Influential Anime Director Satoshi Kon Dead At 47
Perfect Blue and Paranoia Agent director, Satoshi Kon died at the age of 47 this week. Before dying of a severe case of Pancreatic cancer, which had paralyzed Satoshi, the creator of a wealth of mind bending works of genius for a number of months he left an expansive and heart wrenching blog which reads [...]
The Geek Show.
Last Monday marked the first episode of a nerdy institution in the making. Fronted by the trio of “Moley” and the two Robs, The Geek Show on Community Voice FM (105.5FM in the Teesside area or available for online streaming here). The inaugural episode featured discussions on problems and practicalities of motion sensitive gaming like [...]
NemaCon 2010, A Con Goers Tale
This month Middlesbrough saw its first North East Manga and Anime Convention and it certainly made an impact. NemaCon was an event 18 months in the making running in 3 venues across the whole June 19th weekend. That is not to say it all went without a hitch. Staff were seen running from pillar to [...]
Precon Post-Mortem
Its a glorious day of summer sun. The fountain blasts forth between the art gallery and a reveling crowd sat beside the town hall. You’d hardly know this was Middlesborough. The North East’s latest annual event is gathering steam as I enter the basement club room of Blu and am immediately confronted by lolitas and [...]
Lets Get Metaphysical! Evangelion Returns In Movie Form.
The world of anime gets Metaphysical/philosophical yet again with the reboot of the Evangelion franchise. Neon Genesis Evangelion first surfaced nearly ten years ago in anime and manga form, posing deep questions about individuality, the meaning of the soul, self worth and giant robot versus monster battles. This head mash of an anime also threw [...]
Pandora Hearts
Japan continues its fascination with alice in wonderland, but takes the long way round to making an adaptation with this recent series. Well Thats not fair really. Pandora hearts is not an Alice in Wonderland adaptation. It may maker various and prolific references to the book, its characters and themes, but its by no means [...]
