japan
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The Zipper Boat Is Art
What’s that zipping across the Sumida River in Tokyo, Japan? Behold, the zipper boat.
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An Up-Close Look at the Shin Godzilla Team’s New Ultraman Design
Hideaki Anno, the man who gave us Neon Genesis Evangelion, has already taken a wild spin on tokusatsu in his work with Shinji Higuchi on Shin Godzilla — and now he’s about to do the same for another icon of the genre with Shin Ultraman. But a new up-close look at the movie’s design of…
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Japan Plans to Dump Radioactive Water into the Pacific, But Australia Also Has Nuclear Waste Issues
The Japanese government recently announced plans to release into the sea more than 1 million tonnes of radioactive water from the severely damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The move has sparked global outrage, including from UN Special Rapporteur Baskut Tuncak who recently wrote, I urge the Japanese government to think twice about its legacy: as…
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Lupin III: The First Assembles His Band of Thieves in the First Full Trailer
The gentleman thief might think he’s after a diary that points to untold treasures, but what he actually finds is his destiny to save the world. GKids has unveiled the first trailer for Lupin the Third’s latest globe-trotting caper that gives Bond, James Bond a run for his money.