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
This time of year is normally packed full of sales and opportunities to pick up some awesome games at great prices. There’s your standard end of financial year sales, many retailers doing their big toy and entertainment sales, the fast approaching Amazon Prime Day and we can’t forget EB Games’ weekly sale. But now it’s even easier to get some … Read More
With Supanova having just passed and SMASH! taking place this weekend, convention season here in Australia is more alive than ever. Now after just successfully hitting Melbourne, Oz Comic-Con is making it’s way back to Brisbane and Sydney later this year. Sydneysiders and Brisbanians are invited to unleash their favourite cosplay character and assemble their super squads for a jam-packed … 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
After gaining funding in a successful Kickstarter campaign back in 2015, Koji Igarashi was set to make his comeback and produce a spiritual successor to the Castlevania series. Now just over 4 years on, and after numerous delays, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is finally here. But best of all, it seems to have both broken the stigma around KickStarter … 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
In this episode of Talent Talk I sit down and talk with Bryce Papenbrook, a voice actor with an incredible portfolio and who’s career has exploded and been continuing to rise for over 10 years now. We discuss how he got started as a voice actor, differences between dubbing anime for home releases vs Simuldubs, how he’s managed to land … Read More
In this episode of Talent Talk I sit down and talk with voice actor and improv comedian Shannon McCormick. We discuss how he got started as a voice actor, differences between working on American animation and dubbing anime, how he prepares for new roles and discuss his favourite roles from his career. Throughout the episode we talk about his roles … Read More