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more about #japanese rek: Sand whales! more » Anekanta - Go Play!: Operatic Music? Check. Postapocalyptic Wasteland? Check. Gun-toting Anime Babes? Check. Sign me up! Even if this is horrible, it will be awesome! more » strideo: Isn't that the same as the teaser? Oh, it's on the Nippon Cinema website. more » Kira16: As a STAR BLAZERS fan, one thing in the trailer struck me. The Yamato deployed an anti-missile/shield? Instead of simply letting the missiles hammer t... more » Grey_Area: YARMATO!! more » John Hazard: I literally fell asleep during the beginning. But then it got really cool. I feel like the CG and 2D animation could better match eat other's look, bu... more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: I think a meme has been born. "All your Fragship are belong to us." more » Plague: That was yawn inducing. more » Plague: Oh, leave my Kamen Rider alone. more » Mount_Prion: This is why it was sad that Viz Media started officially subtitling Naruto Shippuuden. The original Japanese is so much darker (and better) than the c... more » Gann: I saw this at last years AFI Dallas, and it was awesome. SPOILER IN REPLY: more » SybaRat: Okay, I KNEW Alec Baldwin would destroy Mt. Fuji one day. Or Adam Baldwin. One a'them Baldwin clones. more » Plague: Pretty sure this is based on a traditional Yokai monster... more » James7344: You left off the best part - where the drill detatches and flies over to ram the evil alien. more » corpore-metal: This was most truly, truly, truly awesome! This is why I love IO9! more » BullfightsOnAcid: The bad guy's ship has the best maneuvering of any vessel I've ever seen. It comes to a complete stop and then pivots in the direction it wants to go.... more » TheThirdDave: This is from Battle In Outer Space 2. The first Battle In Outer Space came out in 1959 (and was a loose sequel to 1957's The Mysterians). I'm just s... more » -
#assaultgirls
Hot Monster Hunters vs The Sand Whale Apocalypse
If the Assault Girls teaser didn't sate your appetite for gun-toting girls battling graboid-like monsters in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, the full trailer is here, with more clips of our monster-slaying ladies kicking human and sand-whale ass. More » -
#starblazers
New "Star Blazers" Trailer Long On Sense Of Wonder, Short On Action
Star Blazers (or Yamato in Japanese) was the gold standard for space opera: crazy fights, ridiculous-but-scary villains, and superweapons like the Wave Motion Gun. So this trailer for a new Yamato movie got me excited... until I watched it. [Fanboy.com] -
#exclusive
We Talk To The Masterminds Of Kamen Riders' Cyber-Dragon Revolution!
Super-popular Japanese masked-action show Kamen Rider Ryuki has gotten an American version, courtesy of the CW. Just like the old Power Rangers, it's got American actors mixed with Japanese stunts. We talked to the producers. More » -
#exclusive
The Weirdest Monster From Japan's New Giant-Superhero Movie
Here's an exclusive look at the "Leaping Monster" that terrorizes Tokyo in Big Man Japan, the bizarre superhero movie coming to U.S. theaters on May 15. Click through for the Japanese drawings of the monster. More » -
#foundfootage
How Can A Space Battle Be So Great, And So Cheesy, At The Same Time?
Five years before Wrath Of Khan came out, the Japanese film Battle In Outer Space featured this amazingly submarine-esque spaceship battle in Jupiter's atmosphere. Stunning (if cheesy) model work and crazy-ass weapons. Rock on! -
#takashimurakami
Murakami Tells io9 About His Secret Love For J.J. Abrams
We had a chance to see the amazingly eye-blistering @ Murakami exhibit in Los Angeles a couple of months ago before they packed everything up and headed to Brooklyn. The same exhibit is now on display at the Brooklyn Museum until July 13th, and is definitely worth checking out. We nabbed a few moments with Takashi Murakami and found out about his influences, his impressions of the show, and how his brain works when he's creating something. Check out our interview down below. More » -
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#takashimurakami
Murakami's Freaky, Posthuman Technicolor Visions Coming to New York
If you've been wondering what might happen if you dropped two hits of acid and then wandered into an anime shop, you'll want to check out Takashi Murakami. Yesterday we caught the last day of the months-long © Murakami exhibit at the MOCA in downtown Los Angeles, and saw the bizarre cute/scary creatures in artist/designer Murakami's work, which you may have seen emblazoned on t-shirts, bags, and posters. Next it's moving to New York where it'll open at the Brooklyn Museum in April. Click through to see a preview of what's in store for New Yorkers who visit the exhibit. More » -
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#spaceporn
Moon Camera Has Earth Under Surveillance
A special HDTV camera on Japan's lunar probe, SELENE, captured the first ever hi-def image of the Earth sinking over the Moon's horizon, released Nov. 13. You can just see the brown shape of Australia on the top left. And click through for a gallery of cool images of last Friday's spacewalk at the International Space Station. Photo by AP/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and NHK, HO More »
