​From Deadline:The twists and turns on the Warner Bros adaptation of anime artist Katsuhiro Otomo's graphic novel Akira continue. Director Albert Hughes is exiting the movie, I'm told. Insiders say that it is an amicable creative differences parting of the ...

There's a new clip from the upcoming Voltron Force cartoon showcasing Voltron forming. Again, the robots and Voltron look good, but man the character designs and the 2-D animation are awful. Why is everyone just sitting there smiling idiots? Are ...

If the Star Wars force has a light side and a dark side, I'm inclined to think that the Voltron Force -- the upcoming Voltron sequel premiering on Nickelodeon next month -- has a light side and a dark side ...

Remember the fun/awesome live-action Evangelion opening video I posted yesterday? Topless Roboteer Ruslave alerted me to a similar live-action Sailor Moon opening which, although it's been around forever, I hadn't seen, and which is neither fun nor awesome, but weird ...

I know I stretch the word "terrific" a lot when I post Super Terrific Japanese Thing, but by god, this video is terrific in the most traditional sense of the word. A bunch of Japanese nerds got together to re-do ...

​From Anime News Network:According to the entertainment news website JoBlo.com, actor has passed on playing the role of Kaneda in Warner Bros.' planned live-action adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's manga Akira. The Hollywood Reporter trade magazine's Heat Vision blog had ...

NOTE: DVD Day is kind of weak today, so you might want to consider blowing your cash on Rockstar's L.A. Noire videogame instead, which also comes out today and is, by all account, totally awesome. I certainly would if I ...

Keanu Reeves has passed on the lead role in the project. Warner Bros has also fired much of the pre-visualization department. Does this mean the live-action Akira remake is dead? Unfortunately, probably not. Here’s the official statement from the big ...

I was talking with a friend this weekend about Minecraft, specifically how it scares the hell out of me. Seeing all these people make these elaborate, massive works is impressive in the jillions of Minecraft videos is impressive, but I ...

​From the Hollywood Reporter: Akira, the English-language, live-action take on the landmark anime and manga property, is zeroing in on its star, and it just might be Keanu Reeves. Warner Bros. has been having a tough time finding the two leads of ...

And when I say "disturbance" I mean "possible epileptic seizure." See, there's finally a trailer for the Voltron reboot/sequel cartoon titled Voltron Force, and believe it or not, I actually think it looks potentially good. Well, the parts that I ...

​• I don't know how new these are, but alert Topless Roboteer Charles G. alerted me that Japanese hipster-y fashion chain Uniqlo is no offering several shirts based on One Piece, Naruto and Dragonballl Z. Also, the U.K. Uniqlo store ...

HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT.Coroner Records is really proud to announce the upcoming release of a new album of extreme metal covers of Studio Ghibli songs entitled "Princess Ghibli".The project called "Imaginary Flying Machines" (from the title of a short film written ...

Welcome bastards to another installment of NerdBastards’ weekly DVD Tuesday feature. We list what came out today and recommend if it’s either a BUY, RENT, or PASS. We got one major release that features Jack Black (yeah… That movie), on this ...

io9 is reporting that the first three episodes of Madhouse's X-Men anime have made their way online, (you can watch them all with fansubs here). To be honest, I'm quite enjoying the visual style and tone Madhouse is trying to ...

The 90s X-Men animated series this ain’t. Incredible looking animation, dramatic character moments and sweet ass-kicking action. It’s all you’ve ever wanted from a good, super hero cartoon. But this isn’t just a cartoon, it’s anime. Madhouse’s X-Men series’ first ...

​Er... maybe that came out a little wrong. Shout Factory will release Transformers: Headmasters on DVD on July 5th. That's four DVDs of all 35 episodes. I've seen some people complain that it doesn't look like there'll be an English ...

Akira was the first anime I ever watched outside of Sailor Moon and it was an eye opening experinece. Instead of a bright and colorful landscape with funny monsters it was all grunge and dirt filled with more technology that ...

​Because you've been waiting for a big-budget, live-action Hollywood movie based on the hit sci-fi videogame franchise from EA and Bioware, right? Yeah, this isn't it. From the press release:BioWare™, a division of leading video game publisher Electronic Arts ...

Welcome bastards to another installment of NerdBastards’ weekly DVD Tuesday feature. We list what came out today and recommend if it’s either a BUY, RENT, or PASS. This week we got 4 films to see if you any of them are ...

The Mary Sue found the opening to the X-Men anime, and while I still think it looks better than the Iron Man or Wolverine anime series, it still looks pretty silly. Actually, maybe it looks all right, and Cyclops still ...

Let’s all say it together: Thunder, Thunder, Thundercats, Ho! Screened this past weekend at San Francisco’s WonderCon (the hippie pre-cursor to San Diego Comic-Con) was  footage from Cartoon Networks upcoming revamp of the 80′s classic cartoon Thundercats. In short, some shit ...

​Three things:1) There were some really, really great entries this contest, and many of you were very emphatic about who should win. This means I will be disappointing and pissing off many people with these results. My apologies.2) As I ...

As you all know, Japan's been having kind of a rough time lately. Earthquakes. Tsunamis. And, to a lesser extent, the long-threatened American adaptation of Akira. Obviously, the U.S. Akira is far less grave than the other two, but it ...

Looks like the crew from the amazing Pokémon Apocalypse short have learned a very important lesson about Pokémon fighting -- namely, that it's incredibly evil and depraved. Look, there have been a lot of fan vids doing the whole "Pokémon ...

I know I just railed against talking about casting rumors earlier today, and here I am posting about some casting rumors. However, while the JGL/Dark Knight Rises confusion is just kind of irritating, the reported shortlist for the actors being ...

​There have been many reports that Sailor Moon is returning to America with all-new comics. There have even been some people saying Sailor Moon will even have new anime episodes.This is not true.The Sailor Moon manga is coming back to ...

There's always been a lot of hate for Cyclops. He's generally viewed as the boring, uptight leader, and the few times he actually does something interesting, it's always a little distasteful, like fucking evil clones or former archenemies of former ...

​Porn's ability to kickstart a career is undeniable... in Japan, at least. Sure, in the west, porn is a multimedia industry that's seen as wrong and gross and something to be generally frowned upon by polite society. But in Japan, ...

Admittedly, I don’t give a shit about Akira. I know the Anime is a landmark film in Japanese animation and I’m also aware what a huge cult following it has. The Manga is arguably better, but that’s neither here or ...

Here's a better look at that Evangelion-themed hotel room in the Fuji-Q Highland amusement park I mentioned back in January. It looks like a lot of fun, but for $450 a night, there should be a fridge full of free ...

​Hey, it's a clear look at the character designs from Madhouse's X-Men anime. I think they look far better on the show itself than they do here, but I still pretty much dig 'em. Yes, Wolverine is too damn tall, ...

Cartoon Network decided to air the first promo for the new ThunderCats cartoon on Friday night without telling anyone. SORRY, CARTOON NETWORK, BUT YOUR LITTLE ATTEMPT TO KEEP US FROM SEEING THE FIRST THUNDERCATS FOOTAGE DIDN'T WORK. A jillion people ...

Texas lawyer Evan Stone recently sued 1,337 anonymous defendants for sharing anime online. When I spoke to him last month, he was incensed about ...

​• All-Star SupermanSeeing as how I think the original Grant Morrison comic is a bit of a masterpiece, I have a hard time belieing that its majesty can translate perfectly into a another medium. However, I'd be interested to hear ...