Parasyte is an anime that’s being adapted into two live-action films. The anime is currently showing in Japan and streaming via Crunchyroll internationally. The anime is a horror. The alien creatures have a hunger for human flesh and need a human host to survive. High school student Shinichi Izumi knows their secret because his right hand […]
Who on Earth? Getting to know mayamada
You might not yet have heard of mayamada but the company keeps popping onto my radar. Sometimes it’s an anime fan or a gamer friend who mentions the brand. Sometimes there’s a comic book Kickstarter. There’s even been a Geek Native post or two. Determined to get to the bottom of this mystery I invited […]
Naruto Manga to finish in just five weeks
This year’s 50th issue of Shonen Jump on November 10th will contain the last ever Naruto. The series follows a boy who contains the spirit of the dangerous nine-tailed fox as he becomes a ninja, goes to war and tries to win his friends back. The end of the long-running and popular story was foreshadowed […]
Is Pharrell Williams’ anime It Girl too young?
A big artist doing an anime music video? Geek Native will be interested. There’s a twist in this one though – the central character in this video seems especially young. Things to think about; is this just the style of the anime or is she younger than the others and just what is the relationship […]
The anime spirit: A review of the Revised OVA RPG
OVA stands for “Open Versatile Anime”. The OVA RPG is an old one; even DriveThru RPG records the original first being uploaded to their catalogue back in 2012. The physical book has been out of print for ages. Times are changing. Anime is far more popular now. That’s partly thanks to the rise of cosplay […]
Harry Potter as a 1980s cyberpunk anime
YouTube channel Nacho Punch are well into making 1980s style cartoons of some of our favourite things. Kudos. Sometimes the quirky team hit on a truly interesting mashup. This isn’t just an 80s cartoon version of a geeky topic. This is an 80s anime, with cyberpunk spin, version of a geeky topic. That’s right: Harry […]
Geek grub: Domo-kun heart cookies
Want to do a little bit of geeky baking this Valentine’s Day? Or any day for that matter? That’s what Alana Dimou suggests as she shares the secret steps to these tasty looking Domo-kun cookies. Found by the ever watchful Pipdreamergrey at Geek Art Gallery.
Mindless Self Indulgence’ anime music video
This is a NSFW video. It’s also an anime music video. Okay, so the video is called Fuck Machine. Not sure my NSFW warning was needed but it was there in case you hadn’t noticed. This synthpunk group, lead by Jimmy Urine, are about to head off on a US tour. The rest of us […]
Space Dandy trailer
Well. This is colourful. This is Shinichiro Watanabe’s latest project. He’s the talent behind Cowboy Bebop and, if you ask me, he takes what Bebop hinted at and goes to town with it in Space Dandy. Even the name, allowing for translation, is bold. There’s a host of talent involved too; Akira’s creator Katsuhiro Otomo […]
Microsoft turns to anime to help promote Internet Explorer
Watch the anime first and then have a think about what it means. Okay, it came from Microsoft Singapore so it had an audience used to anime. That said this ad for Internet Explorer has gone global. This shows just how wide anime’s appeal has become. It also shows just how influential geeks are. I […]
