Sad news from Madhouse studios, anime director Satoshi Kon has passed away at age 47.

I am not familiar with all his work, but the movie "PAPRIKA" blew my mind... if you liked "Inception" and don't mind animated movies...this movie is for you.

Satosh Kon died from cancer, he was 47.

He did other movies such as Perfect Blue, Tokyo Godfathers and Millennium Actresss... sad day for animation and fans of his work!

Rest in power!

New animated Gigantor movie known as T28.

I just so happens that I got the live action Japanese produced Gigantor from netflicks in my mailbox today.
I dunno about this movie, voices sound like crap, looks like it wants to capitalize on the minor success Astro boy had.
But hey, it has Big Robots... I must watch it.
Why call it T28... his name is Gigantor!




Buy the live action at Amazon!!!

Bad ass Japanese anime Nike commercial

WOW, almost makes me want to buy a pair of girls Nikes.
This is really well done, the animation is superb, so crisp and beautiful!



Nike chase from ilovedust on Vimeo.

Best anime movie ever...

Well its a tie...I love Ninja scroll just as much.
Ghost in the shell was the inspiration for THE MATRIX, you can see the influences throughout the movie.
I am not a anime freak, I think 95% of it is total crap and very boring. I am more into the old school anime from the 60's, 70s and some from the 80s... stuff like "Battle of the planets", and "Starblazers".
I find a lot of it confusing and strange as hell and I stay right clear of that tentacle school girl rape shit, who buys that ... apparently thousands of people.
I was introduced to "Ninja scroll" and "Ghost in the shell", and fell in love with them after the 1st showing. I also loved Akira, which is kinda hard to follow but a good flick.
Osamu Tezukas "Metropolis" is interesting, Princess Mononoke is very well done but should have never been marketed as a kids movie. "Spirited away" looks like a little girls movie but it is very visually stunning and has a complex story.
Other flicks I dig are "Appleseed", "Paprika" and "Tekkinkinkreet".
I am pretty sure their are a few other movies I like and thats about it, the rest of it is a massive sea of lame ass shit.
GHOST IN THE SHELL... DOPE!
(Skip on Ghost in the shell 2 innocence, looks amazing but it sucks!!!)

Voltron... official war vet!

GRANDIZER NERDS..I thought I was the only one!

I am a huge Grandizer fan, I would like to drop all the cash I could on such items but mortgage and my girlfriend have problems with that.
I think these guys are fantastic, keep it up, good luck on all your grandizer finds...YALL ROCK!
Check my custom made GRANDIZER shirt...let me know if you are interested!

JAPANESE ANIME

It can be over the top!