Tonight was all about shocking character designs. I had no idea Shiki was this fucking bad ass: And Kuzuhara without his helmet is virtually unrecognizable.
Yeah, Akabayashi only has the one eye, and is a big boss type, so I expected him to be bad ass. Shiki came across more as a normal middle-age dude in a tough job; smart as a whip and a real threat, but could pass for katagi if he wanted.
These are the 4 issues of the fanzine we produced a while back (2002-2004). They're rough, but they're also the foundation for a lot of what we've built since then, including this site.
Click on the issues to bring up the full reader.
Issue 1 focused on Berserk, Jin-roh, and Asian live-action movies. It also had a memorable review of Gundress.
Issue 2 was a dissection of FLCL (it explains it all, really) and the work of Taiyo Matsumoto.
Issue 3 tackled Yoshitoshi ABe's traditional Japanese aesthetics, explained Evangelion and looked at the explosion of Korean movies.
Issue 4 was all about horror, laying out what made new wave Japanese horror so unique.
Shouldn't he only have 1 eye? Or am I confusing him with another Yakuza?
ReplyDeleteYeah, Akabayashi only has the one eye, and is a big boss type, so I expected him to be bad ass. Shiki came across more as a normal middle-age dude in a tough job; smart as a whip and a real threat, but could pass for katagi if he wanted.
ReplyDeleteBTW, found this spoileristic character from the 4th novel: http://e-shuushuu.net/images/2010-02-14-245920.jpeg
ReplyDeleteAlmost didn't recognized some of them like Kyohei without his hat. Nice to see that Masaomi and MIkado are still group together.