New Casshern TV anime is in production

A trailer for Casshern Sins was posted online last week. This new anime TV series from Madhouse Studios (Ninja Scroll, Death Note) is another spin-off from 1973’s original sci-fi action series Shinzo Ningen Casshan and will premiere in Japan during October 2008. If the music in the trailer sounds familiar, it is because the composer … Continued

It has been three years since the intelligent robot “Black King Boss” and his Andro Army came to power, taking over a significant portion of the world and enslaving much of humanity. Things look bleak as far as the future of the human race is concerned, but among the downtrodden slaves and vastly outnumbered human … Continued

Another short horror OVA churned out by famous animation studio “Madhouse”, “Twilight of the Dark Master” is an enjoyable if forgettable slice of gothic horror that never really steps beyond what is now cliché within the genre. After witnessing her fiancée transform into a hulking monster and being scared to within an inch of her … Continued

Riding on the very crest of the mid-90’s anime ‘ultra-violence’ invasion was Ninja Scroll, a title from Manga Entertainment that was being announced to the British public as a potential rival to the daddy of ultra violence itself, Fist of the North Star. Almost 10 years on and Ninja Scroll is still around, getting new … Continued

Horror is an intriguing and vast genre as its meaning changes depending on the person perceiving it. We all have our own personal view of what horror is and what haunts us in our nightmares. For example; my fiancé loves to watch the works of Wes Craven (Nightmare on Elm Street), but on the other … Continued