Big Plans for Gen Con Indy 2010

Akusai from Action Skeptics here, folks. Well, ladies and gentlemen, plans for a symposium of reality-based programming at Gen Con Indy 2010 are coming together faster than I could have imagined. Some of you may remember that back in September Les was kind enough to allow me to post A Call to Skeptical Action, wherein . . . → Read More: Big Plans for Gen Con Indy 2010

“Astro Boy” trailer hits the net.

Osamu Tezuka’s story about an atomic powered robot boy, Tetsuwan Atomu, was first published in manga form in Japan in 1952. The animated series, considered by many to be the birth of anime as a distinct form of animation, aired in Japan from 1963 until 1966, just a year before I was born. It was . . . → Read More: “Astro Boy” trailer hits the net.

Bebop Feedback

If they can cast Keanu as Spike, what about mounting a campaign for Les as Jet?

Reachable, sez I…

Yet more proof that there is no God.

Keanu Reeves has been cast as Spike Spiegel in the upcoming live-action American take on one of my favorite anime series: Cowboy Bebop.

It’s like they don’t want my money. Like they’re trying to see if they can get me to pay them not to produce a movie I’d normally camp out to see. If . . . → Read More: Yet more proof that there is no God.

“Dragonball Revolution” trailer hits the net and looks absolutely moronic.

I admit that I’ve never been a fan of the Dragonball Z anime series. I thought it was stupid and overblown and mind numbingly dull. The fact that it’s been hugely popular with anime fans both in Japan and here in the States for years just shows that my fellow Otaku can have some seriously . . . → Read More: “Dragonball Revolution” trailer hits the net and looks absolutely moronic.

Proving once again that many Christians have a healthy sense of humor…

… my good friend JethricOne, who is a moderate Christian himself, sent me the following email last night:

At [my daughter’s] confirmation class this evening, she drew a picture of an anime Jesus for an assignment. When she told me, I couldn’t resist thinking about the song “Drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts . . . → Read More: Proving once again that many Christians have a healthy sense of humor…

“Cowboy Bebop” to become a live action film.

This could be good or bad. I’m a big fan of the Cowboy Bebop anime series so word that a live action American-made film based on the series is intriguing and worrying at the same time. Veteran producer Erwin Stoff and FOX just signed the deal a short while ago and Stoff promises they’ll stay . . . → Read More: “Cowboy Bebop” to become a live action film.

I’m getting too old for anime conventions.

As has been stated on more than one occasion I’m a former anime/manga otaku who once ran a website devoted to the topic and spent countless hours traveling to cons and hanging out with people in the industry, but all of that had to fade into the background once I got married and my daughter, . . . → Read More: I’m getting too old for anime conventions.

Anime character PC case mod.

Being a true computer geek I love case mods the same way that car enthusiasts love custom hotrods. I have neither the skill nor the workspace to make case mods of my own, but I love checking out what people who have plenty of both manage to come up with.  I’ve written on more than . . . → Read More: Anime character PC case mod.

“Ghost In The Shell 2 - Innocence” English site now live.

Looks like the folks at DreamWorks have licensed the sequel to one of my all time favorite anime movies, Ghost in the Shell, and they now have an official website up pending its release here in the States. Check out Ghost in the Shell 2 – Innocence.

Warning: This site is very spoiler heavy.

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