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Tokyoite Heather Lorusso, no stranger to a game or two of ping pong herself, falls for Fumihiko Sori's film adaptation of this popular manga series. What I want to know is, how does it stack up against Balls of Fury?
... films and also has his own hip hop/metal band. The director of Ping Pong, Fumihiko Sori, is originally a CG artist. After reading the original manga, he wanted to use his talent to bring it to the big screen. His background makes for some absolutely gorgeous and exciting matches, two words not usually ...
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Where can you buy fine Japanese merchandise without paying hefty import fees? Phil Bailey takes a look at jlist.com, a site with a wide variety of unusual merchandise for the Japanophile.
JLIST.COM Courtesy of jlist.com Jlist Favorite...Kaori-chan! Being a Japanophile (Asianphile for that matter) stuck in the Western world can be tough. It seems that little apart from kiddie anime and samurais make it to this country. I mean how much Pokemon, Gundam, and Sailor Moon can one handle ...
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No, it's not a grown up version of TV's Smallville, it's director Rintaro's anime version of Osamu Tezuka's 1949 manga, loosely based on the Fritz Lang classic of the same name. Carl F. Gauze reads the subtitles.
... you can slo-mo through the details and really understand the work that went into this gem of animation. The story (adapted from Osamu Tezuka's 1949 manga) is only loosely related to the Fritz Lang film of the same name (an item still worth seeing for any real film buff), and while bits and pieces of ...
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Best known for his work on the anime Serial Experiments: Lain, Yoshitoshi ABe gets a beautiful showcase for his art in the new book, Essence. Phil Bailey takes a close look at the manga masterpiece.
... Abe's art, entitled Essence, gives a deeper look into the artist's understated, beautiful style. The ultra-cartoony look of the stereotypical manga or anime characters is not found in Abe's work. The eyes may bit a bit more pronounced than is fashionable in the West, but it is a far cry from Dragonball ...
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For their first headlining American tour, Japan's Dir En Grey have brought along Fair To Midland and Bleed The Dream to further challenge young audiences with new hybrids of Metal. Jen Cray caught show #2 at Orlando's House of Blues.
... in Marilyn Manson meets My Chemical Romance mall goth, I feel that it's not too presumptuous to think that the audience had a large percentage of Manga fans. For those not in the know, Manga are ridiculously popular Japanese comic books that read back to front and are often sexual in nature. People ...
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March 1998 :: Ink Spots :: Lunatic Park (Lord Gregory Monkey)
... onslaught of futuristic comics, shows, and toys. Kenji was enthralled with these poppy views of the future, and became a big fan of a butt-load of manga and Japanime, especially "Atom Boy" (half-naked robotic wonderboy in latex hot pants), "Godzilla" (world's most eligible lizard bachelor -- or is that ...
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February 1998 :: Print :: Rude Tales (Julio Diaz)
... play on the connection between ska and secret agents, including a sublime parody of ska shows. James Glader's "Crew-Ska-Fiction" is a very pretty manga-influenced strip about the travails of owning the ultimate ska status symbol, the Vespa. Jordan Hillyard's "Dave!" series gets several vignettes, and ...
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Loud (Kinetic). Review by Stein Haukland.
... performance by Kelis, is an absolute monster and deserves to rule both radio waves and dance floors this summer, as does the immediately following "Manga." "Hash Driven" unsurprisingly takes things down a bit, with a sound that's heavily reminiscent of what Ninja Tune is known for releasing. "Shifter ...
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EP (Sony). Review by Jen Cray.
ORESKABAND EP Sony Ska for manga freaks! If you love to read your comics backwards; if you know what "Naruto," "InuYasha," and "Full Metal Alchemist" mean; if you like your graphics bordering the lines of pedophilia -- you will love Oreskaband. Now, before you start hurling stones at me, or accusing ...
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