Japanese Entertainment

Who's excited? TV-Nihon has this vid subbed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tAhGQXU3UY'> Based on the promo it looks like they might have an Akibawhite, Akibapurple/violet, and other Akibared?

---------------------------------- intro post - (earlier posts were moved from another topic into this one) ---------------------------------- You know Odin, someone should do to Super Sentai what linkara does with Power Rangers.

Did anyone go see the Legend of Hercules? One movie that I thought was downright horrible and still believe is horrible today. Is and was The legend of Hercules. I could not stand it in theatres. Me and my wife went to see this movie. Friggin terrible. I took my wife to see it because we thought it would be a good film because its Hercules. We sat in front of the movie for 25 minutes before I decided I couldn't take it anymore. The dialogue and the story was just horrible. Everything was random off the wall crap. It just went no where for the last 20 minutes. For 20 minutes it was just horr…

How did you get into anime and what was the first anime you watched? When I got into anime, honestly the first anime I ever watched was Dragon Ball Z. I first watched it on Cartoon Network when I was 12 years old. I didn't really get into anime until I was 14. But I started out as a big DBZ fan and than watched the Guyver OVA a little later on.

I'm not happy with the crummy design on kamen rider of late. I was writing about it in the wizard thread so I thought I'd move on over here so as not to go off topic too much. how should we design kamen rider? or in other words, let;s look upon the failings of the official designs, then think about the theme of the series and try and formulate some more appropriate ideas and maybe even better designs. I want to first start off with Kamen Rider OOO. I think the design of this rider fails across the board. we are given a theme of mummy's and greed. riches and treasure of ancient civilisations. The idea is that the power comes from coins and those coins are gener…

In a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a 'Synth' - a highly-developed robotic servant that's so similar to a real human it's transforming the way we live. just finished watching season 1, its pretty good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px54uDYnz60

I like naruto, it's great. and i'm not planning on betraying naruto by replacing it or anything, but now it is only 1 episode a week so I'd like to supplement my viewing with something else. there are a few series that are given similar attention... these are dragonball, bleach, one piece... any more? well what are your thoughts and recommendations on these?

If they were to make 3rd installment on Prototype. I'd like to see Alex Mercer return. I mean it really sucked that James Heller consumed him and destroyed the Mercer Virus/ BlackLight 2 infection. I really enjoyed the first game because we got to know Alex Mercer so well. But the more we got to know Alex Mercer. The story seemed to show him more and more as an Anti-Hero. The Original Alex Mercer was black mailing the government. I can't remember what for. But they gunned him down in Pennstation because of that and he was threatening to kill a lot of people with Black Light which at the time was developed from Red Light. So, everyone in Penn Station died soon after. We se…

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-27/science-fiction-fantasy-illustrator-noriyoshi-orai-passes-away/.94693

A group of explorers make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage looks epic!

Does anyone know where the story line is going to go with this movie or if Robert will return as Tony Stark? I was hoping to see Tony fighting in the suit more and seeing Pepper Potts get her armor. I'm hoping we get to see that in this movie. Does anyone have a guess who the next enemy is and what the plot might be? Any ideas?

wow, I just realised something. Akibaranger seems to be communicating this very issue. the danger of the death of tokusatsu and otaku due to various other things such as fashion etc. could it be that this is a real issue in japan? that the people who used to watch tokusatsu into their twenties and thirties are no longer taking an interest in otaku things and are instead spending their money on fashion etc? sorry, this is way off topic. if you think this is something that could be discussed more then let me know and I'll split this post into a new topic. yeah i think we could rant a bit on this topic! ok starting a new thread for this …

Seems like it to me. I found this video and I can kind of agree. Perhaps today's consoles are more like PC with today's software and hardware.

This has been on my mind for some time. I wanted to get the Advocacy's opinion on this. Do you guys think Goku or Vegeta could achieve a Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan/Blue 3 transformation? If so could they sustain it? Do you think their new god powers would negate the original drawbacks of Super Saiyan 3? Do you think fusing would help? To keep things simple from now on I will only refer to the new god forms as Super Saiyan Blue. The name was coined by Whis in the Dragon Ball Super manga. I think it's fitting, and it saves us from a lot of confusion. I hope this is agreeable with everyone.

Well. Here we have it. Hugh Jackman is going with Wolverine one last time. Its understandable. He's been doing it for over a decade now and he's starting to look old, even as Wolverine. I think he's quitting at a good time to be honest. Even though no one will be as good as he ever was with the character. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNUUxaavN4k Also found this article on it if anyone is interested. http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/05/08/hugh-jackman-confirms-that-wolverine-3-is-his-final-time-playing-the-x-man

I am surprised that we have never had a thread specifically about Nippon films… so I’m starting one! if anyone wants to share their thoughts on any Japanese films they may have seen or want to see please do so... To start off I watched VERSUS again Well it was the ‘ultimate versus’ version which has 10 mins extra and (please don’t hate me) an English dub which I watched as I have watched far too much subbed stuff lately… Anyway if you haven’t seen Versus then all I can say is that it is what the phrase ‘manga in motion’ was made for , well crazy story/ ass kicking manga anyway… We have escaped convicts , some cops ,some gangsters a…

Has anyone seen John Wick? I think its one of Keanu Reeve's greatest movies since Point Break and The Matrix trilogy. Its a really good movie about this guy out for some justified revenge against the Russian mob!

despite the fact this being the second longest running Manga ever ( at 110 tankobons!!!) I had never read or seen any of it until the 2012 tv series came out... and I was instantly hooked... this is old skool manga / anime how it should be up there with hokuto no ken DBZ and Guyver IMHO. I certainly maintain that view for the first 2 parts, Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency... I watched the OAVS of stardust crusaders but was somewhat jaded by the awesomeness of the production of the 2012 series,,, but now Stardust crusaders has been reanimated and is currently being aired (however I haven started watching it yet though) what I wanted to ask if anyone had read the…

For those who dont know next year the fourth movie in the Jurassic Parck franchise, Jurassic World will be realised into theaters. This is the teaser trailer realised last weekend. The main tailer is being realised this Thursday (my birthday yay) The basice plot for the move is, twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. This new park is owned by the Masrani Corporation. Owen (Chris Pratt), a member of Jurassic World's on-site staff, conducts behavioral research on the Velociraptors, but things go awry when the research…

Bruce Timm is back! And this time he's doing an alternate Universe movie, changing up the origins, backgrounds, and even who is who. From what info I remember, the big 3 are all different people... Superman is now Zodd's son, and while still seemingly a good guy, he is supposed to be very arrogant and doesn't mind killing if he has to. Batman is not Bruce Wayne... And is an actual vampire. Wonder Woman is not an Amazon, but from Darkseid's army. All 3 of them still seem to be on the side of "Good" but with darker edges. They've released 3 animated shorts, showing off a few of the differences, before the move is released next month. Batman. Superman…

After seeing the new Gamera trailer I started thinking about kaiju and some of the less well known among them. Please note they may be some spoilers. The first is actually a Showa Era Toho movie Dogora the Space Monster (1964) Dogora first appeared in space, feeding on radiation. It destroyed a television satellite, causing it to mutate. It came to Earth seeking carbon to feed upon and began eating diamonds and other jewels. Dogora has only made one appearance outside this movie in an episode of the Godzilla Island tv series which is a shame because it is easily the most beautiful and eerie of the classic Toho monsters. Next we have Gezora the cuttlefish,…

This might be old news to most of you guys, but I just learned that they are making a reboot of the last Showa Kamen Rider. Reboot of Classic Franchise: Kamen Rider Black Sun!｜Kamen Rider WEB[Official]｜Toei Company, Ltd. (kamen-rider-official.com) Big stars signed for ‘Kamen Rider Black Sun’ series in 2022 | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis To be honest, I'm not an avid Kamen Rider fan. I've seen a handful of series, but not hooked to every iteration (actually stopped following after Decade). This particular news caught my attention as Kamen Rider Black was my first official introduction to the Kamen Rider franchise (if you excl…

interesting. on another site i found out that the rumoured returning riders are Kuuga, Agito, Faiz, Garren, Hibiki, Kabuto, & Kiva. and finally this little piece on the card powers...

as the title says, discuss the newest episodes here, starting with tonights premiere. myself and ryuki won't be discussin it straight away, due to no internet access. (this msg is sent from my fone, lol)

now the first episode has been released by TVN, this here is the place to discuss this series. it is an area for people who don't watch the raw's or the previews, so for those who do watch the raws and previews, please remember, no spoilers. it all makes a heck of a lot more sense now, and my intial theory was right, tsukasa has been decade before, and has lost his memory. this is why he knows how to use the decade powers. nice of wataru to say that he and the other original riders will keep decade's world (even though it really isn't) from being destroyed until tsukasa can fix the damage being caused.