I know my taste is different from most anime fans, bloggers, and aliens who watch anime through shitty TV wave reception outside the planet’s atmosphere, but whilst most of them are declaring Winter [...]
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Impressions on the episodes 01-02 of the Fall Season 2014 anime series Yoru no Yatterman featuring wallpapers of the main heroine Leopard.
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Yesterday’s hero becomes today’s xenophobic border patrolman. Loved this first episode. Excellent animation, and thematically, they can go so many interesting places here. The main theme is the cycle [...]
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They’re symbolic! When the Yatter-robos are chanting yatter, I can’t help but think of this. Impressions: Maybe this really is going to bathe itself in sentimentality like a protective coat of [...]
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Rolling Girls A big surprise for most people, I’ve been quietly (& smugly) confident The Rolling Girls was going to be a wild card of the season, something that hasn’t really happened with me since [...]
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Windows100%, a general technology magazine with anime-centric themes, and one free MMD model on CD with every issue, includes one of said models of Doronjo, a kinpatsu of young age, complete with [...]
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Superhero power!  This was originally a series I was going to pass on because I never knew a single thing about the Yatterman series, but I do know it comes from Tatsunoko Productions which has tons [...]
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This one is a throwback in every sense of the word.Every so often a series comes along that generates a ton of buzz, the reason for which is largely a mystery for me.  Such a show is the [...]
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「世界は真っ暗闇」 (Sekai wa Makkura Yami) "The World is in Total Darkness" This is one that's going under everyone's radar, but seriously, you should all watch this right now. It's ambitious, [...]
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The Rolling Girls Short Synopsis: What did I just watch? I am just going to break it to you. I have no idea what to think of this show. The is a work by the same studio who animated Attack on titan. [...]
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I remember this cartoon from when I was a kid. It was called The Smurfs. The Smurfs lived in a perfect, happy little society where everyone had their special skill that made them unique, yet they [...]
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Yoru no Yatterman is the grimmest happy show I’ve ever seen. It’s a post apocalyptic fighter with a fantastic sense of style, bleak colors, death and sadness, and a spunky 9 year old protagonist. [...]
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(12 episodes) What’s it about ? History lesson time ! 40 years ago, studio Tatsunoko started producing what would become known as “the Time Bokkan series” (named after the first installment) : [...]
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All that middle-aged man middrift… As the only half-sanely official translated title this season, we’ll go with it out of respect. Impressions: I’m always a bit disappointed when the promo blurb ends [...]
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Title: Yatterman Genre: Comedy, Adventure Publisher: Tatsunoko Productions Director: Hiroshi Sasagawa Script: Jinzo Toriumi Music: Masayuki Yamamoto “[We] would have gotten away with it if it wasn’t for you meddling kids and your stupid dog too!” the Dorombo Gang shouts as they peddle away on their bike, their plans to steal the elusive pieces of [...]
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For the record, I’ve never watched an episode of Yatterman before. I’ve only had a brief glimpse of its world through the Wii’s Tatsunoku vs. Capcom, via my favorite tag team-up of Morrigan and Doronjo. I was aware that Yatterman was originally intended for a younger audience, but I was a bit unsure of how [...]
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   <object width="640" height="505"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SvJE8QEqT7Q&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"> </param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> </param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed wmode="transparent" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SvJE8QEqT7Q&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"> </embed></param><param value="transparent" name="wmode"></param></object>    As a new owner of a Wii, these character announcements for Tatsunoko versus Capcom have finally become something more than quaint amusement. Though, to be fair, I would be amused to see Yatterman 2 even if I didn't stand a chance of getting my paws on the game.   Okay, okay, maybe she's no Frank West, and maybe she just fills out the third character from the Yatterman universe (Yatterman-1 and Doronjo,) But she's definitely cuter than Frank. Sharp readers might remember that the four extra 4 characters got revealed by a leak, but that was months ago, and some of us forgot.  (Via GameSpot, Via Kotaku)
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I haven't generally kept up the Listurday feature, but let's go back and check in on this weekend's movies in Japan, shall we? I admit, my excitement for this week's rankings have a little bit to do with my bias for Yatterman, a film I really enjoyed when I watched it at New York Comic Con (even if I'm skeptical on its ability to make it in the mainstream US...if it even gets a wide release). Yatterman opened at the number one spot this weekend, followed by with another new anime-related flick: Doraemon's latest. This drops Okuribito (Departures), which had jumped up on the list thanks to its post-Oscar-win re-release, down to #3. The new Keroro film also debuted at #5, and the 20 Century Boys second film drops from #3 to #9. Oof! If you're interested in what American films Japan is watching: Changeling is at #6, Benjamin Button at #7, Australia at 8, and Mamma Mia! At 10.
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Yatterman is a new Japanese live action based on the 1970s anime which will be directed by Miike Takashi. Hopefully this movie won’t be passed up by too many. Last year there was a remake of the old series to make it modern and appeal to modern audiences. It went unlicensed and is already forgotten [...]
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Yatterman movie launches in cinemas worldwide in March and the costume for the baddie - Doronjo is revealed. Actress Kyoko Fukada, popularly known as Fukakyon wears that costume. According to JapanToday, Her body measurements are not publicly available at this time, but she sure looks like she has developed on her 86-60-88 recorded when she was 16.
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