http://anipac.blogsome.com Asian oriented geekery and a whole lot more! Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:05:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Anyone who knows me, knows that I am partial towards the fantasy , sci-fi or historical epic genres. Being Anime fans, its entirely natural that we get the bulk of our sci-fi fantasy fix from Anime. Occasionally, the creatively bankrupt Hollywood system will pump out something potentially decent, but there ... http://anipac.blogsome.com/2009/11/06/awesome-foreign-film-roundup/ You have all heard by now that Dreamwork’s live action version of Ghost in the Shell is progressing, and now has a writer attached. Now Dane is one of those fellows who is basically against Hollywood remakes of Asian movies, so I get the feeling that unless it is a shot-by-shot ... http://anipac.blogsome.com/2009/10/26/which-actress-should-play-major-mokoto-kusanagi-in-the-hollywood-ghost-in-the-shell-movie/ Thank God for the Japanese. If anyone tried to do this in North America, there would be an outcry from womens groups, followed by politicians grandstanding and calling for Congressional / Parliamentary hearings. More information here. It is in Japanese, but it is pretty visual (obviously) and self explanatory. Alex http://anipac.blogsome.com/2009/10/14/ok-i-want-an-iphone-2/ Hey, Hey It’s Saturday was an Australian variety show which made America’s Funniest Home Videos look like something co-produced by Shakespeare, Wilde and Hemmingway by comparison. Recently I was shocked to find that it had been resurrected, further proof that the dumbing down of society is indeed a global phenomenon. ... http://anipac.blogsome.com/2009/10/08/can-someone-tell-me-what-year-this-is/ In case you hadn’t noticed episode 78 is going to be delayed, possibly until the weekend due to technical problems. We have recorded the show, however, some of the audio files I emailed Dane were corrupt. Now, if I were at home this would be no problem. I would ... http://anipac.blogsome.com/2009/10/02/episode-delay/ Well as we mentioned on Episode 75, Sankaku.com posted a bunch of cosplay pictures. I thought the one above was the best one. But, do you think it is better than the current, long reigning champ? : Or what about the following contestants, who came close to toppling the champ: Alex http://anipac.blogsome.com/2009/09/17/cosplay-fun/ DuoMatrix may have vanished from the podcasting world, but it was for JUSTICE. I’d recognize that voice anywhere! http://anipac.blogsome.com/2009/09/16/so-thats-where-he-went/ The Boston Globe had a rather fascinating picture series detailing the two Mongolia’s. What’s that you say? Two? Inner Mongolia is in fact an autonomous region in Northern China. I actually lived rather close to it at one time and was fascinated with Mongolian culture and people. Ethnically, they are ... http://anipac.blogsome.com/2009/09/16/the-two-mongolias/ Anime Pacific Episode 75 is also now out for download. As usual, take a look at our podcast page for the anime podcast show notes. http://anipac.blogsome.com/2009/09/12/anime-pacific-episode-75/ Anime Pacific Episode 74 came out last week, if you haven’t already noticed. http://anipac.blogsome.com/2009/09/12/anime-pacific-episode-74/