If you’re over 14 years of age and live in the UK, you might like to know that the Japanese Embassy over there is holding its annual manga-writing (sorry, it’s just for writing, kids) contest, titled Manga Jiman 150, until the 26th of September.
All entries must stick to the contest theme, which is “150″.
First prize [...]
Okay, to answer the two questions I’m sure you’ll have after seeing the image above:
Yes, that’s supposed to be Atom-kun, known internationally as Astroboy. And yes, the license owners know about it. In fact, this new interpretation of the iconic anime and manga character was given their blessing.
Astro-chub was illustrator Lily Franky’s version of Astroboy, [...]
Here are the winners for this year’s Anime Blog Awards:
Best Episodic Blog Gold Award
Random Curiosity
Best Episodic Blog Silver Award
Subculture Anime Blog
Best Episodic Blog Bronze Award
Star Crossed Anime Blog
Best Editorial Blog Gold Award
The Animanachronism
Best Editorial Blog Silver Award
RIUVA
Best Editorial Blog Bronze Award
Hop Step Jump
Best Team Blog Gold Award
THAT Anime Blog
Best [...]
Lots of Gundam-related stuff in the news lately. This time it’s about a mall in Japan that has set up a 13-foot tall statue of an RX-78-2 Mobile Suit Gundam robot inside its walls.
The promotional stunt was meant to show support for Japanese Olympic marathoner Mizuki Noguchi, who won gold in ‘04 in Athens [...]
Now I don’t much about art, but I do know what I like. And this painting, I like:
It’s Hisashi Tenmyouya’s RX-78-2 Kabuki-mono 2005 Version. It was made for Gundam-related a travelling exhibition in 2005, and was recently auctioned off by Christie’s International for a cool $4.8M HK dollars, or about $615,000 US.
Now THAT’s sure to [...]
A theme cafe in the otaku shopping district of Akihabara called the Cure Maid Cafe will be offering an Evangelion-inspired menu until May 18, including the LCL drink served in a Ayanami Rei-decorated tumbler and the squid-ink Sachiel Pasta pictured above.
Meanwhile, the Pasela chain of restaurants, also in Japan, has the Eva Honey Toast [...]
Three minutes’ worth of live action Speed Racer goodness has found its way online courtesy of IGN. You can watch it by clicking on this link.
Meanwhile, washingtonpost.com has come out with some early user reviews for the Wachowski brothers helmed project. So far, it’s garnered an average of three out of four stars. [...]
You can now preorder the UDON-published tribute artbook featuring new Street Fighter-themed stuff from top artists such as J.Scott Campbell, Adam Hughes, Omar Dogan, Arnold Tsang, Penny Arcade’s Gabe, lvin Lee, and a bunch of others.
The video game series that inspired the new artbook revolutionized gaming (and gaming art) during the 90’s, inspiring a slew [...]
Skye Lynn Budnick is a 21-year old Central Connecticut State University student. She is a member of the university’s anime club and is suffering from depression. Reportedly, the anime club was the only reason she stayed in school.
Recently, Budnick bought a one-way ticket to Japan with only a laptop and some cash in tow. Her [...]
The ultra-popular and infinitessimably influential Weekly Shonen Jump comics magazine is turning 40 this year, and to celebrate they’ll be touring ten cities in Japan this fall with new anime specials featuring Dragon Ball, One Piece and at least one other anime/manga comics title.
No word yet as to whether the new anime flicks will be [...]