Tag: science fiction

January 10, 2017 · 0 comments

Books: Legend of the Galactic Heroes

Books: Legend of the Galactic Heroes

By Raz Greenberg. Legend of the Galactic Heroes is one anime phenomenon that took its time to reach western anime fans. Starting as a long-running series of space-opera prose novels by the prolific Yoshiki Tanaka (who also wrote the equally popular Heroic Legend of Arslan fantasy series), it went through several anime adaptations – the most famous being […]

March 19, 2016 · 0 comments

Noein

Noein

By Andrew Osmond. Noein takes place in several worlds at once, and it’s several kinds of show at once. It’s a time-travel story; it’s a show about playful children and grim warriors, about first love and state conspiracies, about slice-of-life comedy and war between dimensions. The first episode starts in sensory overload, with giant statue-like […]

February 2, 2016 · 0 comments

Project Itoh: Books in Review

Project Itoh: Books in Review

Raz Greenberg examines Harmony and Genocidal Organ Japanese science fiction novelist Satoshi Ito, better known by his professional name Project Itoh, had a tragically short career. He published his acclaimed debut novel, Genocidal Organ, in 2007, followed by a novelization of the fourth Metal Gear Solid video game in 2008 and another original title, the […]

November 19, 2015 · 1 comment

Yoshiyuki Tomino: The Interview

Yoshiyuki Tomino: The Interview

By Andrew Osmond. I’m head-high with the Big G and girding my loins to meet the fabled father of Gundam. Or to put it another way, I’m in the eighth-floor lobby of the Hotel Gracery Shinjuku in Tokyo, looking out the window at a life-sized head of Godzilla. Perhaps the King of Monsters is glowering […]

June 26, 2015 · 0 comments

Space Dandy season 2

Space Dandy season 2

By Chris Perkins Arriving just months after the first season wrapped up, Space Dandy season 2 landed in July 2014. Thanks to a deal with the US broadcaster Toonami, fans in the west got to see it even before fans in Japan. Although fans have begun to take simulcasts for granted in today’s anime scene, […]

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