Based on an obscure 1973 Tatsunoko anime TV series of the same name (and a later anime OAV known in the USA as Casshan: Robot Hunter), this live-action sci-fi reimagining was a smash hit in Japan taking audiences by storm with its unique cinematic vision, and now the Director's Cut comes to USA DVD for the very first time! With stunning, jaw-dropping visuals and an exciting tale about a post-Third World War dystopian future, Casshern thrills viewers by using some of the same techniques as those used in the blockbuster film 300.
Filmed entirely using a digital backlot technique similar to Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Sin City and 300, Casshern allowed the film-makers unlimited imagination and they make full-use of it with outstanding visuals that depict the brutal world the characters inhabit with stunning realism. Read More...
I've been getting too bleary-eyed, waiting for GitS:SAC to run at 1:30am on Cartoon Network, so, the boxed set was a joy to behold. It allowed me fully appreciate the intricacies of the complex storyline while I was fully awake. Taking place after a World War Four, Japan escapes relatively unscathed (only Tokyo was nuked), but has to deal with refugees, world politics, terrorists and a whole slew of new nonsense relating to the blending of the virtual and reality based environments. Read More...
Sato's life is going down the drain. He's dropped out of college, only goes outside once a week and sleeps sixteen hours a day. Surviving on a steady diet of internet porn sites, he finds himself falling further into a pit of despair.
Then he has a sudden epiphany. Sato decides that the sinister broadcast company known as The NHK is trying to transform their viewers into jobless, societal recluses, and they bombard them with images of cutesy anime girls. Unable to resist the charms of such addictive programming, innocent victims like Sato are soon too busy watching TV, reading erotic comics, and playing pornographic computer games to pursue a normal life. Read More...
Long ago, the legends say, there was a secret army. Unseen until needed, these warriors struck from the shadows, protecting justice and defending the Jushin Empire from both tyrants and thieves. They were called the Amen Osa, The Phantom Masters. But now Jushin has fallen, yet from the ashes of destruction, a hero has appeared to defend the people. His name is unknown, but there are clues. Is he the last of the Amen Osa?
Shin Angyo Onshi is the story of Munsu, an angyo onshi — a government agent of the mythical country of Jushin who travels the country incognito and roots out corrupt officials and warlords to restore the peace and bring justice to the common people. Read More...
Battle and trade cards via WiFi with your friends. A completely accurate translation of the popular anime series' card game, the Fullmetal Alchemist Trading Card Game brings the collectible strategy game to the Nintendo DS with nearly 500 cards, a variety of play modes, and extensive Touch Screen support. Read More...
Anime Holiday Shopping Guide 2007
Here are our top picks for anime gift goodies for Christmas:
When I was a kid, I didn't like the Cabbage Patch Kids or any toys that open and close their eyes by themselves because they reminded me too much of Chucky, nor did I like Barbie because she seemed so stuck up and pretentious and perfect. I gave them to my brother to decimate. I loved G.I. Joe and my Hot Wheels. Read More...
A "behind-the-scenes" hero to anyone who's thrilled to giant monsters duking it out over Tokyo, Eiji Tsuburaya was the visual effects mastermind behind Godzilla, Ultraman, and numerous Japanese science fiction movies and TV shows beloved around the world. Read More...
Why we love this album — for starters, it's only 5 bucks. Secondly, it has a clean opening and closing for Jonny Quest, which makes it worth the price alone. But you've also got some cool stuff like the Space Ghost theme, and some of the best Hanna-Barbera tunes ever made, like Magilla Gorilla, A Man called Flintstone, The Way Outs, Meet the Flinstones, Hong Kong Phooey, and Josie and the Pussycats (for whom we have already professed our undying love), and more! Read More...
