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The Coolest Craziest Cosplay at the New York Anime Festival
Posted by Christian Liendo on Sep 28, 2009 in Fandom
Oh sure anyone otaku can dress up as a character from Sailor Moon, but it takes that extra bit of creativity and hard work to come up with a costume for Sailor Moon Zombies! And thus we salute the coolest craziest cosplay that we spotted at the New York Anime Festival this year: Read more… Dancing the Caramelldansen at the New York Anime Festival
Posted by Christian Liendo on Sep 28, 2009 in Fandom
Photography of otaku at the New York Anime Festival spontaneously dancing the Caramelldansen with no prompting at all… New York Anime Festival: A Photographic Tour
Posted by Christian Liendo on Sep 28, 2009 in Fandom
Editor’s Note: My deepest thanks to Christian Liendo to taking some amazing photographs of New York Anime Festival. Shown above is illustrator Eric Maruscak working on an amazing Soul Eater themed chalk drawing. What follows is a photo essay of what it was like to walk around the convention floor which was packed: Read more… Lost Planet 2: A World Worth Finding
Posted by Michael Pinto on Sep 27, 2009 in Videogames
This is the latest gameplay trailer for Lost Planet 2 which was shown at the Tokyo Game Show. The game is published by Capcom and looks amazing — after seeing this trailer I don’t have much of an idea what the gameplay is like, but the universe Jun Takeuchi and Kenji Oguro have created looks wonderfully rich in detail. What if Jules Verne Designed Your Living Room?
Posted by Michael Pinto on Sep 26, 2009 in Fandom
In wilds of suburban New Zealand special effects artist Dean Johnstone has designed a living room worthy of Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea for his client Wayne Eyre. This steampunk entertainment room features “plutonium-leaking” torpedoes, rusting steel beams and giant screen television to keep the ships crew happy: Read more… The Vampire’s Assistant: A Perfect Gig for Goth Gofers
Posted by Michael Pinto on Sep 26, 2009 in Cinema
This film looks silly, stupid and dumb — but I’ve got to see it! Yeah sure the plot reminds me a bit too much of Buffy meets The Lost Boys but that passes with me if you do it with a good sense of humor, and seeing John C. Reilly on the screen makes me feel sort of happy from the get go. And then add Salma Hayek doing her goth thing and we know we’re going to have some fun here. The Vampire’s Assistant opens on October 23rd. The Hustler: A Moody Must See Masterpiece of Cinema
Posted by Michael Pinto on Sep 25, 2009 in Cinema
Keroro Masked Shop Manager in Akihabara Kind of Creeps Me Out
I came across this very odd photo essay from a Japanese blog that shows some poor store manager in the Akihabara district of Tokyo who is forced to wear a suit and a Keroro mask in order to sell snacks based on the anime series that features frog stories aimed at fanboys: Read more… The Automobiles of Anime and Manga: Exhibit to Open in October
Posted by Michael Pinto on Sep 24, 2009 in Animation, Hobbies and Collections
The Toyota Automobile Museum (located in Nagakute Town, Aichi Prefecture, Japan) will be running a special exhibit on “The Car and Comics” from October 10th until March 7th, 2010. The exhibit will feature many autos from various popular manga titles and anime series like Initial D, Detective Conan, Speed Racer and my favorite the Lupin III film Castle of Cagliostro. Here’s a guide to the exhibit from the official museum website: Read more… It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day at Little Lulu’s Local Tattoo Parlor
Posted by Michael Pinto on Sep 24, 2009 in Animation
This episode of Little Lulu dates from the mid to late 90s which took place just a bit after Gen X started to come into their own thus bringing tattoos into pop culture. Little Lulu dates all the way back to 1935 when she got her start as a comic in the The Saturday Evening Post — anime fans should note that she even had an animated series in Japan called Little Lulu to Chicchai Nakama (Little Lulu and Her Little Friends) which was produced in 1976. Spock Reflects: Is This the Worst Comic Book of 2009?
Posted by Michael Pinto on Sep 23, 2009 in Comic Books, Star Trek
China’s First Maid Café
Posted by Michael Pinto on Sep 23, 2009 in Fandom
The main selling point of the Coffee Prides Motion is that unlike a Japanese maid café not only can you read a manga while drinking your coffee but that you can actually draw a manga too. This first café in the cyber city district of Zhongguancun (which is in Beijing, China) is that there are classes on how to draw cartoons. The building which houses the café also sells all sorts of anime goodies as well: Read more… Pandorum: Amnesia Meets Alien?
Posted by Michael Pinto on Sep 22, 2009 in Cinema
Above is a featurette promoting the film Pandorum. Of course I’m a sucker for sci fi so any film with a spaceship goes to the top of my list, although being an old fanboy I’ve become cynical over the years anytime I see something that I think I’ve seen before. Pandorum looks like a number of other films I’ve seen on the surface but I’m willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. So I guess this film goes on my “got to find out some more” list which is bad as it opens this week on September 25th. Tastes Like K-On!
Posted by Michael Pinto on Sep 22, 2009 in Animation, Hobbies and Collections
K-On! (けいおん!) candy is hitting the store shelves in Japan for sweet toothed otaku. The candy inside of the cool guitar packaging are chocolate and strawberry marshmallow treats (which are not in the shape of a guitar). Although some of the boxes include a Yui Hirasawa t-shirt treat at random. Read more… Dear Marvel Comics: Please Stop It With the Bad Photoshop Filters
Posted by Michael Pinto on Sep 22, 2009 in Comic Books
Photoshop is an amazing tool, but in the wrong hands it can be a disaster! The first beginner mistake that most kids make with Photoshop is to use every damn filter that there is like gleams-and-glows and goofy texture maps of fire effects. This is not too dissimilar to the graphic design mistake of using too many typefaces when just one will do. I’ve got to say the quality of covers for Marvel Comics Entertainment is a pretty mixed bag: Sometimes the cover look great, but other times they cover illustrations look amateurish. And Ultimate Comics Armor Wars #4 is just screaming to me that Brandon Peterson needs to lay off the lens flare just a little bit: Read more… It’s the Moe Cat Contest: May the Cutest Cat Win!
Posted by Michael Pinto on Sep 21, 2009 in Fandom
My latest net addiction is the Japanese website cat.piq.jp which is essentially a cat version of the the old “hot-or-not” meme. Even though the instructions are in Japanese the game is pretty simple: You just click on one of the two cats that you think is the cutest. In return that kitty will keep getting higher ratings and thus appear more often. And if you’re more of a dog person there’s also dog.piq.jp… Macross Themed Lucky Star Mementos Hit Akihabara
Posted by Michael Pinto on Sep 21, 2009 in Animation, Hobbies and Collections
A line of Lucky Star toys with a Macross theme (that’s Robotech for you American fanboys) is due to hit stores in Akihabara on September 26th. This photo series shows a preview of these goodies which are put out by Banpresto and will be awarded on some sort of lottery system: Read more… Bronson: A Brutal British Criminal Cinematic Tale
Posted by Michael Pinto on Sep 21, 2009 in Cinema
No this isn’t a film based upon the life of Charles Bronson the actor — this is a film based on the life of Michael Gordon Peterson an English criminal who changed his name to Charles “Charlie” Bronson who has earned a reputation as the “most violent prisoner in Britain”. The hype being pushed on this film is that it’s suppose to be a modern Clockwork Orange but actually it reminds me a bit of The Krays which was a very well done true life crime film from the early 90s. Bronson is due to hit theaters on October 9th. Read more… Talking Doggie Saves Little Girl from Falling Piano
Posted by Michael Pinto on Sep 20, 2009 in Japanese TV
I love this series of cute commercials for Softbank in Japan, but then again what’s not to like about a talking doggie that can save a little girl from a falling piano? The use of classical music through out each spot adds to absurdity as well. And the oddest twist comes at the end when our hero is featured on a pair on sandals: Read more… Damn You Red Baron! It’s Flying Ace Snoopy
Looking back at it I think Snoopy is one of the few places in pop culture where World War I was a regular running theme. Having spent a childhood growing up on World War II films and TV shows it was odd to see Snoopy make reference to the oddly named Sopwith Camel aircraft which was so oddly named that it made me run to the library. Shown above (and in the video below) is a Flying Ace Snoopy USB Hub from Japan which will entertain you with beagle feats of bravery. Read more… Hubble’s Amazing Rescue: PBS is Making Science Sexy
Posted by Michael Pinto on Sep 19, 2009 in Science
This is a promotional video for the upcoming Nova episode Hubble’s Amazing Rescue which looks amazing. To me the irony of this documentary is that both NASA and PBS are examples of amazing government backed programs that deliver high quality results yet are terribly underrated and ultimately underfunded by constant budget cuts. Can Astro Boy Escape Pixar City?
Posted by Michael Pinto on Sep 19, 2009 in Animation
This latest promotional Astro Boy clip is titled Escape Metro City, but it’s more like Escape Pixar City. The more I see of the upcoming Astro Boy flick the more I absolutely hate it. It’s bad enough having to watch every other film trying to poorly imitate Pixar, but then to see such a classic anime character get dragged into the mud is humiliating. This clip sums up while I won’t be standing in line: We’ve got A list actors doing C- voice acting, poorly timed animation that telegraphs its punches and a great deal of eye candy over substance. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Could This Film Be Made Today?
Posted by Michael Pinto on Sep 18, 2009 in Cinema
On this day in 1958 the then controversial film Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opened up, and while we live in a much more liberal society than that of 51 years ago I wonder if this film (or something on the level of this film) would get made today? The film was based on a play by Tennessee Williams; now when was the last time that Hollywood put major bucks and star power behind a story that didn’t start life as a comic book or television series? Read more… Old School Cylon Rings
Posted by Michael Pinto on Sep 18, 2009 in Battlestar Galactica
The design for these rings date back to the good old days when Cylons looked like real Cylons! The coolest thing about the old school Cylons was that single glowing eye that darted back and forth and these Centurion rings pick up on that in a nice way (although i wish there was some sort of way that they could have animated it. Read more… |
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Star Trek: Spock: Reflections #3 looks more like a bad coloring book than a real comic book. Now I’d love to blame the artists, but my bet is that they’re underpaid. I’d love to blame the writers, but my guess is that they’re given too little time and told “what ever”. I’d love to blame the publisher IDW, but then my guess is that they felt like they needed to cut corners because they paid too much for a license that’s seen as a cash cow. The fault that Star Trek: Spock: Reflections #3 looks so bad is because Paramount doesn’t give a damn about Star Trek. 
