“His Name is Blade”
Anime has never been a big passion of mine even though I do enjoy Manga, especially the alternative gekiga stories. With anime though, there seems to be something that’s lost in the translation for me; perhaps it’s the scenes filled with sparse dialogue and a lack of score. Too much is left in the subtext or some symbolism flies by that I don’t have the proper context to understand. I don’t get that same puzzling feeling with foreign films because at some point I can gather what it is that is hidden or get a sense of it by the end. Anime can just leave you hanging at times. I’ll admit, I may not be intelligent enough to understand anime on first viewings; I don’t always go back with repeat viewings to get that comprehensive feeling. Don’t get me wrong,...
Anime has never been a big passion of mine even though I do enjoy Manga, especially the alternative gekiga stories. With anime though, there seems to be something that’s lost in the translation for me; perhaps it’s the scenes filled with sparse dialogue and a lack of score. Too much is left in the subtext or some symbolism flies by that I don’t have the proper context to understand. I don’t get that same puzzling feeling with foreign films because at some point I can gather what it is that is hidden or get a sense of it by the end. Anime can just leave you hanging at times. I’ll admit, I may not be intelligent enough to understand anime on first viewings; I don’t always go back with repeat viewings to get that comprehensive feeling. Don’t get me wrong,...
- 1/14/2012
- by Ernie Estrella
- BuzzFocus.com
Several weeks ago we shared some images from Marvel’s upcoming Blade animated series, premiering on January 13th on the G4 network. A teaser trailer has been released, shedding some light on what is to come. The show features voice work from Akio (Ghost In The Shell) Ohusuka as Blade, Maaya (Final Fantasy VII) Sakamoto as Makoto, Osamu (Steamboy) Saka as Noah Van Helsing, and Atsuko (Ghost In The Shell) Tanaka as Tara Brooks.
Take a look (video courtesy Marvel)!
Take a look (video courtesy Marvel)!
- 1/2/2012
- by Justin
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Wesley Snipes last flashed his fangs as the half-vampire, half-mortal hero Blade in director David S. Goyer’s 2004 movie Blade: Trinity. With the film franchise long dead, fans of the Marvel Comics character looked with excitement to the upcoming anime series Blade scheduled for a January 13 debut on the videogame cable outlet G4, home of the popular pop-culture chat fest Attack of the Show. MTV reported that Harold Perrineau (Lost, The Matrix Revolutions, The Matrix Reloaded) joined the series as Blade, now sporting facial tattoos that would make Mike Tyson proud. G4 released a summary of the program that tweaks the Blade storyline found in the comics: Bitten by a vampire while pregnant, Eric Brooks’ mother Tara Brooks gave birth to a baby boy, a child born with all the strengths of a vampire and only one of its weaknesses.
- 12/21/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Wesley Snipes last flashed his fangs as the half-vampire, half-mortal hero Blade in director David S. Goyer’s 2004 movie Blade: Trinity. With the film franchise long dead, fans of the Marvel Comics character looked with excitement to the upcoming anime series Blade scheduled for a January 13 debut on the videogame cable outlet G4, home of the popular pop-culture chat fest Attack of the Show. MTV reported that Harold Perrineau (Lost, The Matrix Revolutions, The Matrix Reloaded) joined the series as Blade, now sporting facial tattoos that would make Mike Tyson proud. G4 released a summary of the program that tweaks the Blade storyline found in the comics: Bitten by a vampire while pregnant, Eric Brooks’ mother Tara Brooks gave birth to a baby boy, a child born with all the strengths of a vampire and only one of its weaknesses.
- 12/21/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Wesley Snipes last flashed his fangs as the half-vampire, half-mortal hero Blade in director David S. Goyer’s 2004 movie Blade: Trinity. With the film franchise long dead, fans of the Marvel Comics character looked with excitement to the upcoming anime series Blade scheduled for a January 13 debut on the videogame cable outlet G4, home of the popular pop-culture chat fest Attack of the Show. MTV reported that Harold Perrineau (Lost, The Matrix Revolutions, The Matrix Reloaded) joined the series as Blade, now sporting facial tattoos that would make Mike Tyson proud. G4 released a summary of the program that tweaks the Blade storyline found in the comics: Bitten by a vampire while pregnant, Eric Brooks’ mother Tara Brooks gave birth to a baby boy, a child born with all the strengths of a vampire and only one of its weaknesses.
- 12/21/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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