http://anime.wizarduniverse.com It's all anime, all the time! Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:25:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week at Toy Fair, I got to wander through Square Enix's booth of delights. I'd be hard to pick a favorite figure, since there were so many cool ones--they even had plenty of jewelry on display!--but by far the cutest thing I saw was this 10-inch Kingdom Hearts figure ... http://anime.wizarduniverse.com/2009/02/24/cutest-sora-ever/ Who else watched the 81st Academy Awards a couple days ago? I thought I had done a pretty good job of keeping up with movies this year, but by my count, I've only seen 4 of the films nominated (The Dark Knight, Frost/Nixon, Slumdog Millionaire, and Waltz with Bashir). However, ... http://anime.wizarduniverse.com/2009/02/24/the-oscars/ So apparently there's already a script for a second Dragon Ball live-action movie that could get put into production if the first one is successful. I'd be more terrified if I thought the first one was going to do well at all. Does anyone expect this thing to make bank? ... http://anime.wizarduniverse.com/2009/02/19/confession-is-good-for-the-soul/ Is Anime Insider being sold at newsstands in Tokyo? Really?? Actually, I don't know. This pic was actually taken at Kinokuniya, a Japanese-language book seller across the street from Bryant Park in New York City (they also have a location at the Palisades Mall in West Nyack, NY, right down the ... http://anime.wizarduniverse.com/2009/02/17/ai-sold-in-japan/ Fans of the tender, loving but TOTALLY platonic relationships between the schoolgirls of Maria Watches Over Us should be happy—Right Stuf's Twitter reveals it's got the fourth season. Very cool; I haven't seen a ton of Maria myself, but what I have seen has been pretty good, and I like ... http://anime.wizarduniverse.com/2009/02/12/more-maria/ This Game Boy has got some stories, let me tell ya. He has seen some things, man. Things you wouldn't even freakin' believe, man. So anyway... after Comic Con I came across this display at the Nintendo World Store at Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan. This smashed-up original model Game Boy ... http://anime.wizarduniverse.com/2009/02/10/game-boy-becomes-a-man/ The fourth annual New York Comic Con took place this past weekend, and the AI crew attended. It's an easy one for us since we only have to drive less than an hour to get there. I didn't have to do too much—Summer took care of most of the business-y stuff ... http://anime.wizarduniverse.com/2009/02/09/comic-con/ I found this on Boing Boing earlier, and it is brilliant. Surely most of you have seen the famous Engrish.com, a funny website dedicated to Japanese pop culture's apparent fascination with using our language for decorative purposes (as opposed to its actual meaning) and the hilarious (to native speakers) results ... http://anime.wizarduniverse.com/2009/02/06/are-you-a-tough-guy/ So Summer's in Manhattan today to interview Takashi Miike before the New York Comic-Con gets going. Matt and are I hard at work even without her watchful gaze. Of course, one reason I can't possibly slack off is what I see when I lift my eyes from my monitor: That's the ... http://anime.wizarduniverse.com/2009/02/05/theyre-watching-me/ You might not have heard about it, but a volcano erupted close to Tokyo yesterday, and it got me thinking. For a country with 108 active volcanos, why aren't there more volcano references in anime? I mean, there's not even a volcano in Volcano High. Sure, there are one or ... http://anime.wizarduniverse.com/2009/02/03/eruption/