By James Robert Shaw (The Wind up Geek)
Discotek Media is looking to muscle in on North America’s tight anime market by offering a new streaming service that will see anime that was a major hit in Japan, but never saw licensing across the Atlantic, get a second chance. This means older anime series like Yaiba!, High School Kimengumi, Candy Candy, and the ever popular Dragon Quest (based off the Japanese video game series) could find a whole new audience. Discotek will offer the anime in a subtitled format with the possibility of releasing such series on DVD should there be enough demand.
The first series Discotek will make available will be Studio Perriot’s Miss Machiko, based off the manga by Takeshi Ebihara. Originally serialized in Shōnen Challenge from 1980 – 82 Machiko debuted as a animated series a year and a half later on TV Tokyo. It ran for a total of 95 episodes:
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By James Robert Shaw (The Wind up Geek)
Thousands of people have contracted Macross fever after attending today’s Walküre Mini Live event at the 
The Sun and Moon are going to arrive together come November 18, 2016, for this latest instalment of the Pokémon franchise. Unlike previous teases of what’s to come for this video game for the 
(as featured in the trailer) and the 2DS (unavailable in North America), this announcement reveals where the story will take place, on an island chain named Alola region (this game’s version of Hawaii). Players will be embarking upon an adventure being introduced by a male adult, named Kukui. He says, “Welcome to Paradise, Cousin.”
If you are in the area of Shinjuku on May 21, 2016, buy your ticket and grab your pen and notepad because both the animated film 
Now this is something you don’t see everyday, a toilet signed by animator / film director Hideaki Anno (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water) and actress Eriko Sato (Cutie Honey, Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!). One has to wonder if this is legitimate. And if it is legit why in the world did these artists sign a toilet cover. According to the markings, the autographs were created on August 20, 2003, that was months before the release of Cutie Honey (2004), a film in which Sato played the lead. The question I have is, would one store it at a weight of 40 kg or put it to good use in the home. It would make for a great conversation piece.
