Weird Pikachu
Seen near Kudoyama station in Wakayama.
Archive for the category Anime
Live-action Akira movie
The project to make a live-action Akira movie is progressing well. The director will be Albert Hugh (one of his last movies was The Book of Eli) and the screenwriter will be Albert Torres. The movie will be based on the first three volumes of the manga, and in the future maybe there will be [...]
Nausicaä Omu
An omu just came out of the Valley of the Wind! Found at Euonymus Twitter.
Totoro waiting for the Nekobus
Totoro waiting for the Nekobus in the real world. From a Mikamika59 tweet.
Dragon Ball Bus
Seen in my trip to Thailand last Xmas.
Osamu Tezuka in Takadanobaba
Osamu Tezuka, considered the father of manga, was born in the neighborhood of Takadanobaba in 1928. Takadanobaba is a quiet student neighborhood in Tokyo located near Waseda University, north of Shinjuku. Tezuka lived practically all his live in Takadanobaba and the neighborhood appears sometimes in some of his works; for example in his manga Astro [...]
The Borrower Arrietty – New Studio Ghibli movie
The next Studio Ghibli movie is based on the novel The Borrowers and is being directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, who until now had been an animator. The Borrower Arrietty is his first movie as a director. The funny thing is that even though it is based on the novel by Mary Norton, the action of [...]
Dragon Ball Raging Blast
Since Dragon Ball Kai started to be broadcasted in Japan, it seems like Dragon Ball is becoming superpopular again like in the 90s. This weekend the most advertised video game in Akihabara was Dragon Ball Raging Blast for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It was showcased at the entrance of almost every shop and the [...]
