Ani-Game

Anime games typically lend themselves well to video game adaptations. There’s no secret around that. Especially if the source material it’s based on is fairly action packed or has hundreds of episodes of story to pull from. Just look at the plethora of Dragon Ball and Naruto games that continue to be incredibly popular even though their core series’ ended … Read More

In this day and age, when you say the words horror manga, only one name springs to mind. And that is the very talented and twisted Junji Ito. For over 30 years, Ito has created dark and grotesque stories that have a habit of sticking with you long after you’ve read them. Many of his stories manage to do this … Read More

Astral Chain is an action adventure game made by PlatinumGames, known over the recent years for being one of the best developers within the genre when it comes to action packed scenarios and pushing it’s titles in new and unique directions. Their latest game achieves that yet again with it’s varied mission and gameplay types, captivating world and character designs … Read More

Kill La Kill:IF isn’t the first game to take an anime license and turn it into a playable arena-fighter experience. And it certainly won’t be the last. The genre lends itself so well to anime titles, especially those featuring plenty of conflict and combat because it allows the player to take control of their favourite characters (often those that don’t … Read More

If you’re a fellow Australian, love anime and enjoy conventions, then you’re about to get some good news. This week, Oz Comic-Con announced that they are bringing Aaron Dismuke and Caitlin Glass down-under to be a part of the Brisbane and Sydney conventions later this year. Aaron is best known to fans as the voice of Alphonse Elric in the … Read More

When it comes to games based on anime series, or actually games based on any popular license, they’re often hit-or-miss affairs. Many have the potential to be good but are handed to a developer that doesn’t posses the resources to give the game what it deserves. Other times the games are a clear cash grab, just capitalising on a well … Read More

There are a number of anime that whenever I see or hear mentioned bring back a ton of nostalgic memories. The Cardcaptors series is one of those shows. I spent many a morning watching the show before heading off to school and now 17 long years after the original series aired we are finally getting the next chapter in the … Read More

In this episode I talk with Dan Green, who is known for voicing both Yugi and the Pharoah Yugi in Yu-Gi-Oh, playing Mewtwo and Entei in the Pokemon films, Knuckles the echidna in Sonic X and a ton of other voices throughout the years. We talked about how he came up with the voices for Yugi’s 2 persona’s, what it … Read More

In this episode of Talent Talk I sit down and talk with Eric Stuart, known for voicing both Brock and James in Pokemon, Seto Kaiba in Yu-Gi-Oh! and numerous other voices from 4Kids productions. We discuss how he finds the voices and attitudes for his characters, why anime is localised, what it was like working on phenomenon anime series like … Read More

It’s always a good day when a new set of Dragon Ball Super arrives. There’s something about jumping into episodes of the Dragon Ball franchise that just makes me happy. Now that part 7 has arrived we have moved past the half-way point of the overall Super series and have made our way into the show’s final ‘main’ arc, but … Read More