... a Wheel -- ANIMATION MAGAZINE Print EmailRedline, Takeshi Koike’s heady new anime feature, embraces the car culture of the West. Two years ago the ... The five-minute trailer soon appeared on the Internet and at successive Tokyo International Anime Festivals. Buzz and curiosity swelled. And after six years in development, Redline finally had its world premiere this summer at the prestigious Locarno ...

... to perform at the school festival thingy. With this series I’m now up to where I was when my anime blog was wiped! First of all I have to say right off the bat or other athletic instrument (hah, pun) that ... sport! Ha!" One of the things I never quite understood with Japanese school festivals is if most of the people attending are also the people putting all the cafes and plays and other ...

... of course -- after all, there's a ton out there, in many different genres. But what I've been noticing lately is how many anime series seem to be aimed at audiences we in North America don't even have. ... Vampire which combines simple kid-friendly concepts and plot structures... with panty shot festivals and incessant breast-size jokes. (I do have examples without plus signs in their ...

... anime calendars, and today we've gotten some all-new anime calendars in: Bleach, D. Grey-man, One Piece, Naruto ... approved for use in Japanese schools, and if you pay attention to anime you can see characters walking with it (minus the Hello Kitty). Restocked ... (FREE size) This happi (a short kimono for use in festivals) is mighty cool, emblazoned with the kanji characters ...

... , military theorist, and author Miyamoto Musashi anime fans as well as Japanese history and culture buffs have ... that's going to be hitting the 9th offering of the fest. Anime News Network is reporting that along with "Musashi" ... Film Festival last month and now these premieres it only goes to show that smaller festivals can compete with the big fests by bringing these highly-acclaimed ...

... by Grzegorz Jonkajtys and Marcin Kobylecki  is ready to be screened today… ‘Ark’ got dozen awards during 2007 on many international festivals, such as: Tokyo International Anime Fair, Siggraph, Ars Electronica, etc. Synopsis: ‘An unknown virus has destroyed almost the entire human population. Oblivious to the true ...