Kobe museum to host retrospective on Gundam designer Kunio Okawara

Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art will hold a two-month retrospective from March 23 to May 19, 2013 featuring  original anime illustrations and other production materials designed by the great artist and Mecha designer Kunio Okawara. To read more, check out the following : 

The Asahi Shimbun

Hyogo Prefectual Museum of Art

2013 = 30 years of Hokuto No Ken!

Official website of Hara Tetsuo

Hokuto No Ken writer reveals secrets

Ernest Borgnine January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012

I was unable to post this when Mr. Borgnine left this world and in retrospect, that was probably for the best. I am far too honest with my thoughts as is. To have my emotions clouding my reason... Well, I would have shared way too much about myself and that's something that just won't do. I am far too private a person for that sort of thing. What I will say is this. Mr. Borgnine was a grand actor. He played a part in some truly wonderful and important films and more importantly to me, several of my all time favorites. Movies that were there for me when no one else was. He was charming and witty and I loved hearing him tell stories of his life both in and out of the movies. He had a courage and honesty that comes from age, having lived life well. He owed his mistakes and talked about what he learned from them.

When we talk privately, seeing me in my Grey Warden costume, he asked "Are you an actor?" I answered as honestly as I could that while I was of a sort, I wasn't one like himself. Not even close to it. He just smiled at me and said, "You have a look for it kid". There are few time in my life that I have ever been at a loss for words but this was certainly one of them. We talked for a few moments more.  Mostly about some of his movies. Those that meant the most to me and were not mentioned at his panels. He seemed pleasantly surprised at that and beaming, told me little tidbits about a couple of them. Very quietly in fact, as if we were two schoolboy plotting in the back of the classroom. He asked me a couple questions about my costume and seemed most impressed to find out that I made it myself and complimented me for my worksmanship. Sadly, my time with him had past but that fact that I had that time at all, I treasure now most greatly and will do so till I too am forced to leave this world. Thanking him then or now just doesn't seem nearly enough to express that gratitude I have  in my heart for that moment. You are and ever will be missed good sir.

Scottish Rite Temple Stomp

What's not to love?

Poison Clan rocks the world!

The Winehouse Dead

Bye Bye Urusei Yatsura!

   As of 30th of September, 2011AnimEigo will lose their license for Urusei Yatsura which means you will no longer be able to order the DVDs from them, and at a really good price I might add, so it's now or never folks. As of a few days ago, AnimEigo post that they have less then 100 copies of certain disk and they will not be re-pressed so once the stock is gone it's Amazon or Ebay where, if your luck is anything like my own, the one disk you need to finish up whatever anime series you are looking for will be the one all the sellers want $100.00 plus Dollars for as opposed to the rest of the series which they and everyone else is selling for $3.00 to $5.00. The frelling bastards!

   At any rate, if you have never seen Urusei Yatsura (Hello Naruto fans), you can check it out with this Special Limited Time Offer -- Get the first Urusei Yatsura TV Eps. DVD for only 99 cents! So do yourself a favor or buy a cheap gift for that anime fan in your life and go check out this classic comedy series.