Posted in

Otaku Evolution Episode 261 – Favorite Anime Studios

Look, I’m going to level with you. I’ve been terribly sick and depressed for the past month. Especially sick the past week or so. It’s been harder to get into the holiday joy mood this year than usual. I’m not a hopeless case, I don’t think, it’s just been a pain to get motivated to do anything. Fortunately, I did a lot of this video ahead of time.

As far as the video is concerned, while it is short, I’m rather pleased with it. I liked looking at the different anime studios that made a lot of my favorite anime. I didn’t have time to do honorary mentions this time out, but pay attention to studios like MAPPA, Khara, Trigger, and Science Saru. read more

Posted in

Iron Man Anime Episode 01 Review


Click to Enlarge

American comic studio Marvel has teamed up Japanese anime production company Madhouse (Trigun, Paranoia Agent, Death Note, and Record of Lodoss War) to produce a 12 episode Iron Man anime miniseries. Unfortunately for them the series hasn’t generated much hype and the first episode is unlikely to win anyone over. Minor spoilers abound.

The Synopsis

The first episode of Iron Man seemingly laid the plot out for the entire series. It starts off with Tony Stark flying into Japan via personal jet with all the careful planning and gracefulness of a wayward bullet. He’s in town to flirt with the women, enjoy the food, and oversee the construction of Japan’s first arc reactor. What better place to start fulfilling his dream of world peace via free energy then a country that won’t use it for war? (No, really, that’s what they said. What a nice underhanded compliment.) read more