Reunion of the century.
(via Panels for People)
Click through for a good read from Darryl Ayo. I asked him what the last comic was that had storytelling that knocked his socks off, and he comes with two examples. It’s well worth reading!
One thing about this Daredevil page, though, drawn by Chris Samnee, scripted by Mark Waid, colors by Javier Rodriguez. This is a total pet peeve and I started this sentence apologizing (“maybe it’s unfair”) but no, it is not unfair: Those aren’t kusarigama. These are just kama. Kusarigama is a chain + sickle + a weight, while kama are just sickles. Kusarigama are actually an interesting weapon for a Daredevil villain (?) to use, since they’re a kind of a more lethal take on his extendo billy club. (The ways DD traditionally uses the club kill me. He’s a budget Spider-Man with ninja skills. He could do so much more.)
It’s weird that kusarigama would be shouted out in the text but wrong in the art. It’s specific enough that I think the creative team was going for a certain mood or effect. Kusarigama aren’t as popular as all the other weapons in TMNT, but if you know the word, you know what they look like, you know? And seeing them described incorrectly snatches you out of the story. It’s like the flip side of verisimilitude, where you’d usually hint at something to make your story feel real, but if you hint at something in the wrong way or get some detail wrong, it turns it into anti-versimilitude-ium, the least popular element. Be careful out there!
Kusarigama were used to marvelous effect in an arc or two of Takehiko Inoue’s Vagabond. I’m trying to think of a movie that used them… they’re in Ninja Gaiden 2, but that’s a video game. I keep thinking of Chinese flicks with meteor hammers (that thing Gogo Yubari rocked in Kill Bill). Anyway, they’re beautiful in motion. You can find some people running through forms on youtube.
Though you can’t expect people to know Japanese, what I find funny is that “kusari” literally means “chain.”
A lady and a butler, a maid, female high-schoolers, forming a band, friends and criminals, mecha monsters, goth-loli and powered suits, and a near-future Tokyo. A powered-up renewal, set in the world of the masterpiece anime Bubblegum Crisis. Just wait a little while until the premiere of this all-new original story full of future hard action!
BUBBLEGUM CRISIS: HARD METAL GUARDIANS. A one-shot novel remaining of the series. More info here.
Only just learned this was an actual thing. And I am terrified.
That’s probably my favorite hair for Priss ever
I never post on Tumblr, so I’m hoping my few followers can help me get this word out by reblogging…
I work for a hotel that hosts a major US con every year. I love anime and I go to cons myself, but I am going to be blunt about some of the problems we have and how we deal with them. I don’t…
今日のテーマは…
芋ぉぉぉぉぉぉぉぉ！！！！
The evolution of Yuji Mitsuya’s voice acting in Combattler V.
FUFU, ACTUALLY WE’LL DO ONE MORE LIKE THIS. CAN YOU TELL IT? DIFFERENCE?
T/L NOTE: IT’S A SPECIAL OCCASION “GAME BALL” FOR FOREIGNERS.
I WANNA KNOW HOW TOUGH IT’S! I WANNA KNOW THE PLACE WHERE MY SOUL IS BURNED OUT!!
I have no idea what this manga is about, but it looks like it’s made of awesome. Talk about having a killer hair day!
The M16 makes me think this is Shoujo 13, which would be amazing. Or like a grittier Hanna. This is great. I know it isn’t, but it would be great if Hibari Hit Comics were all about assassins of varying ages and personalities. Goofy old man who was called away from a family reunion so he’s wearing a Kiss The Cook apron, a girl who just got her hair done for a date and was called out to assassinate a president…
All you need to know is that it says “Written by Kazuo Koike”
(Source: papuamilk, via iamdavidbrothers)
Youko from Gowapper 5 Godam
