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General Information Unit type: unpiloted slave podHeight: 11.1 metersWeight: 39.9 metric tonsArmament: Sla Kila, magic cannon Lineart N/A
How They Animated 'The Wolf House'
Plus: news and mid-century Yugoslav animation.
Memories: Cannon Fodder
By Jonathan Clements. From the opening moments of Katsuhiro Otomo’s Cannon Fodder, the third and final story in the Memories anthology movie, we find ourselves in a world…
Infinite Mobile Cannon
General Information Unit type: mobile cannonArmament: main cannon x 1, machine gun turret x 4Pilot(s): Gon Jem, GolOriginal mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara Lineart Cockpit Rear view
Katsuhiro Otomo Biography
Katsuhiro Otomo was born in April 1954 in the Miyagi Prefecture of Japan. Growing up, Otomo was inspired to create comics from several different works. one of Otomo’s…
How They Made the 'All Caps' Video
Plus: global news and Armenian animation.
How They Painted ‘Samurai Jack’
Plus: the secret history of the Tootsie Pop commercial (and global animation news).
Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Spriggan
Just in time for the new Netflix series, we’re getting to the more tenuously-associated parts of Katsuhiro Otomo’s filmography, with 1998’s…
Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Steamboy
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Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Metropolis
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Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Freedom
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Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Akira
It’s taken a while, but I’ve finally watched and written about every animated production (available in English) contributed to by Katsuhiro…
F70 Cannon Gundam B-Type
General Information Unit type: heavy weapons mobile suit Lineart N/A
F70 Cannon Gundam S-Type
General Information Unit type: long-range support mobile suit Lineart N/A
Memories: Part 3 – Cannon Fodder
With all of that in mind, we dive into the final part of the Memories film package. Cannon Fodder. A short directed and written by the main man…
How to Watch Higurashi: When They Cry in Order
Based on a visual novel, Higurashi: When They Cry (or Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni) is a unique beast to tackle. Not only do you need know what…
Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Robot Carnival
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Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Neo Tokyo
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●CONVERSATION● Katsuhiro Otomo × Minetaro Mochizuki
Katsuhiro Otomo, Akira, Bibliography, Otomo, Animation, Manga, Steamboy, Japanimation,
Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Roujin Z
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Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Short Peace
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An Interview with Katsuhiro Otomo
Salvaged from the mid-1990s.
Tsurune The Linking Shot – How To Sequel | GITM Podcast Ep. 119
Tsurune’s Second Season was a blast and an improvement to its predecessor in almost every conceivable way. But what exactly is a sequel and what makes a Tsurune:…
TV vs Movie I: Shot-by-Shot Comparison
This is a thorough overview comparing changes made between Gundam Reconguista in G Episode 1 to 5 and Movie I. This includes cuts, new shots, new animation, alterations,…
One-Punch Man (Volume 4) – This is How They React!
When the Rank S heroes are unable to stop a meteor destined to destroy City Z, Saitama steps up and smashes it to pieces. The resulting debris pummels…
F71 G-Cannon (Buzz Galemson Custom)
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The Second Shot
detective fiction, 推理小説、games, mystery, murder, locked room, Japanese, translations,
#58 - Katsuhiro Otomo's MEMORIES (1995) Review
Did you know that the guy who created AKIRA also made other stuff? Did you know he worked with THE Satoshi Kon?! and THE Yoko Kanno?!!?? That's what…
Horimiya: They Did It! Why it Matters (And How It Doesn’t)
I’ve been dreading episode seven of Horimiya for weeks before it aired. Well, not episode seven exactly—I was anxious for whatever episode it would be where that happens,…
The Yuzuki Family’s Four Sons Episode 7 Review – How They Met
Studio Shuka should adapt a battle manga just from that fight scene alone…
RMS-179 GM II [with Cannon Unit]
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Bleach Special One Shot
Howl from the Jaws of Hell It’s the 20th anniversary of Bleach and Weekly Shonen Jump’s 35th issue decided to celebrate with a special Bleach One Shot manga…
Kaiju Transmissions triple-shot
Also, because I forgot earlier, I did guest spots on three episodes of Kaiju Transmissions without posting about them here. I wholeheartedly suggest adding Kaiju Transmissions to your…
Tsurune: The Linking Shot
The Chicago White Sox are a bad baseball team. Players are going to be traded at the...
Goodbye, Eri (One Shot)
Yuta got a smartphone for his twelfth birthday. However, there was a catch. His mother asked him to record footage of her because she was sick and likely…
Tsurune: The Linking Shot
The Chicago White Sox are a bad baseball team. Players are going to be traded at the...
Tsurune: The Linking Shot
Tsurune: The Linking Shot is currently streaming on HIDIVE....
Podcast: AKIRA Vol. 3, by Katsuhiro Otomo
Whenever Tetsuo's not on screen, all of the other characters should be asking "Where's Tetsuo?"
025 - Katsuhiro Otomo's Domu: A Child's Dream
Domu: A Child’s Dream By Katsuhiro Otomo Way before Stranger Things and before the masterpiece of the Akira anime, there was the psychic horror of 'A Child's…
Cannon Busters: Black representation beyond social issue dramas
Anime with multiple Black leads, though not unheard of, were rare. I had to know if this was a fluke, or an elaborate marketing ploy to bait viewers…
Back Arrow #14 — Giant Non-Lethal Apocalypse Cannon
That's a very convenient giant cannon. Impressions: Of all the ways I thought this obnoxiously-extended arc would end, I'm not sure I would have called "Princess heals…
Proton Freaking Cannon! MAFEX Iron Man (Comic Ver.)
While everyone’s talking of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange thanks to the Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer that just dropped, I’m still talking about Iron Man. Because Medicom decided…
They don’t make anime like they used to
I’ve been thinking about the above phrase for a few weeks, specifically how infrequently I’ve seen it. When I first got into anime fandom in 2007, I saw…
The Millionaire Detective – I Don’t Think They Know How Much a Million Is
I have been waiting to watch The Millionaire Detective for some time now and I have to say, I'm not disappointed!
I created an Iyashikei Anime tier list based on how “Iyashikei” they are
Backstory On YouTube, I stumbled across this YouTuber named Leepsilon after finding one of his videos where he talked about R-15 alongside other anime such as After-School Dice…
Seven Random Characters I Adore, and How They Glue Me to the Screen
It’s very important for an anime to have characters that make me glue myself to the screen. Whether it’s action anime, adventure anime, slice-of-life anime, fantasy anime, comedy…
Ep. 112: AKIRA vol. 5, by Katsuhiro Otomo
Chip Zdarsky, Deb Aoki, David Brothers, and Christopher Woodrow-Butcher finish up season 4 of the Mangasplaining podcast with vol. 5 of AKIRA by Katsuhiro Otomo
Ep. 83: AKIRA Volume 4, by Katsuhiro Otomo
The Mangasplaining gang returns to Katsuhiro Otomo's legendary manga series AKIRA with volume 4! The story becomes very different than the anime...
They Have Fireworks
Hawks's story is told, One Piece gets into the action, and Stockholm's Syndrome is weaponized in i tell c! My Hero Academia 299 - 4:24 Kaiju No. 8 24 -…
Ayakashi Triangle, Black Clover, Fireworks, My Hero Academia, One Piece