Edshugeo The GodMoor

There's gonna be a lot of groaning in fandom over the inevitable move to remake Death Note in the U.S.A.

An overachieving Japanese teenager finds the notebook of a death god and uses it to kill criminals and purify this world of "evil". Kira (as in Killer) is the name he is given on the internet. The international community dispatches "L", a brilliant, but eccentric young detective to stop him and the series becomes a battle of wits between the two geniuses.

I read the 12 volume manga after being too impatient to wait once a week for the episodes of the anime on Cartoon Network (now just about on it's final story arc). While I enjoyed both comicbook and cartoon versions (and kinda/sorta the live action Japanese movies), I couldn't help but look at the premise of Death Note with an American perspective.

There were questions that were ignored in the series that I think couldn't/wouldn't be overlooked by a western writer.

Chief among those is the fact that Kira cannot discern the guilty from the innocent (most of the time). He simply kills those who are accused of crimes. The series never shows us the consequences of wrongful deaths (unless you count those who gets in his way). Anti-Kira commentators and police all seem concerned about nothing but the rule of law, not so much about the abuse of power. The pro-Kira folk, nothing but justice. It's a type of simplicity that can only work in Japanese comics, with Steve Ditko (Mr. A) being a remotely possible American exception.

Also, the idea that western governments (particularly the U.S.) would publicly oppose Kira at first, doesn't work, when you consider that (openly) opposing the death penalty is not feasible for politicians running for President. Of course, no government wants to be under the threat of Kira. No effort would be spared in attempting to stop him (quietly), lest they find themselves judged for foreign policy initiatives and other perceived evils.

Fixing these issues doesn't mean the finished product won't suck, though. One never knows till the deed is done.

And can we keep Sara Michelle Gellar away from this? Please? Surely there's other types of movies she could be making.

Labels: Anime, comics, japanese, movies

Ordered two more Blu-Ray flicks in anticipation of my eventual PS3 purchase. Continuing the pattern of getting one familiar movie and one unfamiliar (unseen), I've ordered Kung Fu Hustle, which I'd seen previously as a downloaded Hong Kong DVD and Tekkon Kinkreet, an Anime based on Black And White, a manga (comicbook) I read a little of some years back in a compilation.

As with DVD, the Hi-Def formats are occasionally abused by studios and labels (publishers?) who put out great movies or shows as badly encoded (or otherwise sucky) discs. In such cases, it's best to either get the standard def version (DVD) if it is decent, or wait for the eventual double dip (special edition, director's cut, etc). I can wait several years if I have to, as I did after the first DVD release of Purple Rain (released in 4:3 instead of widescreen). I held off until 2004 when the special edition came out.

Bladerunner was the film that made me want to get a Laserdisc player (never did) after Siskel & Ebert did a show about pan & scan versus widescreen using a clip from this movie as one example. I'd seen it in the theatre and maybe once on VHS, but after its release on DVD, I held off on it. I think I already knew Ridley Scott was working on another cut, but I don't remember for sure. I got that one last week on Blu.

So, assuming that a movie is gonna look good (or better than DVD) because it's on Blu-Ray isn't practical. It's best to look at a couple of resources.
I order a lot of stuff on Amazon, but their reviews can be less than reliable as they occasionally lump reviews of different versions of the same film together (sometimes without stating so). It was on their forums that I read about Blu-Ray Picture Quality Thread. It's a six tier list from 0-5 with 0 representing the best releases (reference quality) and 5 representing the worst (bottom of the barrel). It's not a complete list plus opinions vary, but it's a good guide to check out titles you're interested in. As of this writing, much of the list is missing, but I'm sure it'll be back up in no time. I wanted to mention a couple of movies I wanted to buy, but didn't because of quality issues, but I've forgotten what they were and can't reference the list.

After checking the PQ list, I do a title search on High Def Digest for blu-ray reviews, skipping the movie review, and going to quality and supplements.

As I mentioned last time, I still buy DVD. There's some stuff, I'm not gonna be able to wait too long on, like a few of the remastered Shaw films (Martial Club in particular), and a two disc set of Curtis Mayfield performances I read about on Undercover Black Man. That one got here yesterday, though I still haven't seen it. Reading about it, it occurred to me that I don't have any of his music in digital (CD or mp3). I had a great cassette tape made from a CD set from the library a decade ago or so, called Anthology. I'm a gonna have to fix that.

Labels: Anime, Anticipay-yay-shun..., DVD, HDTV, movies, music, PS3

I was rooting for those guys back when there was a format war, but now it's a little bit late for them. They're sounding somewhat optimistic. Perhaps they've simply come too far to turn back. I dunno. I don't care.

I'm waiting for either the price of full profile (2.0) Blu-Ray players to come down significantly, or a compelling reason to buy a PS3 (I already have an XBox 360).

In the meantime, I get my HD fix from the occasionally pixelated fare on Cablevision's Voom HD network, and also from downloading WMVHD encodes of Blu-Ray and HD-DVD releases. These look fantastic, and I've noticed no pixelation at all, watching Mr. And Mrs. Smith and almost no artifacts during Appleseed Ex-Machina. This quells my fear that the pixelation which occurred during fast motion scenes on the HD cable channels were due to a limitation of my moderately priced 37" screen. I now know that isn't the case, based on those downloads and from renting Ratatouille on XBox Live marketplace.

The WMVHD downloads are obtained from usenet (alt.binaries.movies.wmv, alt.binaries.HDTV), saved on a USB hard-drive formatted as HFS+ using Macdrive 7 (I'm not a Mac user), 'cause the 360 doesn't recognize NTFS despite it coming from the same company (Microsoft), and FAT 32 has a 4GB file size limitation (most of what I've downloaded is 8+GBs). The 360 is compatible with HFS+ which is an Apple file system. Hmm.

The only problem I'm having so far, is I can't copy files of folders to this drive if they have Chinese characters in the names, which is the case for some in my music collection.
03/16/08 - easily rectified by right clicking on the drive, selecting "Mac File Names" and "International".

Labels: Anime, downloads, HDTV, movies, music video, PS3, tv, XBox 360

I vaguely recall this being the title of a barely watchable movie from, maybe, the 1990s, but I won't let any such preconceived notions get in the way of checking out a new Wu-xia TV series.

I don't know what it's about except that it's based on a Louis Cha (Jing Yong) novel from the mid 1950s. What's likely are kung fu mayhem, defiance of gravity, romantic complications, and perhaps yet another attempt by some evil bastard to infiltrate the Beggar Clan. Well maybe not the last bit, though it's been attempted in three series I've seen already, Demi-Gods and Semi Devils (1982), Legend Of The Condor Heroes (1983?), and Return Of The Condor Heroes (2006), all based on Cha's works.

The thirty episode series (fansubbed) can be sampled over at D-Addicts via a torrent. The download includes the soundtrack. It's a bit hefty at 16 GBs.

I actually have 2 more eps to go on Return Of The Condor Heroes.
I should be done tomorrow, at which point I continue watching the Anime, Jubei-Chan 2: Counterattack of Siberian Yagyu, before moving on to Heavenly Sword, Dragon Sabre (2003-ish), the third and final (?) part of the Condor Heroes trilogy.

Labels: Anime, bittorrent, dorama, downloads, kung fu, tv, wu-xia, youtube

"Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left. This is how I roll with control - NES."

Hip Hop centered around Anime and video games? Why not, I guess. An article on Garage Spin pointed me to this cat named Maja (pronounced may-juh) who spins rhymes about that stuff. I've avoided listening to so-called "nerd-core" hip hop. Something about that whole scene rubs me the wrong way, and I'm not sure why, but I figured I'd check out his Transformer video on YouTube.

Hmm. Nicely done. Next was a performance of ANIME (アニメ見る時) in English and Japanese. Holy shit! Listen to this guy...



Next up, I listened to one or two tracks on his New School Hip Hop MySpace page and I was sold. First I checked to see if he was on eMusic. He wasn't, so I went ahead and ordered the CD. That was Thursday night, probably after 12. I got it on Saturday after paying for the cheapest shipping available. It was a shock to get it that quick, but then I realized it shipped from Brooklyn. Cool. The shipping, the NY sales tax and $3.00 handling fee brought the disc up to about $15.00, a little more than I would normally pay for a CD, on the rare occasion I buy them.

I've listened to it a coupl'a times now and I'm mightily impressed. Not that I listen to that much hip hop anymore, but it's nice to see somebody do something fresh with the genre every now and then.

I'll be absorbing this record for a little while. So far my favorite is UUDDLRL, though I'm much less a gaming fiend than I am an Anime one (and not as much as I used to be).

Maja's MySpace has 4 songs not on New School Hip Hop.

The Transformer Bundle is a free download including the complete version of Transformer (the track on the CD is acappella) and Here I come, which is different from the outro remix.

More Maja videos can be found here.

Labels: Anime, downloads, good deal, japanese, music, music video, video games, youtube

Speed Racer movie coming in 2008. Some idiots are upset that this movie, based on a cartoon from the 1960s, is going to be kid friendly.

Labels: Anime, movies, nostalgia, tv

Started out with a rhythm inspired by Keyop's voice from Battle of The Planets, one of three English versions of Kagaku Ninja Tai Gatchaman. It was said by someone (I forget who) that Keyop spoke gibberish because in the Japanese original, he (Jinpei) was a foul mouthed little bastard. I speak very, very, very little Japanese, but I'm not sure there are proper curse words in Japanese. Also, I've later learned that the English versions of this show paid absolutely no attention to the original scripts, choosing instead to create whole new stories based on the visuals.

None of the above have anything to do with the song, however, and my rhythm is probably as much Ricochet Rabbit as it is Keyop.

The song was inspired by the weird feelings I had prior to a recent nightmare and also the creepiness I felt as I was emailing a friend about it, though I'd remembered almost nothing of it.

I looped some of the basic parts of the rhythm, but recorded through others. The chorus lyrics were recorded during the second chorus, then copied and pasted to the first and the last, even before I'd finished writing the second verse. I was afraid of forgetting the melody. I realize that's a bad sign, but whatever.

The song,
the words:

enveloped in light
as though I were
aflame

fiery cherubim
banished in all but name

terrible violence
and evil with
no shame

a prisoner
inside my mind
a pawn in
this game

when i come back
to what is real
can i be sure
when nightmare ends
and day begins
have i closed the door

uncertainty consumes me
and sprinkles me
with fear

an eye kept on shadow
a weapon ever near

my sanity in question
though voices
i don't hear

what is true
and what is false
do i even
care

when i come back
to what is real
can i be sure
when nightmare ends
and day begins
have i closed the door

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Labels: Anime, downloads, lyrics, my music, PsychoVoyager, song of the week

Picked up this graphic novel (comicbook) at an impromptu stop at Barnes & Nobles in Garden City last week. It's published by TokyoPop who mostly publishes manga (Japanese comics) translations and imitation manga. This was neither. I was imediately struck by the cover image of a pierced, slightly heavy-set, red mohawked black chick holding a bloodied toilet plunger. A bad omen, I guess, as I found later that very night, I would be in need of a toilet plunger. I won't be getting into that.
A glance at the back cover and a quick peek inside told me this was probably a girl vs. zombie story. I could live with that as well as the $10 price tag on the 200 page paperback.

Ross Campbell isn't just an excellent artist, he's a damn good sequential artist who's also great at writing dialog. The book is, overall, an enjoyable read, but I'm not too crazy with the direction the story took. This may be my bias against the genre more than anything else, but I'm not sure. And what exactly was the thing about the dumptruck?

Crap:
Ultimate Marvel Flip Magazine #9
I used to get Shonen Jump at the supermarket when I did my food shopping, but it appears the manga compilation either sells out before I get there, or is ordered irregularly. Whatever the case, I've lost track of whatever I was reading in it a year, maybe a year and a half ago. I've always meant to subscribe (which would be cheaper), but never got around to it. At some point I may or may not get the Naruto books. DragonBall and DragonBall Z for sure. I have the first four volumes of DragonBall and will continue those one day. The anime is a bit much. I suppose I could download the whole thing, but I think I attempted that a few years ago and then decided it was way too much trouble. I still think Harmony Gold's version of the first two (or was it the first and the third?) DragonBall movies were much funnier than Funimation's. Wish I still had those on tape or something, but I'm sure they can be found online, somewhere.
Anyway, the only other comics at the supermarket are these flip comics put out by Marvel. You get Captain America on one side, Avengers on the other. At four bucks per issue, I guess it comes out at about two bucks per comic, which is still too much, if I bought these things on a regular basis. I was interested in Captain America, but the story was too far along and I may end up getting the paperback compilation despite knowing who the Winter Soldier is.
A couple of months ago I picked up one of these just for the hell of it. I don't make it to any comics shops too often anymore. It was Spiderman on one side and Arana (or something like that - the Hispanic Spidergirl) on the other. Both stories were okay, but aside from John Romita Jr.'s art, didn't blow me away.
This weekend I spotted one that featured two "Ultimate" titles; Fantastic Four and X-Men. Ultimate X-Men was written by Mark Millar whose work I enjoyed in The Ultimates, a re-working of the Avengers and the only of Marvels Ultimate line I've read so far. Ultimate FF was written by Warren Ellis, of whom I've mostly read good things, but whose works I've never read, I think.
Both stories appear to be crap. Is that because I'm coming in mid-story and this sort of thing reads better in compilation form (the way I read The Ultimates), or are they just crap? I may never find out.
I recently ordered Akira #37 and 38 at Biblio.com. I got 38 (for six bucks) but was never charged for nor sent 37. I'll get it at some point from somewhere. A few years ago (everything happened a few years ago) I searched for the last few issues of that series thinking it ended at 36 for some reason. I think I stopped buying the series because the schedule got real erratic at some point, but I don't remember. Anyway I bought what I thought was the last few issues up to 36 and re-read the whole series, and when I got to the "end", found myself asking "WTF? Is that it?" and just left it alone for a while. At some point I realized there might be more and when I found out for sure I would check every now and then, when visiting comicbook stores or online sites. I'm not payin' twenty bucks for a single issue of any comicbook, though. When I found 'em listed at Biblio at six bucks a piece, I was like, "cool!" Still don't have 37, though. When I get it, I'll read the whole series over again. Hey, it's worth it.
(edit: Also read DC Universe: The Stories Of Alan Moore, which of course is (mostly) not crap. Except for the Green Arrow story (which along with most of the Green Lantern Corps tales, I'd never known about). I don't get how people are still writing comics that features a guy using a bow and arrow in an urban setting while dressed like Robin Hood. I'm not crazy about Hawkeye in The Ultimates, either. Sure, there's a lot of stupid shit in comics, but some shit is just too stupid for comics.

Labels: Anime, comics

No.

Vongo.com is a movie on demand site by the Starz cable channel. You can pick out pay-per-view content for about 4 or 5 bucks a movie, or choose a subscription of about 10 bucks a month and have access to over 1000 titles to watch when you want. The subscription also allows you to watch the Starz channel on your computer. The service allows the movies to be downloaded to a limited number (3?) of computers and external devices. The PSP is not among those devices. I had some hope that might change in the near future, because I kept reading about Sony's involvement in this venture, but an email reply to my question on this matter squashed that. seeing that I had no practical use for the service, I uninstalled it from my computer and will wait to see what develops next.

Watching full length movies on a portable isn't something that's neccesary on a daily basis. It's a nice option to have should you have to take a long trip, or wait on a really long line, say, for your passport or at the DMV. On a daily basis I prefer lighter entertainment and TV shows are perfect. Especially anime or wu-xia dramas. TV dramas can get pretty emotional though. A few weeks ago, on the bus to work, I was watching an episode of Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex that had to do with a dying pet and I got a little misty eyed. Luckily I was wearing shades. I don't need to be seen crying in public. Laughing's okay. Around here, nobody notices someone who seems to be laughing for no reason, but crying's a no-no.

I'm currently watching episodes of 24 (I'd downloaded VCD's of the first season years ago) and Kodomo No Omocha on the PSP. While I plan on continuing 24 to it's conclusion, it's a little intense to be watching during my breaks at work. Perhaps I'll get used to it. Kodomo No Omocha is a cute but weird anime about a child actress who copes with both her school and professional lives. I don't mind viewing it at work where people know me, but I do admit I'd rather not be seen in any other public space watching this.

Eventually I'll convert Romance Of the Three Kingdoms and start watching those. I also have some episodes of Xian Jian Qi Xia Zhuan (Legend Of The Heavenly Sword And The Mysterious Xia AKA Chinese Paladin) to download and I'm working on getting the 2003 version of Heaven's Sword, Dragon Sabre. D-Addicts.com in case you were wondering.

Labels: Anime, dorama, downloads, kung fu, movies, online retailers, tv, wu-xia

Text: The Smiling Proud Wanderer by Jin Yong (AKA Louis Cha) chapter one - I haven't really gotten started on this, yet, but I just realized this is the story that the Swordsman movies were based on. The second one can be found on U.S. DVD as Legend Of The Swordsman or some such nonsense. I don't know if it's a good release or not, I believe it's edited, though. The original HK DVD release of Swordsman 2 has really bad subtitles and pratically ruins what I thought was a great film. I originally saw it on tape with the burned in subtitles from the theatrical print. Swordsman (which I saw on the big screen) is also great and the HK DVD is pretty decent as far as DVDs released a few years ago are concerned. That one starred Sam Hui, who I think retired afterwards. The second finds Jet Li taking on the lead role which explains the US release. Like I said, I haven't really started on this one beyond the first couple of pages.


Comics: MPD Psycho Vol. 1 & 2 - a "scanslation" or fan made translation of Japanese manga. There's a short TV series based on this manga by Takeshi Miike, which I have on disc somewhere, I think. Haven't watched it yet. I have read up to chapter 4 of this comic book about serial killers. Pretty good so far and I'm getting used to navigating the graphics.

Music: NIN: The Downward Spiral deluxe edition - The remastered album plus a collection of B-Sides and demos. I'm liking it.

Video: Xian Jian Qi Xia Zhuan (Legend Of the Heavenly Sword and the Mysterious Xia AKA Chinese Paladin) episode 4 - Live action Wu-Xia TV series. More of these should be subtitled for the enjoyment of the English speaking world. Tai Seng has started, but they heavily edit their releases. This fan release was found on a Bittorrent site. One of my fears was that subtitles would be hard to read on the PSP, but that has not been the case.

Prince - an eight minute acoustic set from VH1 a couple of years ago.

Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex episodes 15 & 16 - I didn't like the first movie, but this series has been great. GITS: Innocence is pretty good too, as is the comic book which is the source material.

Condor Heroes episode 2 - Live action Wu-Xia TV series from the eighties, based on a work by Jin Yong. There's currently an anime out that I think might be adapted from Tony Wong's comic book adaptaion of The Legendary Couple, the second novel (I think) from the Condor Heroes series. I only have two episodes and they're in Cantonese without subs, but that's fine. The kung fu is good and any Black male my age has likely seen Kung Fu Warlords (Brave Archer) starring Alexander Fu-Sheng back in the 70's or on TV in the 80's, so the story's not hard to figure out. If you've seen Ashes Of Time or Eagles Shooting Heroes (also based on the source material) then you've got good reason to be confused. I've got some of the anime so I'll be watching those pretty soon.

Labels: Anime, comics, dorama, downloads, movies, music, PSP, tv

Found out about this on Newsarama. TCM (Turner Classic Movies) are playing a bunch of films by Hayao Miyazaki every Thursday in January, starting tomorrow. His 65th birthday.

Happy Birthday, Miyazaki-Sensei!!!!

The schedule is as follows;


January 5
8:00 p.m. Spirited Away (2002) – English Dub
10:15 p.m. Princess Mononoke (1997) - English Dub
1:00 a.m. Spirited Away (2002) – Subtitled
3:15 a.m. Princess Mononoke (1997) Subtitled

January 12
8:00 p.m. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984) – Dub
10:00 p.m. Castle In The Sky (1986) – Dub
12:15 a.m. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984) – Subtitled
2:15 a.m. Castle In The Sky (1986) – Subtitled

January 19
8:00 p.m. My Neighbor Totoro (1988) – Dub
9:30 p.m. Porco Rosso (1992) – Dub
11:15 p.m. Whisper of the Heart (1995) – Dub
1:15 a.m. My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Subtitled
2:45 a.m. Porco Rosso (1992) – Subtitled
4:30 a.m. Whisper of the Heart – Subtitled

January 26
8:00 p.m. Only Yesterday (1991) - Dub
10:15 p.m. Pom Poko (1994) - Dub
12:30 a.m. Only Yesterday (1991) – Subtitled
2:45 a.m. Pom Poko (1994) – Subtitled.

I don't have that cable channel. Matter of fact I don't have most cable channels, but I have seen most of the above films save Pom Poko, which I'll eventually get on DVD. Pom Poko, Whisper Of The Heart and Only Yesterday are Ghibli films not directed by Miyazaki, though Whisper contains his input via character designs and whatnot.

My Neighbor Totoro is the greatest movie ever. If you haven't seen it, YOU MUST!!! I recommend the others as well, though I'm not as crazy about Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke as lots of other people are. I thoroughly enjoyed Howl's Moving Castle, though. That one is not being broadcast this month, but should appear on DVD on March 7th along with Totoro and Whisper Of The Heart.

Labels: Anime, Awesome, Heroes, movies, tv

Got the PSP. I got the money for Christmas, but I had to endure the mall yesterday to pick the bad boy up. Even though one can find *relatively* okay prices for 2 GB memory sticks at Amazon and elsewhere, I couldn't wait so I bought a 1GB memory stick for $99. Also bought GTA: Liberty City Stories, perhaps the only game I will need for a while. I never finished GTA 3, but playing this game for a few minutes, driving around made me feel like I'd returned to a familiar neighborhood.

I converted some videos using this tutorial. Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex episodes 9 and 10, Macross Zero 1 and 2, trailers for Mission Impossible 3 and Exodus. Two videos by Bloc Party; Banquet and Helicopter, one by Sevendust; Ugly and some PSP ready trailers from CPM.

I transferred music from Bloc Party, Prince (unreleased out-takes), Damien Marley, Best Of Kool And The Gang 1969-1976 did not go through probably due to the memory being full (this is for all intents and purposes NOT THE SAME BAND who gave us songs like Misled, Victory and other crap from the eighties) and this possibly brilliant cat named Nadir whom I first heard on Adam Curry's podcast the other day. Check out his song Slave on his website.

Also read an article about reading manga on the PSP. Tried it with MPD Psycho and so far I'm not impressed. I may need to be more familiar with navigating through graphics, but so far I don't like it. I do like being able to transfer text to jpegs (same article just mentioned) so that I can take lengthier articles with me when necessary.

All in all, this is gonna be a fun toy to play with.

Labels: Anime, Awesome, downloads, fun, holidays, music, PSP, video games

On march 7th, next year, according to Ultimate Disney (I found out via aint-it-cool-news). Better late than never. I have the Hong Kong DVD (region 3, I think). That's fine for me, but what about everybody else? This movie must be seen. And avoid the Fox release. While I think the dubbing's just fine, the image cropping is unforgivable. Wait for the 2-disc special edition. Also released on that day is Howl's Moving Castle, and Whisper Of The Heart, neither of which I've seen. While I'm waiting, I suppose I can catch up on some of the previous Ghibli releases not yet in my collection. These include favorites like Nausicaa In The Valley Of Wind, Our Neighbors The Yamadas, and Kiki's Delivery Service. Also worth getting is Porco Rosso.
And I still haven't seen Pom Poko.

Labels: Anime, Awesome, DVD, japanese, movies

This could be interesting. Hell, even if it's bad, it'll be interesting. Sam Jackson as a Samurai??? Sheeit, negro. That's all you had to say!!!

Here's a bit swiped from Variety.com:

Black belt warrior
Jackson drawn to 'Afrosamurai' adaptation

By PAMELA MCCLINTOCK

NEW YORK -- Samuel L. Jackson is attached to topline and co-produce a live-action feature to be adapted from the Japanese comic franchise "Afrosamurai," created by Takashi Okazaki.

Pic is a joint production of Japanese animation studio GDH K.K. Gonzo, Fuji TV and Mosaic Media in Los Angeles. Jackson is already signed to lend his voice to an "Afrosamurai" TV comicstrip set to bow on Spike TV next year.

"Afrosamurai" is the story of a warrior in feudal Japan who roams the country trying to avenge the death of his father, whom he saw murdered. His nemesis is a three-armed gunman.

Production of the pic is set to begin in 2006, with a U.S. release targeted for 2007.

The television strip, from Gonzo and Fuji TV, will bow in Japan after airing on Spike. Mosaic Media's Charles Roven and Alex Gartner are producing the feature film, along with GDH K.K. prexy Shinichiro Ishikawa and Fuji TV motion picture department topper Chihiro Kameyama .

The Firm's Eli Shelden and Julie Yorn exec produce. Mosaic's Gloria Fan is the creative exec on the project.


Date in print: Wed., Aug. 3, 2005, Los Angeles
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There's also an AfroSamurai website.

Labels: Anime, kung fu, tv

Labels: Anime, DVD, japanese, movies, nostalgia