Friday, November 07, 2003

Mandarin Design: Web Color Swatches Color Chart

Mandarin Design: Web Color Swatches Color Chart

Quote


"Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I just sorta do ‘em all together, I guess."



-Elvis in 1956,

talking about his way of moving on stage.


Try that again...

Tohoscope


Monday, November 03, 2003

Tricky



BEFORE ANYONE DID ANYTHING,
ELVIS
DID EVERYTHING



Thursday, October 30, 2003

Thursday, October 23, 2003

This is dodgerblue


Weblogs should give you the
freedom to use alternate methods
to emphasize
what you're trying to say.

Thursday, September 18, 2003

Sanrio Public Transportation

The Hello Kitty Cab!
Catch a ride on the Hello Kitty Cab! Give a Hello Kitty confession!
-d!

Monday, September 08, 2003

Kook Conspiracy

Could this be evidence left behind by ancient astronauts?
Notes found on one of the company cars, Can anybody read this?

Thursday, September 04, 2003

I got The Arcadia!

I bought one of these for myself and one for my friend Josh for his birthday next week! Pretty nice looking little model, too! I wonder what Josh'll get...
Harlock Saga Front

Wednesday, September 03, 2003

Ozone Commandos: Doujinshi Desperados




Dave's comix now up at the Cheap Disposable Website

Tuesday, September 02, 2003

TV??·Anime X-press ???6/17

Nanaka 6/17
The set up is like something out of a film noir quicky, a 17 year old girl named Nanaka goes through psychological head trauma and wakes up thinking she's 6 years old and going to kindergarden. Her childhood friend, Neiji, struggles to help her and their relationship changes. Neiji finds he likes the 6 year old mentality Nanaka to the former 17 year old mentality, and is falling in love with her...then Nanaka get's her memory back and nothing can be the same again...

Bubba Ho-Tep

Bubba Ho-Tep: "UNDEAD, UNLIKELY, UNEQUALED...

Based on the Bram Stoker Award nominee short story by acclaimed author
Joe R. Lansdale, Bubba Ho-tep tells the "true" story of what really did become of Elvis. We find the King(Bruce Campbell) as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death", then missed his chance to switch back. Elvis teams up with Jack(Ossie Davis), a fellow nursing home resident who thinks that he is actually President John F. Kennedy, and the two valiant old codgers sally forth
to battle an evil Egyptian entity who has chosen their long-term care facility
as his happy hunting grounds...

"Mind-blowing in its originality, Bubba Ho-tep transcends the "late-night cult" genre by virtue of captivating performances by Campbell and Davis, and the assured direction of Don Coscarelli. Coscarelli handles the bizarre material with such precision that you actually believe that Elvis and JFK are alive and not quite well. He treats the characters, and old age for that matter, with such respect that no matter how absurd things become, you are completely with him.

Bubba Ho-tep, with its cinematic flash and terrifically offbeat humor,
is a fantastic story of redemption, courage and friendship."
- CineVegas International Film Festival -"

Publish or publish even more

link
Courtesy of the Steven Grant message board, Shawn Fumo points to a massive listing of all the various manga anthologies published in Japan.

kaliman.net

El Hombre Increible
Darn, the site's down. I wanted to explore the world of KALIMAN:EL HOMBRE INCREIBLE!

Monday, September 01, 2003

#AnimeForEver

#AnimeForEver: "Hung_Lo"

Free and Publicly Accessible Usenet News Servers Index and Search Utilities

Free and Publicly Accessible Usenet News Servers Index and Search Utilities: "This web-site allows people to access my database of free and public usenet news servers. All machines listed here were open and free to the public the last time that my automated software checked them. Most free or public servers are that way because of a mistake by the person that setup the server. Because of this, it is quite common for a machine to appear on my list and then disappear after it has been up only a short time (usually as soon as the owner notices). Usenet news servers use a protocol called NNTP to transfer articles to a users news reader."

Sunday, August 31, 2003

The Wage Slave Journal: George W. Bush Scorecard of Evil

The Wage Slave Journal: George W. Bush Scorecard of Evil: "Two years into President Bush's term, the damage he has done to the nation and the world is incalculable. On issue after issue, Bush does what's good for big corporations and right-wing extremists at the expense of the public. The Wage Slave Journal offers this scorecard to help you keep track of all of the evil deeds Bush commits and, more important, to provide a record for your perusal when November 2004 rolls around. "

Saturday, August 30, 2003

[VIEWSICIAN.com]

[VIEWSICIAN.com]
VJ avec France!

Anime Digital - The Pirate Anime FAQ

Anime Digital - The Pirate Anime FAQ
The Anime Black Market! Yar! Pirates Ho!

Animation Meat

Animation Meat
A great animation resource site, tones of information for the taking!

Edirol V-4 Video Mixer with Effects

Edirol V-4 Video Mixer with Effects
Man, I need to find something like this for AnimeHELL shows...

| flashmixer.de.pre.release|

| flashmixer.de.pre.release|
The original Flash Mixer. If you can run a web browser with a Flash plug in you can use this program, Mac, PC, even a Linux box...

Flxer - Flash Video Mixer

Flxer - Flash Video Mixer
I've been playing around with Flash, it's a powerful tool for animation. The possiblitys as a video mixing tool impresses me even more. Using Flash to edit and mix flash animations is just brilliant....

Friday, August 29, 2003

AudioVisualizers - VJ Haven - Video Synths too!

AudioVisualizers - VJ Haven - Video Synths too!
One of the best places to go for VJ software and Video Tools, wish I could make 'em work on my machines....

motordriveVJ[VisualJockey Info]

motordriveVJ[VisualJockey Info]
Japanese Visual Jockey site, more searching must be done!

Pete Warden

Pete Warden
A gentleman who has video filters for VJs, something I'd like to incorporate into AnimeHELL performances....

PsPrint - Full color business card printing, postcards, posters, flyers, brochures, on four color presses for cheap, fast service

PsPrint - Full color business card printing, postcards, posters, flyers, brochures, on four color presses for cheap, fast service
A very reasonably priced digital press service. I'm thinking I'll be using these folks for AWA...

Thursday, August 28, 2003

MANGATOWN

Won't you take me to...
Mainichi has it's own online manga, all run on a flash interface. Very nice and professional looking....

Dynamic DNS Providers List

Dynamic DNS Providers List
This would've been really helpful, TWO MONTHS AGO!

Wednesday, August 27, 2003

CYBORG 009

CYBORG 009
Japanese 009 fanart site, thanks to Shaindle for pointing it out!

Jason mjau mjau

Jason mjau mjau
I love this guy's work!

bikewriter@yahoo.com

bikewriter@yahoo.com
Bike typography?

I LOVE MY WORK!

I LOVE MY WORK!
The Designer's Life...."You don't even have to draw a straight line!"

The Brick Testament

The Brick Testament
Thanks to Jan Scott Frazier...

Millennium Actress

Millennium Actress
They'll be showing this movie at the Big Apple Anime Fest this weekend. I'm hoping I can encode the trailer to show at AnimeHELLfest...

Cyber Adventure Tsuka - BD et Animation

Cyber Adventure Tsuka - BD et Animation
French animation resource site....

::STEAMBOY::

::STEAMBOY::
I'll be showing the teaser trailer for this at this weekend's AnimeHELLfest. Not a bad looking show, I'd love to see more...

Preview of Bruce's new book




Nice work, Bruce!

Tuesday, August 26, 2003

Mindset Lists

Beloit College
Because a mindset is a terrible thing to waste....

Dos Mujeres Mexican Folk Art

Dos Mujeres Mexican Folk Art
I was looking for info for Los Dias de los Muertos information, especially Calacas, the cool skeleton dioramas that they make, I should make my own....

Monday, August 25, 2003

Plamo Net

Bandi co-site
I'm looking for an archive of Bandai commercials, this is the first hit that had video, but it's not what I'm looking for. File it away for later....

Daring Planet

Daring Planet
It's like Dan Dare, ANIMATED!

AnimWatch - Showcasing the Best in Independent Animation

AnimWatch - Showcasing the Best in Independent Animation
A monthly online zine that covers independant animation, and very well done, too. I was surprised at the quality of aimation they showcase here...Although there seems to be mostly 3DCGI...

StanGoldberg.com

StanGoldberg.com
The man who drew Millie the Model, and a guy we'd like to know more about!

Sunday, August 24, 2003

Asia Pacific Advertising Festival 2003

Asia Pacific Advertising Festival 2003
The Asian version of the Clio Awards! I wonder if there's a european version of this?

Saturday, August 23, 2003

FIRE STORM

TV“Å’‹Å¾?EAnime X-press FIRE STORM
Oddly enough, I'd bought some THUNDERBIRDS and SPACE 1999 DVDs at Half Price Books, so I'd been thinking of the great Gerry Anderson shows of the past... And then I saw an episode of FIRESTORM, and was surprised to find out that it's a new Gerry Anderson show being produced in Japan!

Millie and Friends Index

Millie and Friends Index
Since there's a new Millie in the works, here's a site that looks back at our favorite model. Not much more then an index and a few cover scans, but that's not a bad start. There's even a Chilli index!

Friday, August 22, 2003

Santo And Friends

Santo And Friends
More masked wrestling madness!

The Lucha Libre Action Figure Archive!

The Lucha Libre Action Figure Archive!
More masked dolls then I ever believe existed!

THE FILMS OF SANTO, EL ENMASCARADO DE PLATA

THE FILMS OF SANTO, EL ENMASCARADO DE PLATA
Because El Santo is here to save us!

Thursday, August 21, 2003

CM-fan.net

CM-fan.net Æ’eÆ’Å’Æ’r‚b‚l?î•Ã±Æ’TÆ’CÆ’g
I AM CM FAN!!!

CM?—Navi

CM?—Navi
Yet another commercial archive...

CM Searcher

Japanese Commercials online
Another directory of Japanese online tv commercials, feel the cultural differences!

CM Japan

CM Japan - Æ’V?[Æ’GÆ’€Æ’WÆ’Æ’Æ’pÆ’“
A japanese site devoted to commercials. Yeah, commercials. And not just the ones with the gaijin actors in 'em....

Irradiance.net

¥Ãº¤§¤j³° ¡¹ ¥Ã¬²ÃºÂµ^´Âµ
I'd found this site a few years ago by accident, and then I lost the bookmark when I switched over to the new RenderFarmer. A very interesting collection of video, midi and software from japan. Worth a few hours or more of investigation....

RichardX Remixer

RichardX
Where have all the remixers gone? This was one of my favorite interactions, but all the ones I played have been removed....

Creative Loafing Atlanta | NEWS & VIEWS | A (SADLY) AVERAGE JOE

Creative Loafing Atlanta | NEWS & VIEWS | A (SADLY) AVERAGE JOE
The Joey Joe Joe Show Continues!

Adeater.com

! advertising films movies advertising for advertising agencies advertising spot advertising cinema library advertising data base spots TV creativity context
Thanks to Bruce!

Article 10: Cover Story

Article 10: Cover Story
A well thought out argument on Marvel's photo covers, 15Love isn't nearly as inappropriate as some other Marvel covers...

World Ramen.net

World Ramen.net
For "REAL" ramen lovers only! Don't forget to visit Ramen Depot and Ramen City for all your ramen needs!

Ramen Noodles

It Started in Japan



The earth shaking origin of RAMEN NOODLES!!!

MegaHouse Corporation

MegaHouse Corporation
These are the guys who made PANDA-Z, and it looks like they make alot of great stuff that I should never buy...

ROBONIMAL PANDA-Z

Panda-Z
I just got this in the mail yesterday for Mundee's birthday. It's pretty cool looking, and I almost kept it for myself, except I really don't have a place to put it. Honest...

Wednesday, August 20, 2003

Tuesday, August 19, 2003

[ Pizzinini.net / ] - Mario Pizzinini - Multimedia Art Student - -

[ Pizzinini.net / ] - Mario Pizzinini - Multimedia Art Student - -
While looking for a way to convert SWF files into video that I can show at AnimeHELL I found this site. And I gotta say it's a damn good site....

Monday, August 18, 2003

Lupin the 3rd Network

lupin-3rd.net
In keeping with our Monkey Punch tribute, here's the Lupin III Network. The official site for all things Lupin III. This creation is the one that Monkey Punch will be remembered for, it's strengths are obvious. A great cast, fantastic locations and capers that are aimed at adults and not a high school crowd...

NARUTARU

NARUTARU Official Site



A dark examination of the possiblitys of Pokemon and Digimon. The creatures here are elemental, and very dangerous. By episode 4 we possibly see one kill a human in self defense. Very interesting and worth more then one look...

Saturday, August 16, 2003

URDA

URDA
I just found some episodes of this on the Fansub network and it looks very interesting. So, I went looking for the official website and found a clip. I'll report and review asap...

AnimeHELLfest!



Rizelmine

???pc-moe.com???
It's like Urusei Yatsura, but with some pretty sick and twisted themes. A favorite here at the Kitten Farm & Gun Compound!

I.K.U.-com

I.K.U.-com
I just saw this on the racks at Fry's. But this may just be too much for my wacked out collection of video...

Thursday, August 14, 2003

MonkeyPunch.COM

MonkeyPunch.COM
Because Monkey Punch rocks!

TypeCon2003

TypeCon2003: Home
That's right! It a con for Phont Phags! Get your typographic geek on...

Wednesday, August 13, 2003

Alfred Hitchcock - The Master of Suspense

Alfred Hitchcock - The Master of Suspense
It's Alfred Hitchcock's 104 birthday, enjoy one of his movies while saying punny comments....

FOX! FOX! FOX! BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!

FOX! FOX! FOX! BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!
Ok, one more. And I've never even watched this show...

TheSimpsons.com

TheSimpsons.com
Sorry, had to add it to the Blog...

Futurama

FOX Broadcasting Company: Futurama
Rumor is that Cartoon Network is talking to Futurama's production team about making more episodes. But I wouldn't hold my breath...

King of the Hill

FOX Broadcasting Company: King of the Hill
The truth is that this is really what Texas is like. But FARGO's not really how Minnesota is, honest!

Buddha:The Animated Movie

Buddha
I'd like to see this myself. Although not as much as more animated Monkey King movies!

Tuesday, August 12, 2003

markmartin.net

markmartin.net
No, not the racecar driver! The really cool cartoonist Mark Martin! I love this guy's cartoons!

Cinderella Boy

Monkey Punch to the head
I got 4 episodes of this that I need to encode to SVCD, and I need to do it before AnimeFEST with it's GOH MONKEY PUNCH! Raku!

Monday, August 11, 2003

Ebichu The Housekeeping Hamster!

Ebichu Official Site
I've always wondered if there was one, now I know...

Escape Velocity

Ambrosia Software, Inc. -- EV Nova Files
I've got Escape Velocity on my Macintosh Power PC, and I've wasted loads of time on this game. It's a damn good game, and now I can play it on my PC...

Sunday, August 10, 2003

Digital Digest

Digital Digest - All your digital video needs
I usually go to VCD Help for software and VCD/SVCD authoring questions. This is a similar site, and it looks very helpful for the digital video hobbyist...

XviD.org :: Home of the XviD codec

XviD.org :: Home of the XviD codec
This seems to be the new codec that all the kids are encoding with, time to get it and encode my brains out, too...

Vidomi

Vidomi - Home
XviD encoder, gotta try it out and report how it works. Looks very interesting...

Saturday, August 09, 2003

The Alan Brady Show!

TV Land - Alan Brady Sneak Preview!
Why not? I gotta admit, I wanna see this...

Friday, August 08, 2003

Warp 11

Warp 11 Home
A Star Trek parody band, now where did I put that disk with Star Wars/Cthulu parody songs....?

Pluster!

Plusterworld Official Site
What is it? Pokemon? Digimon? Rockman.EXE? My head is hurting!

DigiGirl

DigiGirl
This is a show I'd love to see. Superflat stylin'...

RE:Nadja

Ashita No Nadja
And Mundee sez I bring too many "Guy Shows" over to the Mason de Henderson/Lewis. Sheesh!

Rhino goes to BOT-CON!

DIARY OF A BOT-MAN -Article - Rhino Home Video
It's hard to tell from the photos in the article, but those could be some really cool Transformer costumes. I guess cosplay has hit the toy geeks, too...

Thursday, August 07, 2003

AnimeNfo.Com

AnimeNfo.Com
A very helpful resource for data on new and old anime shows. I just signed up and plan to leave a few reviews to help out others...

Rolling Rock Head



Wednesday, August 06, 2003

Talking in the back of Keith's Comics

ICv2 Talk Back - Michael Tierney of The Comic Book Store on the Castillo Conviction
This is just getting more and more interesting...

Keith's Comics Clown Court

A Small Victory: a bad precedent: Texas v. Castillo
A blog that does a nice roundup of the whole Keith's Comics case...

How to Make a Trendy Anime Blog

Mental Discharge - How to Make a Trendy Anime Blog
If I understand this correctly, I'm not doing a "Trendy Anime Blog." I soxor....

Cocoa

Cocoa- Crafts for YOU! :D
Super Cute craft and recipe site, just the thing to brighten a day!

Tuesday, August 05, 2003

Maxtor 3000LE

My new external hard drive...
I bought one of these on Sunday and sent out the rebate yesterday. So far it's worked out nicely. Except none of the computers I use have a USB 2.0 so moving files is pretty damn slow. But it's faster then burning them onto disks...

I noticed that it seemed to be dual formated when I plugged it into the renderfarm at home, which means I could plug it into Bruce's G3!

Monday, August 04, 2003

GADGUARD

GADGUARD
The current show I'm encoding for SVCD. A twist on the Gigantor/Astroboy archtypes, and nicely done by GONZO Animation.

The World Masterpiece Theater

The World Masterpiece Theater
These are the series I was thinking of when I saw ASHITA NO NADJA. I'd forgotten that they did these shows for so long...

NADJA OF TOMORROW

Ashita no Nadja
The heroine is only 12, and she's living in an orphanage in England in the late Victorian age, and it's too cute for words. Great quality and design that reminds me of the ANNE OF GREEN GABLES and LITTLE WOMEN and even HEIDI animes of times past. Some CGI elements don't always work, but I give them credit for trying. I doubt it'll be licenced here in the states, and more's the shame. This is a show that little girls whould love.

A Tight Orbit



Sunday, August 03, 2003

Mr. Accident (2000)

Mr. Accident (2000)
I turned on the tv for some background noise and this was playing, at first I didn't notice the Oz accents and thought it was AT&T spokesthing Carrot Top. Which is strange because I remember once turning on the tv and seeing Eric Stoltz in MASK and thinking it was also Carrot Top. Maybe we need a remake of MASK with Carrot Top. Or better still, Carrot Top and Yahoo Serious in a fight to the death...

I'll give Yahoo Serious credit, he's pretty good at physical comedy. And he's certainly more likeable then I remember him. If only he was teamed up with a straight man I think he'd break into Hollywood.

bushCricket . your source for on-demand comic book printing!

bushCricket.com
Print on demand or online vanity press? Looks like they're locked into the comicbook format, too. They'll regret that...

Saturday, August 02, 2003

Friday, August 01, 2003

PC Utilities

Freeware from the UK
I've picked up the last two issues and found them very useful. I almost didn't because the art direction of the magazine is horrible. Unbeliveably craptastic. Obviously they're saving money by having the publisher's son in law doing the layout and design.....

Wiggle Blink



EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL!

"This is my Boom Bada Boom Boom Stick!
The world needs more musicals based on horror movies. There was LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, PLAN NINE FROM OUTER SPACE, and least we forget, STEPHEN KING'S CARRIE THE MUSICAL!

Shuffle Do



State of the Shape



GlobZ

GlobZ: free single and multiplayer games in Flash
Very nice Design! I'm testing out the games now...

Helvetica vs. Arial

Engage. +44(0)20 7265 0222
Monkey Font vs. Robot Font...FIGHT!

www.dogsincars.co.uk

www.dogsincars.co.uk
Yeah, there's that "Cat of the Day" and "Dog of the Day" site and I know there's a few "Rate my Cat/Dog/Pet" pages, too. But this is just for Dogs in Cars....

..:: PixelFreak.com ::..

..:: PixelFreak.com ::..
Building a world one pixel at a time....

NTV

ntv.co.jp
Online channels of japanese television. Link thanks to Mundee...

1001 Online Games

Play Free Online Games (free, online, games, play, internet)
It looks like I'm working at the computer, heh heh....

Thursday, July 31, 2003

All Things Kawaii

All Things Kawaii
A great place to find Pixel sites. And Cutestuff, lots and lots of very very cute things....

PIXELTEES!

pixeltees : welcome!
Ah damn, more cool pixelstuff. I must make some pixeltees!

16 COLOR

welcome to 16 color /click to enter/ the internet movie machine
It's like an animated oekaki! So, of course, I spend too much time drawing at this site...

Wednesday, July 30, 2003

Jans Freeware Graphics

Jans Freeware Graphics
Great googley moogley! Wish I'd know about this page before. Tons of freeware graphics progs for the sprogs to tool!

FLASH Cartoons?

Google Directory - Computers > Multimedia > Flash and Shockwave > Animations
You know, I really wanna figure out how to do this....

10 Second Club

10 Second Club
It's the Fight Club for animators! 10 seconds of animation, ready, set, GO!

A disturbing collection of Flash animation

<------N-A-I-L-S------>
But very well done. I must work harder and learn the craft of Flash!

Computer History Museum Home Page

Computer History Museum
I'm finding that I can't find the words to describe this site. The rate at which technology has evolved and changed and adopted is a facinating read. And, I hate to admit it, something of a nostalgic trip for me...

Tuesday, July 29, 2003

Carpenter Pencil Sharpener

Cody Mercantile: CP2 Sharpener and 6 Pencils
I wonder if I can find this down at the art supply store. Something like this would be handy!

¦¦ THE OFFICIAL GODZILLA SITE ¦¦

Go Go Godzilla!
I like to check in every once in a while to see what's happening, sometimes they put up some great wallpaper or clips from the new movies.

What to get danno for his birthday, oh wait, I've already got it!

ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST is finally being released on DVD, about time! What took ya so long?

" Sergio Leone fans will be excited to hear that Paramount Home Video will be releasing Once Upon a Time in The West on November 18th! Once Upon a Time in The West will be released as a 2 Disc Special Edition presented in anamorphic widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and feature: the completely restored 165 minute version of the film and feature: Audio Commentary with John Carpenter, John Milius, Alex Cox, and film historian Christopher Frayling and members of the film crew, a three part documentary (running 82 mins!) covering Sergio Leone's career, the background for the film, writing and casting the film, on location, the style of the film and it's impact on the Western Genre, a featurette on the impact of the railroad on the Old West, and a photo gallery"

Monday, July 28, 2003

CreaToon 2.5

CreaToon 2.5 - Simply cut-out for you! - Home page
Well, this looked like a good 2D animation software package, but it's 399 Euros. Maybe I'll play around with the Demo, but I'm thinking I'll buy a copy of PAP at this point. I haven't played with the demo for ToonBoom yet, but I can get ToonBoom Express for $144, a bargain compaired to CreaToon!

Plastic Animation Paper

www.plasticanimationpaper.dk
I've been looking for a program that I could use to make handdrawn 2D animation with, and this looks interesting and even affordable. Time to research!

HOWdesign.com

HOWdesign.com - Links - Links to Graphic Design Firms, Design Resources, and more
This is one of my favorite browsing sites. Especially the links page. A great resource for anybody interested in design.

PBS - The Alphabet Synthesis Machine

PBS - The Alphabet Synthesis Machine
Make your own alphabet and then download it as a Truetype font, that's Fontfreakintastic!

Oldies.com

Oldies.com : Direct Source for Collectables Records & Alpha Video [Oldies, Doo Wop, Jazz, Pop, Rock Music and Horror, Serials, Thrillers, Sci-Fi, Westerns Movies]
This is also where I'd go for a crate of DVDs. Unfortunately I'm guessing I'm one of a select few who enjoys these old skool movies...

-- Welcome to Video Plus Liquidations --

-- Welcome to Video Plus Liquidations --
If I ever decide to start my own DVD store I'm going here first. Heck, I could start my own p0rnshoppe!

Sunday, July 27, 2003

Star Wars Kid Remix Videos Pictures MP3 Video Download Ghyslain Starwars

Star Wars Kid Remix Videos Pictures MP3 Video Download Ghyslain Starwars
Geez, some people need to get a hobby. Like I should talk, I've wasted 5 minutes of my life perusing the site and now I'm posting a link to it here. I M Luxor!

Saturday, July 26, 2003

ASTROBOY

ASTROBOY
Astroboy, or Tetsuwan Atomu, what more can I say about the icon? The new Atom anime show looks like the METROPOLIS movie in design, but this show is much more optimistic. A bright future that shines in the sun, the Atom is both a love letter to Tezuka and a love affair with our childhood hero. I will be picking up the DVDs when they are released here in the states, or failing that I'll break down and buy the DVD direct from CDJapan....

Basic Extensional Semiotic Space

B.E.S.S.
A find from the Tinami listings, B.E.S.S. is a great artist gallery in the "Superflat" icon style that I like.

Friday, July 25, 2003

Hotch Potch Street

hotch potch street
What do you get when you combine Karaoke with Puppets...?

Outpost.com

Outpost.com
Yeah, every Friday I get the Fry's weekend circular from the newspaper and scout out all the deals. I'm literally rebuilding the computer piece by piece. The goal is to make a machine that'll encode and burn DVDs someday. I started out making VCDs, now I'm encoding SVCDs, next I'm planning on making DVD's with menus and other easter eggs....

SANTO AND FRIENDS

News Page
I picked up the very new SANTO film "INFRATERRESTRE" a few weeks ago, but I haven't watched enough to do a review of it. I can tell you that "INFRATERRESTRE" has lots of cheap CGI effects and El Santo has a flying convertable. Oh, and there's lots of wrestling and El Santo has and iMac. There's a switch commercial waiting to happen....

The Wonder World of K. Gordon Murray

The Wonder World of K. Gordon Murray
And what a wonderful world it is! These are some fun movies, and I can't wait for all these to be released on DVD...

JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING ROBOT

JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING ROBOT
I've been grooving to GHOUL A-GO-GO on my K. GORDON MURRAY COLLECTION DVD, so I've been trying to find out how many GA-G-G episodes will be on how many KGMC DVDs. The GA-G-G site says, "Ghoul A Go-Go meets K. Gordon Murray ! Our first nine shows are going to be included as a special feature on 12 DVDs being released from Something Weird Video between June and October 2003. The DVDs are all double features of the Mexican horror movies dubbed into English and distributed in the United States in the 1960s by K. Gordon Murray (Kagey to his friends). These features were later ubiquitous on late night TV. The first two DVDs to be released are: The Braniac/The Witch's Mirror; and Doctor of Doom/The Wrestling Women vs the Aztec Mummy! Other titles in the collection include: Sampson vs the Vampire Women, The Vampire, The Living Head, The Curse of Nostradamus, The Curse of the Aztec Mummy, the Curse of the Doll People, and other films with and without "Curse" in the title!"

"Great," I think. So I Google KGM and I get THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF K. GORDON MURRAY but the WWKGM news page says something about the KGMCDVDs being discontinued? WTF?

On the other hand, I find a link to JOHNNY SOKKO on the WWKGM news page, weird....

Wednesday, July 23, 2003

Comical characters




"Dressed as the animated Japanese character 'Inuyasha' Jennifer of San Diego looks through comic books.

Thousands of comic book fans from around the world have gathered in San Diego for their annual four day convention 'Comic Con,' a collection of comic book and industry related sci-fi, video and motion picture fantasy.

With this years conference a wrap enthusiasts can look forward to the the 35th annual Comic Con to return to San Diego July 22-25, 2004 . "


365 Days Project

365 Days Project
Bruce sent me a link to this, so now I'm making CD for him. Music is the message!

.: Hikari no Kiseki - Anime Fansubbing and Manga Translations - :.

.: Hikari no Kiseki - Anime Fansubbing and Manga Translations - :.
A Fansubbing group devoted to the Magical Girl genre. I owe 'em for Princess Tutu and Magical Baton Girl Comet San.

FIRST AMERICAN COMIC BOOK CREATED BY JAPANESE IMMIGRANT?

FIRST AMERICAN COMIC BOOK CREATED BY JAPANESE IMMIGRANT?
Publish or perish! You gotta love this, especially if you're a zine publisher or mini-comix publisher!

HENRY YOSHITAKA KIYAMA AND THE FOUR IMMIGRANTS MANGA

HENRY YOSHITAKA KIYAMA AND THE FOUR IMMIGRANTS MANGA
Could this be the first "Graphic Novel?" Sounds like the first Doujinshi was published in America...

Classic Sim City Online

Play Classic SimCity Now!
Even more ways to waste time at work. I used to play for hours on my old Apple IIe, this brings back memories...

THE LEGEND OF APPLE

ACT2
A fairy tale of Apples, a roughed out story from my friend "U"

Tuesday, July 22, 2003

Totally Spies!

Totally Spies!
Bruce thought this show was somehow based on Chyna (BLUE MONDAY) Clugston-Major's work. I thought it was a TMS show. Nope. It's a French connection. And if you think TOTALLY SPIES looks like Japanese Cartoon envy, check out MARTIN MYSTERY....

ANIME INTRO ARCHIVE

Anime Openings/Endings - Currently being aired in Japan
The best part of Japanese Cartoons is the Show Openings and the End Credits. Somehow, in the confines of that short time span, the images are freed from the normal limitations of the process of telling a story and become something more....

Bill Plympton's HAIR HIGH

Bill Plympton's HAIR HIGH
The latest from Bill Plympton, looks great....

Wonderful Days

Wonderful Days Official Site
From the anime that's not anime dept. it's the new animated feature film from Korea. I've seen stills of this for months, and it looks incredible. With any luck I'll be able to get a DVD or VCD of this...

Wing Commander Academy - Animated Series Downloads

Wing Commander Academy - Animated Series Downloads
Download and watch 'em. I'll probablly put some on SVCD....

Fanta Shokata

Fanta Shokata
Do-it-yourself Bollywood movies! Well, sorta...More like parody fansubs online, Comedy Goldmine!

Monday, July 21, 2003

STELLVIA OF THE UNIVERSE

Uchuu no Stellvia: Asu e no Brilliant Road
The TVTokyo Offical Site
I watched the first 2 episodes of STELLVIA on SVCD with Bruce and Ed last night while the COOKING WITH LOVE Stew cooked down. It was a pleasant surprise. It starts out with Earth being hit by the leading wave of a star that went supernova 20 light years away. My first thought is that CLAMP had a hand in this and the serial numbers were filed off. Nope, the end of the world is just a jumping off point. We follow our hero, Shipon, as she boards a Gravity Lifter in Nazca, Peru going to Stellvia, a space station in high earth orbit. She's enrolled in a sort of Finishing School, in Space, and the whole show has a sort of Heinlein Juvenile feel to it. As Ed put it, there's more hard science fiction in this show then anything they show on the SciFi channel....

Sunday, July 20, 2003

ghoul a go-go!

Ghoul A-G0-G0!
Picked up the SOMETHING WEIRD VIDEO DVD release "THE K. GORDON MURRAY COLLECTION" which I hope means there will be more volumes of Weird Mexican Wrestling movies and Mexican Children Matinee Bills with all that a good K. Gordon Murray production delievers.

But I degress. This SWV DVD is a double feature of DOCTOR OF DOOM and WRESTLING WOMEN VS. THE AZTEC MUMMY, classics of the genre. But the highlight of this DVD was an episode of GHOUL A-GO-GO! A, "Monster Musical Kiddie TV Show," and a blast! Worth the price of admission!

Friday, July 18, 2003

Adult Swim

Adult Swim
Because I like Cartoons, maybe too much...

OBEY Neil Naldeman

Neil Naldeman the pop icon
Nail Needleman has a posse!

Death in the snow

Guardian Unlimited | Arts Friday Review | Death in the snow
Now it's a book, I wonder who has the film rights to this?

The Fargo Fortune

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Horrors (The Fargo Fortune)
I can't tell you how many times I've heard this story...

CAREFUL: THE FB-EYE MAY BE WATCHING

Creative Loafing Atlanta | NEWS & VIEWS | CAREFUL: THE FB-EYE MAY BE WATCHING
What's on the FB-Eye's lite summer reading list?

Publicity Stuntz

WireImage: Listings
Ah, nice to see that the art of the Publicity Stunt is still alive. I think the weight in of Freddy and Jason whould've made even William Castle smile.

SuprNova.Org

SuprNova.Org
I probally spend too much time checking this site....

Cat Linguistical Device




"I'm going to kill you human..."

Thursday, July 17, 2003

TOYZ-R-ART

Sweatyfrog Toy Concepts and Design - Index
Geez, I wish they had these when I was a kid. All I ever got was Kenner's Star Wars action figures. And after a couple of years I gave 'em all to my little brother. I think Luke and Han and Chewie and all the other bits ended up either at a garage sale or at the nursery at the church. Ah well, such is life. Time to put away the toys...
-d!

Hyakkirin's Website

Hyakkirin's Website
Hyakkirin is one of my Oekaki friends. Hyakkirin has a shojo style to his illustrations, character's with long limbs and long faces and with a delicate linework. Enjoy!
-d!

BANDAI KNOCKS OFF ARTIST!

COWBOY BEBOP BANDAI ED EIN PLUSH DOLL CUSTOM UFO CATCHER PLUSH DOLLS JAPAN ANIME & VIDEO GAME
Ok, I remember Mundee showing me this Ed&Ein UFO Catcher Plushy,
turns out it was a knock-off of a fan designed plushy, and the fan
works as an artist for Bandai who manufactures the knock-off. Will
the artist get paid? I doubt it....


PUT A TIGER IN YOUR...





"Women's lingerie maker Triumph International Ltd's promotion model Tomomi Kudo shows off the Hanshin Tigers Bra, made in honour of the western Japanese baseball team The Hanshin Tigers, at an unveiling in Tokyo.

Developed with passionate female Tigers' fans in mind, the bra has the Tigers' mascot Truckee as its main design motif, and comes with shorts and a detachable "tiger's tail," and will go on sale in a 500 set limited-edition from August 15 for 10,000 yen (about $85).

The Hanshin Tigers, the current Central League leader, is hoping to capture its first pennant in 18 years."

Wednesday, July 16, 2003

PRINCESS TUTU

Princess TuTu
A charming twist on the Magical Girl genre, Princess TuTu is surreal, cute, and charming. There's alot of ballet in this show, but it's balanced by it's storybook elements...
-d!

LAUGH CLOWN LAUGH!



DESSLOK ROCKS!

Dessloktoberfest Home
The annual invite-only beerfest....

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S PHOTO OF THE DAY

National Geographic:Photo of the Day
The view from here is breathtaking....
-d!

BIRDHOUSE IN YOUR SOUL...

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS: FREE MP3 MUSIC, HUZZAH!
Josh stopped by Saturday nite after he and Michael went to see PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN:CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL and he brought a DVD with all the TMBG music videos on it.

I can't get ANNA ANG out of my head...
-danno!

GHOST IN THE POLLING MACHINE

[ infernalpress.com ]
Chilling.

Tuesday, July 15, 2003

MACHINE+CINEMA=

Machinima.com: shooting film in virtual reality
A great concept, using 3D game engines to create movies. Now where did I put my Quake II disks...?
-danno!

G H O S T B R O A D C A S T S

hyper ghost broad casts
This is my page over at Keenspace, look around and check out my digital etchings....
-danno!