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I am. A couple of guys at work brought in the American version, and it very much rocks. Like Donkey Konga and Samba de Amigo, but much cooler. If you want it though, be quick - it's one of those games that's going to disappear quickly, at least until stocks pick up again in a few months.

The whole 'anime is just cartoons for kids' thing just refuses to die, doesn't it? This strikes me as more of a political 'won't someone think of the children' move than any real censorship. As has been said, worse has been let through before. Had this been live-action, I'm pretty sure this...

Ouendan is an amazing game. A friend gave me a loan of it, and almost didn't get it back ;) It's also known as 'the cheerleading game' and is still one of the single best games on the DS. Rumours do actually abound that it's being prepared for a European release, but whether or not the...

First off, I'd like to congratulate Ramadahl on what is quite possibly the largest post in the whole forum. Quite impressive ;) As for my own thoughts, I'm surprised no-one's mentioned the term "Amerimanga," often used to describe comics produced in America with manga-style artwork. Examples...

I think at this stage Ghibli have to be careful they don't fall into the same trap that Disney did once Walt died, and really start churing out crap. To be honest though, I'm not too worried about the quality of these new films. While not every Ghibli film has been a masterpiece, there hasn't...

Just a quick question: is Akihabara as cool as it sounds?

In celebration of the Macross article, I cleaned up an old magazine scan and wallpaperised it. Then completely forgot about it. Cleanin it up was quite a task, as poor Myung was covered in text, but I think it came out pretty well. Impressions?

There ya go, Badger. I believe you dropped hints for this a while ago. That do ya? ;) Yes, yes you are. You were rather helpful with some of the finer details, so thanks again.

I wouldn't hold my breath for either of these live-action adaptations to see the light of day. Robotech has something of a history when it comes to unfinished sequels, and a number of proposed projects have all been canned in the pre-production stages. That begin said though, if they do find...

There's actually two. Ragnarok the manga is by Kentaro Yasui and Tsukas Kotobuki, and follows the adventures of Leeroy and his talking sword. It's rather a dark and mature tale, and ran for three volumes. It's published as Sword of the Dark Ones by CMX in the US. Ragnarok the manhwa is by...

Wholeheartedly concurred. It's the most realistic and probable portrayal of life in space I've seen, but I particularly like the way the universe takes a back seat to the development of the very human characters and their daily lives. I think the OP is also great, with a uplifting song and...

This is indeed excellent news. I thouroughly enjoyed the first season, and was left with an instant craving for more. Now if only someone would pick up this series for release here...

Not neccesarily, but it does help. It doesn't contain any massive spoilers or anything, but it also doesn't take the time to introduce the characters in the same way the series does. Personally, I'd pick it up for the cheap, and watch it after the series (or between eps 22 and 23, which is when...

I say lazy because if I wanted to do it properly, I would have taken a picture of an actual filmstrip and worked it in :) This cheap imitation effect was originally just an experiment, and was actually a way of using the only tiny, crappy images of Leos I could find. They were made smaller...

Sorry, didn't read the whole thing. You're thinking of Macross Plus, which is also very worth watching; lots of planes transforimg into giant robots. Roujin Z is another underappreciated gem, that hasn't got a DVD release over here. Bacisally, it's about an old man whos shiny new mechanincal...

All feedback is good feedback :). This actually wasn't that difficult to do. All it is is a screencap blown up, some very large text, a heavily-modified cutout (the original had lines and allsorts pointing at various parts; it took a while to edit out and clean up), and the pink monoeye and...

That's kind of the point of Patlabor. They're more like police and detective stories rather than robot action, with slower, cleverer plots. If you liked the Ghost in the Shell movie, you'll probably like the Patlabor ones - Mamoru Oshii directed both. I can also heartily recommend Akira...

Didn't entirely agree, so I went back to it. With this one, I made the whole thing slightly darker, and removed the cutaway entirely. Better or worse - and why?

Mobile Suit Gundam - What else? ;) The ol' Zaku is an iconic design from the original series. Made this one a while back at the request of a friend, and am reasonably chuffed with the way it came out.

Been a while since I've reared my head in this neck of the woods, but thought I'd put this old Zaku wall up for critique. Whadya all think?