Boob Toob Supplemental: Ooga chaka edition

Check out that sweet Attack on Titan and Adventure Time mashup by Rodrigo Alexandrino ICO! High res version available here and you can go here to see his process and some close ups. So good!

Less than 6 hours until I see the Guardians of the Galaxy movie so let's knock out another Boob Toob Supplemental!


3D Futurama

Keeping things within the cartoon realm, check out this 3D version of the Futurama opening scene. Looks beautiful, doesn't it?

More info and video/pics here. Thanks to fellow Boober and Toober Wendi Freeman for bringing this to our attention.


No Man's Sky featurette

Short little video on the story of Hello Games, the studio behind upcoming PS4 game No Man's Sky. This game looks and sounds so damn good, I may have to buy a PS4 just for it.

Lupin the Third live action movie trailer

YES! The world's greatest thief, Arsène Lupin III, finally gets a live action adaptation!*

The movie comes out in Japan on August 30 and it's directed by Ryuhei Kitamura who also directed films such as Versus, Godzilla: Final Wars and apparently Midnight Meat Train which I've never seen but sounds interesting enough based on the title. He also directed the in game cutscenes for the video game Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes which is a Game Cube remake of the original Playstation game Metal Gear Solid. He's a cool dude.

The movie looks beautiful and I love how the characters look and seem to act a lot like the manga/anime versions of themselves. Fujiko is crazy hot, as she should since her character is a bit of a seductress. Can't wait to see it!

* Ooops, I apologise. Below is the first Lupin the Third live action adaptation.

Talk of the Town

ABC's Australian Story recently did a feature on Aussie singer Megan Washington. She talked about her fear of public speaking and her debilitating stutter. It was really engaging and well done and made me care for this person who I never heard of before (I'm not hip and up to date with what the cool kids listen to). Some info here and the transcript here. No YouTube embed or a link to the video (couldn't find one online) but I thought I'd share anyway.


Birdman trailer

I never understood the term 'batshit insane' until I saw this trailer. No idea what it's about and I don't think I wanna know, I just wanna go in there without knowing any info. Also, aw yeah Keaton being Keaton! And a bunch of other famous peeps are in it too. Bobgar likes Edward Norton and he's in here. Gotta see this movie NOW!

In case you didn't click and watch the trailer, here's some Keaton for ya!

Thanks to Devin Bruce (Doctor Teeth on Twitter and other places) for bringing this to my attention.


BATMETAL!

I accidentally sent this video to my mother. I fail at internetz. Fun video though. Good thing it had subtitles since I wouldn't have been able to understand squat.

Thanks to John at Burnt Weiners for tweeting this.


Artists vs TMNT

That's great and all but where's Vanilla Ice?

TMNT Saturday Morning Slow Jams

Nope, we're not done with the TMNT love just yet. Check it out, son!

Zombeavers trailer

Whuuuuut?

Thanks, ya Comic Bastards! (No, that's not an insult. That's their name! Get off my case!)


Not long now before...

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Crystal

Episode 1

By Rebecca

The day has finally come. The first episode of Toei Animation’s re-boot of the Sailor Moon anime has been released. It’s available right now on Crunchyroll, though us cheapos (non-subscribers) will have to wait a week to see it there. Alternatively, we can all watch on NicoNico! It will be available there for the next two weeks. Now you know at least two places you can find it, go forth and watch. Or you can read a few of my thoughts first. Spoilers? Maybe  (is it even possible to spoil Sailor Moon?)

This seems crazy but there might be some out there for whom the re-boot is their first experience of Sailor Moon. Who is she? What’s it all about? She’s Usagi Tsukino, a 14 year-old school student by day and Sailor Moon, a magical girl by night. Her first mission is pretty straight forward:

Like the manga, and the original anime, the first episode revolves around Usagi meeting her guide, the talking cat, Luna. Luna shows Usagi how to use her powers and transform into the magical girl, Sailor Moon (a name which she seems to come up with on the spot). We get a glimpse of the enemy, whose diabolical plan it is to create a zombie force via the power of discount jewellery. We meet the mysterious Tuxedo Mask, who doesn’t really seem all that mysterious.

"Hmm does he look kinda like the guy I met earlier today?"

And we get our first look at someone who could be an ally. (Alright, it’s Sailor Mercury – surprise).

I’m  pretty pleased with this re-boot. It’s following the manga really closely, and my understanding is that it’ll continue to do so throughout the series. If you’ve only watched the original, American released anime, you’re in for some changes. I like the new animation. It’s prettier, brighter, and I don’t mind that the characters are more angular and thinner (who knew Sailor Moon could be drawn any thinner?). For comparison, here’s the original manga cover art with the original anime, and the re-released manga art with the re-boot anime.

The new opening song is pretty damn catchy too. And the lyrics are very Sailor Moon:

Ah, girls won’t surrender their pride either

They won’t give up their Destiny to a Prince

They have the will to fight for themselves

...

We’re not just frail weaklings who just need to be protected

...

A New Legend will begin, right here, right now

Pretty Guardian SAILOR MOON

If you’re a fan of the manga or the old anime, check out Sailor Moon: Crystal. If you’ve never seen the show before but are intrigued by the above, give it a chance!

(Oh man. I just realised all the new merchandise that’ll be out now... cha-ching! I’ve got some online shopping to do.)