screenshot: Gainax / Netflix / Kotaku Final Fantasy XVI, a more action-oriented take on the RPG franchise, clearly draws inspiration from a lot of other popular media. As game informer Back in May, Square Enix reported that it drew inspiration from blockbuster movies and hit series game of Thrones, godzillaAnd Neon Genesis Evangelion during game ...
Heroic indeed. image: © Ishimori Productions Toei © “Kamen Rider BLACK SUN” PROJECT. What better way to celebrate fifty years? Came Riders than with some badass new suits? This autumn, Kamen Rider Black Sun meets Japan TVand brings along some ridiculously cool outfits, masked helmets, and cute motorbikes. Kamen Rider Black Suna reboot of Kamen ...
Hayao Miyazaki’s designs are always on point. photo: Yoshi6054 / © 1984 Studio Ghibli ・ H When manga and anime get live-action versions, one of the biggest stumbling blocks is how things look. Sideways or animated, a character and their outfit can look great; However, real life interpretation could look awkward or silly. That doesn’t ...
picture:: © 1984 Studio Ghibli – H. One of Hideaki Anno’s earliest appearances animated the seminal God warrior Sequence in Nausicaä from the valley of the wind. According to Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki, it is now interested in a live action film. Considering how Anno has been working on a handful of feature films ...
photo:: YOSHIKAZU TSUNO / AFP via Getty Images ((Getty Images) Yoshiyuki Tomino is an anime legend. In the 79 years oldYou might think he’s checked out, retired and settled down. You would be wrong. As reported 2chIn a recent interview on Japanese television, Tomino talked about what keeps him going. He mentioned how giant robot ...
Screenshot:: Ultraman Official ULTRAMAN OFFICIAL by TSUBURAYA PROD. @YouTube Kotaku EastThe East is your piece of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Turn on every morning from 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. Originally planned for “early summer” in Japan is the upcoming one Shin Ultraman Film ...
photo:: TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA / AFP via Getty Images ((Getty Images) Hideaki Anno, the creator of Evangelionis an anime symbol. He says he’s done with the show. But with his fame and popularity came haters that took him to a very dark place. At one point, twisted online comments made Anno contemplate dying by suicide. In ...
