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An Animated Epic? Dante’s Inferno Anime Spin-off

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Due out in February in both Blu-ray and DVD formats, Dante’s Inferno: An Animated Epic is a collaborative effort by several studios to create “6 terrifying visions of Hell”. It looks fun, gory, and reminiscent of Le Chevalier D’Eon if I was having a bad acid trip.

Gargantuan Gigantor Gets Glorified

Mark another one that after over a year of tracking went past my head, the giant Tetsuyin 28 statue built on Kobe for the character’s 30th anniversary was finally unveiled last month. No moving parts, no steam, no dramatic lighting. Just a quiet reminder of the founder of Japan’s dream of one day ruling the world with a robotic fist.

I for one welcome our future mechanical overlords.

Boxee to Partner with Crunchyroll: Anime On your big screen

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In the never ending attempt to cut down cable costs I found a nice, and free, app called Boxee. It essentially aggregates all the video feeds (Netflix, Hulu, friends’ personal feeds) I’d typically watch in my browser and provide a platform to nicely display them on my TV.

A while back we broke news of Crunchyroll beginning to stream English subtitled anime shortly after airing in Japan. Now with an ever expanding lineup, Crunchyroll will be partnering with Boxee providing their feeds in the software. If you really like it, you can signup ($5/month) for the premium capability which will give you access to streams up to 720p with no advertisements. Try the 2 week trial.

Through Crunchyroll you are also able to access all the live action drama. I’ll also add you can save your favorite channels. So if one is, say in the mood for yaoi, you can get your fill with HD quality streams.

[Crunchyroll via Mashable]

*Little know fact, Boxee is the offspring of the XBMC project.

Soapbox Saturday – Halloween Anime Cosplay Party

 

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(Please excuse the  one-day-later post but this couldn’t wait another whole week). *Ahem*. . . Hello there, fellow Dark Diamond readers and friends, and welcome back to another one of my very well-received coverages about events that gather our one similar trait; that what makes us wake up early on a cloudy Saturday to be ready just in time to assist the one event you’ve been waiting all year long: The -anime- Halloween Party (because most of the other parties . . .just don’t cut it).

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Princess Robot Bubblegum: Grand Theft Auto Episodes from Liberty City

I’m not sure what I just watched, but Liberty City just got a new show. Found in your safehouse on cleverly named CNT, Princess Robot Bubblegum show be available at the end of this month. In this series you’ll be sure to get all the wonderful stereotypes we’ve grown to love about anime.

Marching Band Performs Cowboy Bebop’s Tank!

We’ve seen lots of people do their own renditions of Videogame themes but it’s much more rare to see someone do a remarkable anime music performance. Much more remarkable is it when it’s a whole marching band performing an anime theme!

Such is the case with Towson University’s TIGER Marching Band and their rendition of Cowboy Bebop’s Tank! a couple of weeks ago. You can almost imagine the geek fervor it must have taken to get the whole band to go along with it. It’s an arrangement for marching band so there are subtle differences with the original theme but this is something we definitely want to see more of!

Movie Night: “The Dumbass Who Stumbled Through Time” Edition

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Wow, you guys made the 2nd movie night a complete success once again! Thank you all for coming. For those that couldn’t make it, you have some explaining to do! Now it’s time for you to voice your comments on the movie, that is, if you’ve stopped crying. Whatever you want to discuss, whether it’s pudding, fixing your bike’s brakes or the intricate workings of nut-based time travel. Let us know what you thought of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.

Movie Night: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time @ 7 pm PST

It’s Friday and its the movie night! Same as last time, the theater is here, do join us a bit before for some chatting and random videos. The movie starts at 7 or a bit after, be there!

Movie Night: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Wins!

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It’s official now! The Girl Who Leapt Through Time wins as our next movie night feature. The movie night will be this Friday, Oct 2, and same as last time those who are subscribed to our RSS feed or daily emails will get a heads up on the details much sooner than everyone else. We’ll start at 7 pm PST so check a bit earlier for the details.

Bring popcorn, you cheapskates!

 

Sneak Peek: Halo Legends, The Babysitter

When we first got wind of the upcoming Halo miniseries a number of us were cautiously optimistic. During Spike TV’s ODST launch watch viewers saw 5 minutes of “The Babysitter”. Number of studio production houses made their own episodes and STUDIO 4 ℃ is behind this one. The verdict is still out for me. I’m not sure for what I am looking, but I wanted the style to be more edgy. However, I have but one opinion: tell me yours.

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