pile of crushed hopes? Have you ever felt cheated by an anime ending badly since you believe your investment of time and emotion should pay off after nine frigging hours? It’s one of those imponderables we think on when we have nothing better to do or are trying to crack the universe’s code of “WTF?!”... Continue Reading...