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All Points Bulletin: Kathryn Bigelow’s Doctor Strange Days

September 23, 2012

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Narutaki’s picks:

  • Genndy Tartakovsky’s (Almost) Finished Luke Cage Comic
    Definitely my favorite thing I’ve seen this week. It is a shame that a regime change at Marvel as well as Genndy’s new association with Sony will probably prevent this project from ever being finished.
  • Adele Adkins 007
    I’m looking forward to the new James Bond movie and now they’ve revealed British singer Adele will be recording the feature song for the film, too. She hasn’t been in the studio lately and was reported to be taking a couple of years before another album so it is exciting news that a new song will be upcoming very soon.
  • Let’s Hope a Doctor Stranger Comic By G.R.R.M. Happens
    Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin went on record to say he’d love to take on Marvel’s Sorcerer Supreme. I hope Marvel takes this wish seriously!
  • Today’s Secret Ingredient is . . . Les Miz!
    Iron Chef Chairman Kaga is an accomplished actor and singer, here he is featured as Jean Valjean. Random but totally awesome.

Hisui’s picks:

Wasn’t really expecting to find any James Bond fan-art on Pixiv, but there was a little


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All Points Bulletin: Season’s Beatings

December 4, 2011

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Narutaki’s picks:

  • LEGO for the Holidays
    I spent a good portion of my weekend decorating my place for Christmas. Sadly, I did not have a giant LEGO Christmas tree but now I have a goal!
  • Lost Disney Film Found
    A short of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was recently discovered in a UK film archive, it was thought lost forever. The one of a kind film will go up for action later in December. It would great if it was made available online for viewing.
  • Everyone Draws Tiger and Bunny
    No one can get enough of this crime-fighting duo! Manga-ka from Asuka magazine and various others have posted fan-art from the popular TV series. I would love to see an artbook collected of famous artist interpretations of Tiger and Bunny.
  • Intro to CLAMP and Gackt’s Project Streamed
    Their live show collaboration MOON SAGA Yoshitsune Hiden will be on USTREAM on December 5th. There aren’t a whole lot of details about it beyond that.
  • House of Five Leaves on DVD
    FINALLY! FINALLY!! And it wasn’t Funimation who finally made good on this show, but rather NIS America. This also means a very special limited release with artbook coming out in March.

Hisui’s picks:

Again, finally a House of Five Leaves DVD release!


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All Points Bulletin: Racing to the Theater for the Trailers

November 20, 2011

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Narutaki’s picks:

  • Happy Birthday, Mickey Mouse!
    The 18th was Mickey’s 83rd birthday!
  • New Trailers

    • Pixar’s Brave
      I love it already! It is fantasy, it has a cool female protagonist, the animation looks breathtaking. June is much too far away!
    • The Hunger Games
      If you aren’t looking forward to this, well then I am sad. I was a big fan of the book and by the look of things they are staying true to the vision. I felt less happy with the second and third books, but for right now I can just revel in the fantastic going into work bringing the first to life on the big screen.
    • The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
      I always like Daniel Craig so I was interested in this, but after seeing the trailer I’m very excited. A big international bestseller, which I haven’t actually read yet, but looks to be a stunning mystery.
  • Tiger and Bunny Get Films
    Many of us have been wondering where this surprise phenomenon of the year was going next and now we have an answer. There is no mention of the story, but we can all just be happy they are happening. Is it too much to ask for a Sky High focused movie? And the internet can hopefully stop complaining about the CG since this will presumably have a film budget?
  • Toy Story Fashion
    These Toy Story inspire fashions from Japanese designer bossini 系列 are pretty rad. I especially like the Slinky Dog muffler!

Hisui’s picks:

In hopes of his own movie!


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Ongoing Investigations: Case #144

November 18, 2011

Gladstone’s School for World Conquerors issue 1 starts with a brief and amusing history of how the school came to be through the bumblings of a not so great villain who was defeated by a totally way better villain who used the name “Gladstone’s” ironically. The rest of the issue introduces us to many of the current students the likes of which cocky Kid Nefarious, awkward Mummy Girl, trouble makers the Skull Brothers, and a bunch of other students and teachers. And it hints that the villains and heroes dynamic isn’t exactly what it seems. While this spend most of its time settling up the story, it still has good looks at characters personalities and stays humorous and fun all the way through knowing just how much to make fun of itself.

There are somethings that you read and you instantly know your opinion on. I hated this or I loved this. You just have a gut reaction that dictates your opinion. Other times you get a more middle of the road reaction and then with a little digestion you can give a thumbs up or down. But then you have a book like Breathe Deeply by Doton Yamaaki. Even after a day of contemplation I can’t tell you if I thought it was good or not. I clearly see the books strengths but I just as clearly see the books weaknesses. They are both equally obvious to me and neither really makes forget about the other. So the best review I can give this book it to put both sides of the coin on the table and let anyone reading decide for themselves which half they consider more important. The main thing is that the book seems to think that subtlety is for losers when it comes to story telling. So when it is doing well its success is as bright as the sun and when it is annoying it is like nails on a chalk board through a sound system and your right next to the speaker that is on MAX. The story is a tale of two boys who fall in love with the same girl who is dying from a heart condition. One is a cold genius the other is a hot-headed punk. When she passes away after declining a transplant for ethical reasons both boys fall into a deep and angry depression in their own way. But they both attempt to find a method of creating an artificial heart that would not require a donor to prevent a similar tragedy. Both men are haunted by the loss of the woman they love but at the same time are irrevocably bound to each other by their loss. There is a lot to like about this book. You have older working adult characters. We have some major flash backs to their childhood but the bulk of the story is about their present day medical research and politics therein. There is also some serious looks at the ethics of research, transplants, organ donors, and medical politics. There are also some solid character study and romantic moments. The problem in Breathe Deeply never attempts to do anything in subdued tones. It throws the medical issues at you with the force of a rail gun round.  It is obvious what the authors stance on the issue of organ donors is except for 1 scene at the end that sort of tempers his view. Also everything is soap opera levels of the theatrics. Everyone has dark secrets that they spring on the rest of cast at the worst possible moment, drunk dads are always drinking and abusive, anytime anyone learns a weakness of another character they immediately intact a fiendish blackmail scene, and every conversation is some sort of game be it political or emotional. There is even beating and interrogation by a group of doctors using sodium thiopental. The problem with that is that Breathe Deeply wants you to take it very seriously. When Team Medical Dragon does the same thing I am OK with it because it mostly want to be a crazy medical drama with action and boobs. If you think about some medical issues as well than all the better. Breath Deeply wants you to take its love story and its ethical concerns with a somber gravity. But it is hard to do so with the theatrics surrounding them. The art is very seinen and the characters are fairly realistic looking which reinforces the feeling the series wishes to give off. I can’t really tell you if you will like this book or not. I am still not sure what my feelings are. But it is only one book long and is not like a good deal of the shonen and shojo in the English market today. Take what I have said and see if it sound interesting to you. There is a lot to enjoy and just as much to turn you off.

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