Speaking objectively, or even as someone who no longer gets the appeal of generic anime art, these are stunning pieces. Particularly the Muramasa stuff is brilliant.

Straight up asset theft is total cause for legal action and all the dust up that associated with it.

They’re similar enough to where a smart (or sneaky) high-priced lawyer could make a case, for either camp, that the other guy is plagiarizing.

The enthusiast press.

That’s the impression I got from all the coverage it received.

Aliens: Colonial Marines.

You see this kind of thing happen all this time in the movie business. Oblivion and After Earth are the most recent examples of this phenomenon. Yet, you don’t see Universal and Sony reps slinging childish insults at one another. Game development is an iterative process. Games usually build on top of systems that have…

Poor Maxis! They can’t seem to catch a break. 2013 seems to be the year for highly anticipated releases to shit the bed and roll around in it?

HeX Box- Puts a curse on anyone who calls someone else a racial slur or homophobic epithet over Live. Summons demons to take over for you mid match if you gotta go drop a deuce or drain the liz.

Wonder if there’s a universe in which the TMNT cartoon presented the foursome as really shitty teenagers who smoke, shoplift, vandalize private property and… well, kick people in the tenders.

Surprised that he didn’t at least try to play the “homage” defense.

Fairly certain Microsoft is counting on you, me and millions of others feeling that way.

meX-Box – It plays sweet mariachi music and makes you a burrito when you get home.

Not that it would happen in any reality outside of the most absurd; but I really hope they go with neXtBox only because it’s such a stupid name.

If they can capture the same whimsy and wonder of the Ghibli film, more power to them! Should that be the case I’ll be watching with a big, dumb grin on my face.

To my knowledge, Hollywood has only made one big budget anime-to-live action adaptation (Speed Racer). Which, while an admirable try, was a critical and commercial flop. After that disaster they’re probably none too keen on dropping a fat check on another anime-based flick.

“But at least being seen by some (I found Fish's latest comments funny) to be a mere jerk is interesting, and unlike most PR-massaged comments, at least we know he really means it.”

Hate? Naw, I think he’s quite an amusing character. I was making a jokingly joke-joke at Phil’s expense. I use glasses not too dissimilar to those. BTW, how do you even know I’m a guy?

I was joking (poorly). But it's always nice to learn something new. I too have horrendous eye sight and have been a prisoner to glasses since I was five.

Ditto! And then an interview with Phil countering and shitting talking the ex-partner.