The Akira Project
An amazing fan-made trailer for a live-action adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira.
“A Gaggle of Golgo 13”
Over at Teleport City, Keith takes a look at live-action and animated adaptations of Takao Saito’s manga, Golgo 13.
Becoming a Cipher to Oneself
At Jim C. Hines’ blog, writer Micha Trota writes about what it means when she says, “I don’t see race.” “It means that because I learned to see no difference between ‘white’ and ‘color,’ I have white-washed my own sense of self. It means that I know more […]
You’ve Got A Friend
My grade one teacher hung up a lot of art in our classroom. Some pieces were temporary: the cartoon ghosts at Hallowe’en; the fold-out bells at Christmas; the uneven hearts we made for Valentine’s Day. Others were framed and permanent, like the giant map of mostly Canada (the […]
“Bani Garu: Problems from the start”
Lea Hernandez has a new webcomic about her time at anime studio Gainax up at Boing Boing.
Interview with Kenji Kamiyama
Andrez Bergen interviews anime director Kenji Kamiyama for Madman.
The Cultural Gutter 