Author: gendomike
The Otaking Does the (Anime) Blog Diet and Wins!
Toshio Okada–one of the founders of Gainax, and the self-proclaimed “Otaking”–used to look like this: But now he looks like this!
School Days 7-9 Jumps the Shark
Sigh. I’d hoped too much, I guess. I can’t take this show seriously anymore. For me, it’s taken several wrong turns as a story, and…
Makoto Shinkai Makes a Commercial
No, it’s not the ef–a tale of memories OP. It’s an actual commercial, for the Shinano Mainichi Shimbun newspaper. It’s only 15 seconds, it’s got…
Hey, Anno-san: the Country of Children Made You #1.
From Anime News Network: The first of four Evangelion science fiction movie remakes, Evangelion: 1.0 You Are [Not] Alone, opened to packed houses to take…
Oh, so THAT’S what they were on!
From the Anime News Network: Toshiaki Takemoto, the 39-year-old author who wrote the novel inspiration for the Kamikaze Girls manga and live-action film under the…
Are Original Anime More Creative?
A recent “Ask John” column at Animenation.net posed the question whether “original” anime–meaning anime that isn’t based on a previously published manga, novel, or light…