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Backstreet Boys + Anime + Group of guys = Hilarious! (Watch ...

This is one of those videos that you have to see to believe, but it turns out that when you mix the Backstreet Boys with some anime and a fun-loving group of guys, you end up with a truly EPIC and hilarious video! Watch to find out what I [...]

Posted On : Sep, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Anime Midwest Announces LeetStreet Boys and Micah Solusod

Anime Midwest is delighted to announce the performance of the LeetStreet Boys and the appearance of Micah Solusod at the 2011 Chicago anime convention. Anime Midwest will be happening July 15-17, 2011 at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Cha [...]

Posted On : Jun, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

'Future Boy Conan' Anime Series on DVD

Following a devastating global war that nearly eliminated human civilization in its entirety, one boy steps up and makes a difference. The anime series Mirai Shounen Conan (1978), known to most westerners simply as Future Boy Conan, is a [...]

Posted On : May, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Boycott of 'anime' fair worries industry

The animation industry has expressed concern over the Tokyo International Anime Fair 2011 because a group of publishers plans to boycott the event as a protest over stricter regulations on sexually explicit manga and "anime."Th [...]

Posted On : Jan, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Boycotters to hold own 'anime' fair

Eight animation-related companies that plan to skip the Tokyo International Anime Fair in March to protest the metropolitan government's tightening of sexual expression in manga and "anime" will stage a competing event to r [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Anime's Oshii, Yuri Manga's Miyabi, Boys of Summer's Otsuka ...

The English website for the Japanese anime studio Production I.G has posted the first part of a 2008 interview with director Mamoru Oshii about his recent film The Sky Crawlers. In the first part of the interview, Oshii discussed the sim [...]

Posted On : May, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Old-school anime good source material for cute Astro Boy

The creators of the psycho, acid-trippy, ADD-inducing live-action "Speed Racer" movie a couple of years ago should take note: "Astro Boy" is the way you adapt old-school anime to the big screen. The movie, brought to the [...]

Posted On : Oct, 26 2009 | Comments : 1

'Astro Boy' Director & Kristen Bell Talk Plot And Themes Of ...

As "Astro Boy" prepares to lift-off into theaters this weekend, the many cast and crew members of the film are making the press rounds to discuss the upcoming manga adaptation's plot and thematic elements. In an interview with Co [...]

Posted On : Oct, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

Astro Boy (2009)

In an origin story that's like Pinocchio meets Frankenstein, Dr. Tenma (voiced by Nicolas Cage), a robotics professor, loses his son, Toby, in a freak energy accident and builds a new kid from scratch: a robot boy with rocket flames that sh [...]

Posted On : Oct, 22 2009 | Comments : 0

Original anime TV series Astro Boy evolves into movie, game

Before Speed Racer offered an anime slant to Saturday morning cartoons in the 1970s, and before G-Force or Voltron made kids rush home from school in the 1980s, there was Astro Boy. Widely considered the original manga comic, Astro Boy was [...]

Posted On : Oct, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

Step into the boots of a superhero, as the very first anime ...

‘Blue’ energy abound at Madame Tussauds Hong Kong, as the attraction launched its very first anime superhero wax figure – Astro Boy – one of the world’s most-loved anime characters. Dubbing artists Aaron Kwok a [...]

Posted On : Oct, 01 2009 | Comments : 0

New York Anime Festival to screen '20th Century Boys' trilog...

As covered on June 17th, the first two films of the live-action trilogy, 20th Century Boys, based off the popular manga by, Naoki Urasawa, filmed at Japan Society, as part of the New York Asian Film Festival. Just announced by New Yor [...]