Entries from January 2008

3 Men Arrested for Uploading Animes

Date January 26, 2008

As if illegally transmitting copyrighted anime materials are not enough, some even went overboard to place virus on those materials before uploading it for unsuspecting leechers! That was the case of what went down in Japan last Thursday when the Kyoto Prefectural Police’s High-Tech Crime Task Force and officers from five police stations arrested [...]

Speed Racer & Gatchaman’s Writer Pass Away

Date January 19, 2008

Rest in peace Mr Toriumi; you’ll always be remembered

Legendary writer in the anime industry, Jinzo Toriumi, passes away last Thursday at the age of 78. Toriumi was world-recognized as the storyboard writer for famous Japanese television animes such as Mach Go Go Go (Speed Racer), Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Battle of the Planets/G-Force), and [...]

Terminator Goes Anime in 2009!

Date January 11, 2008

Eiichiro Oda should join this to make a Terminator version of Franky! ^0^
You heard it right folks, the bad-ass cyborg from the silver screen is about to make its first debut in the anime scene! The latest inside scoop sniffs out that James Middleton, the consulting producer for the Terminator: The Sarah [...]

Comiket 73 (Winter) 2007!

Date January 1, 2008

It was just pure awesome at the Comiket 73 (Winter) event on the final 3-days of 2007! It was held at the Tokyo Big Sight area of Odaiba on December 29, 30 and 31 2007. As usual, there will be 1/2 a million (or maybe more!) attendees turned up for all dates! Since there are [...]