Once Popular Anime and "The Churn"

Wednesday May 9, 2012

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the once massively popular anime of American fandom -- Ranma 1/2, Fushigi Yugi, You're Under Arrest, Kare Kano, to name a few -- and the reasons why they seem to have so rapidly fallen from awareness. In the news, the vestigial New York Anime Festival, like the appendix, lives on, Kids on the Slope is pretty fine so far, Media Blasters' woes illuminate the sad drama of the American anime industry (see posts by "blaster"), and you can wake up with Yoko Kanno (box optional).

Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine

Wednesday April 25, 2012

Tonight on GeekNights, we preview, based on the first three episodes streaming at FUNimation's site, Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Minen-the-third-fujiko-mine">Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine. It's pretty good. In the news, an incident or two from Anime Boston 2012 have been making the rounds with the usual locked thread response, and Tor abandons DRM in a move that shouldn't be as bold as it appears in light of the rest of the publishing industry.

In more local news, we'll be at Connecticon (and so be should you), Zenkaikon, MoCCA Fest, PAX Prime, and maybe Otakon!

Order of the Stick

Wednesday March 14, 2012

Tonight on GeekNights, we review the fantastic comic by Rich Burlew: Order of the Stick. Why yes, it happens to be a webcomic. In the news, Daryl Surat is heading to neither PAX nor Anime Boston, but to Sakura-con, for one very important reason, Scott geekbites Tezuka's Princess Knight (slow news day).

Sailor Moon SuperS Movie

Wednesday February 29, 2012

Tonight on GeekNights, by Scott's request, we hit up some Sailor Moon with the Sailor Moon SuperS Movie: Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Super S: The 9 Sailor Soldiers Unite! Miracle of the Black Dream Hole (美少女戦士セーラームーンSuperS セーラー９戦士集結！ブラック・ドリーム・ホールの奇跡! But first, Master Keaton returns, along with Arakawa Under the Bridge and Bastard, and Japan's culture around piracy is stridently different from US attitudes.

The New 52: Week Four

Wednesday February 15, 2012

Tonight on GeekNights, we conclude our review of all 52 of the DC New 52 with week 4! Bam! Pow!

  • All Star Western
  • Aquaman
  • Batman: The Dark Knight
  • Blackhawks
  • The Flash
  • Green Lantern: New Guardian
  • Justice League Dark
  • The Savage Hawkman
  • Superman
  • Teen Titans
  • Voodoo

Be sure to check out the rest of the reviews with week 1, week 2, and week 3!

The New 52: Week Three

Wednesday February 1, 2012

Tonight on GeekNights, late to the party and back from the slog, we bring week three of the DC New 52!

  • Batman
  • Birds of Prey
  • Blue Beetle
  • Dr. Manhattan Captain Atom
  • Catwoman
  • DC Universe Presents: Deadman
  • Green Lantern Corps
  • Legion of Super-Heroes
  • Nightwing
  • Red Hood and the Outlaws
  • Supergirl
  • Wonder Woman

Continuing our pledge to read each and every one of the 52 DC "reboots." In case you missed them, be sure to check out our coverage of week one and week two!

Yotsuba

Wednesday January 18, 2012

Tonight on GeekNights, correcting a surprising gap in our reviews, we cover Yotsuba! In the news, a comic shop runs (with some DC money) an amazing... advertisement, leading to the usual Internet shitstorm.