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Cool “Gigantor” posters by Laurent Durieux
Dark Hall Mansion, who produces those cool Peanuts Specials limited edition posters by Tom Whelan, are at it again. This time they’ve …
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Gigantic Gigantor
Vistors to Kobe Japan will now be greeted by the sight of a 60-foot statue of Gigantor (Testsujin 28-go, to those in the know). This …
DO-IT-YOURSELF GIGANTOR
Japanese robot maker Vstone Corporation has just released its latest consumer product: Tetsu-jin 28 (aka Ironman 28 – or Gigantor™, …
GIGANTOR CREATOR DEAD
Manichi News reports that cartoonist Mitsuteru Yokoyama, best known as the creator of the animation series GIGANTOR (aka Tetsujin 28-Go), …
Fred Ladd, Producer Who Helped Introduce Anime To U.S., Dies At 94
Ladd localized classic anime series for the American market, starting with the groundbreaking "Astro Boy."
Tom Whalen’s “Yellow Submarine” tribute
Artist Tom Whalen has designed a set of four Beatles posters, a tribute to the animated feature Yellow Submarine (1968).
T28 teaser trailer
Already deep in production on Astro Boy and Gatchaman, the creative heads at Imagi Studios now have their sights set on another classic …
New Anime book by Ladd and Deneroff
Harvey Deneroff has announced on his blog the forthcoming publication of his new book with Fred Ladd, Astro Boy and Anime Come to the …
Tezuka’s Amazing Three
Perhaps the most obscure of the pioneering anime series imported to the U.S. in the 1960s was Osamu Tezuka’s The Amazing Three. Why has …
LIVE-ACTION ANIME FROM 1960
Here’s an oddity I just had to share. If you thought a live-action Flintstones was a bad idea, check this out. A live action Japanese …
GILBERT MACK (1912-2005)
A voice we all grew up with has been silenced. Gilbert Mack passed away December 5th at age 93. Mack was the U.S. voice of “Mr. Pompus” …
MEET FRED LADD
I’m hosting an Asifa-Hollywood screening / Q&A with Fred Ladd this Saturday, August 28th at the AFI. Fred has had an incredible career as …
MY COMIC CON PLANS
The San Diego Comic Con is so huge (80,000+ people expected this year), so overwhelming, so impossible to meet up with friends that I’m …
MEET AL BRODAX AND FRED LADD
Two names that helped shape early 1960s TV animation – Al Brodax and Fred Ladd – will both be making live appearences in the Los Angeles …
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