Back in November 2012 MCM announced Scotland Comic Con. We’ve had little in the way of updates since then although I can confirm that Geek Native will be ticket holders. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOBRoKFd0kE In this video Jerome Mazandarani, Head of Marketing and Acquisitions at Manga UK, announces Sword Art Online will be imported to the UK on […]
Midnight’s announcement – Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
There will be an announcement tonight at midnight UK time from the BBC about Doctor Who. It is expected to be a special program that’ll air on BBC this Sunday at 7pm called Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor.
Irregular Reconnaissance: Anime #1
Geek Native’s Irregular Reconnaissance column takes a look at geeky things that have been distracting us. Consider the post a series of micro reviews for episodic titles. This batch of anime was exclusively watched via CrunchRolly streaming via the Xbox 360 app. Attack on Titan Episodies 1 to 15 It’s easy to see why Attack […]
Three minutes of Captain Harlock
Harlock has been many incarnations but this computer animated Space Pirate Captain Harlock looks like it’ll be one of the best. Jinx. You certainly can get a food feel for the movie with this chunky trailer, more than 3 minutes in length and full of beautiful space scenes of deadly battle and explosions. The Japanese […]
Game of Thrones: Making the Dragon skull
You may have seen the incredible dragon skull PR stunt for Game of Thrones s3. The team put a “dragon skull” on a beach. Better still, they placed it on a beach in Dorset that’s known as a place you can find dinosaur fossils. It’s nicknamed “Jurassic Coast”. As it happens it wasn’t the HBO […]
Will Little Witch Academia 2 awaken anime studios across Japan?
This isn’t yet another Kicktarter. For a start, this is a Kickstarter to do the wonderful Little Witch Academia a free anime from Studio Trigger. Also, this is the Kickstarter that introduced the Japanese anime studios to crowd funding. Here’s the original. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBlqxEIJ_Cg If the promise of a sequel feels like a “shut up and […]
A review of The Guild: The Official Companion
The Guild Official Companion has an introduction from Felicia Day. Fear her. Wait, just to be clear; I don’t fear Felicia Day. That’s a quote from Josh Whedon (Buffy, Firefly, The Avengers). To give the full context; Her mind works faster than mine ever will and her mouth works faster than that. Felicia’s career will […]
Doctor Who teaser: #thefourth
On the 4th the BBC snuck up a mysterious teaser video for Doctor Who. It’s called #thefourth and has voice from the 4th Doctor, as played by Tom Baker, and his companions. Remember all the “and remember” thread running through the Clara Oswald plot? Good. This clip ends with The Doctor urging in a whisper; […]
Cospladies: Ivy Doomkitty
A new series from Wizard World looks at the ladies of cosplay – the Cospladies. Wizard World run events so see plenty of cosplay. They’re well placed to make the most of this series and find interesting cosplayers to talk to. In this premiere episode we feature Doomkitty. This is a great opener as we […]
A tabletop gaming comedy: Nights at the Round Table
This is the first episode of a new RPG comedy from Redshirt Films. Start with Max. He’s the supermarket worker, a total gamer and secretly in love with Milly. Then there’s Milly the protocol loving librarian/GM who has a special dislike for Sam. Sam would rather be tweeting from the pub but like everyone else […]