So, my cousin (Cuz) finally realised one of the things we’d always wanted to do when we’re kids: making a comic book. In this instance, Cuz started his own indy (if not, egoistical) imprint “Adrian Teo Presents” and took Troy’s The Resident Tourist from screen to print.
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The Resident Tourist jogged our childhood memories too. For the two of us, other than playing computer games (both of us owned Datamini IBM XT clones back then, playing games like Thexder, Leisure Suit Larry, Ultima etc etc using 5.25″ floppy disks with no harddrive - though I had a CGA monitor while he had a better EGA monitor that displayed more colours), we also tried to draw our own comic books. I’ve done a series of entries on the stuff I drew during those days. When I was cleaning out my archives, I unearthed some of Cuz’s works…
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Animax Asia presented their all-star creative team for the anime feature “LaMB“.
ANIMAX’s “LaMB” ALL STARS
Animax Asia is sparing no efforts in assembling the best creative talents for their first original anime production. Peach Blossom Media is on board as the production studio, putting together Ryosuke Tei (程亮弼) as director, Imaginary Friends Studios (IFS) for concept art and designs, and Yasufumi Soejima (ソエジマ ヤスフミ) on the storyboards. With Simple Plan and The Click Five on the soundtrack, “LaMB” is gonna rock!
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The premier issue of FREEDOM FORMULA hit the comics stands last week on shipment day. Personally, this is the most anticipated title from Radical Comics, not just because it’s a genre that I love - cyberpunk sci-fi with exo-suits and mecha action - this is a 100% Made-in-Singapore product.
FREEDOM FORMULA - GHOST OF THE WASTELAND #1
When I flipped open the card-stock cover, what I saw far exceeded my expectations. If there’s any homegrown comic that a Singaporean fanboy/otaku can boast to the world, this is a comic series that they’d be proud to show off. It’s so good that I bought two copies of the first issue with variant covers painted by Kai.
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Anime fans in Singapore will have another channel to watch the latest English sub-titled anime (legally). Cathay’s E2MAX at Cathay Cineleisure Orchard has teamed up with GDH K.K, the parent company of GONZO, to simulcast the latest offerings of anime titles currently on air in Japan.
ENTER THE ANIME CHAMBER
Come October, anime fans can catch “LINEBARRELS OF IRON” 「鉄のラインバレル」 at any of the 12 Anime Chambers at E2MAX@Cine-L9. GONZO has established a partnership with Cathay Organisation to make this possible. LINEBARREL is the latest mecha anime to debut in Autumn, adapted from the manga series by Eiichi Shimizu (清水栄一) & Tomohiro Shimoguchi (下口智裕). (This pair started off as a doujin circle “Nadegata Circus” 「ナデガタサーカス」. Their Kamen Rider inspired online doujinshi “HYBRID INSECTOR” attracted alot of attention then. “Linebarrels of Iron” was their first published work, serialised on CHAMPION RED magazine from Akita Shoten)
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Coming up at the end of the month is the Japan Film Festival 2008. From 22 August to 31 August, film buffs and Japan-culture aficionados can catch a good selection of Japanese films at the National Museum of Singapore. This event is organised jointly by the Japan Creative Centre and Singapore Film Society. The theme of this festival is ‘female Japanese film makers’.
SAKURAN 「さくらん」
If you call yourself an otaku worthy of your salty sweat, you would have picked out this title, Sakuran 「さくらん」 from the list of films, and would know how this film is related to NEON GENESIS EVANGELION. And you would definitely have pre-booked your tickets as soon as you got wind of this because there’s only one screening on 31 Aug (Sunday) at 1630hrs.
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Troy is the Fool who stepped off the edge of a cliff. Quitting his job in New York’s music industry, the guy who couldn’t really draw wanted to draw comics. Last year, Troy found himself on a 22-hour flight heading back to… Singapore.
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“The Resident Tourist” is a story about Troy, written and drawn by Troy Chin himself. This is an autobiographical graphic novel, following his adventures as a comic artist in Singapore. The multi-layered narrative wasn’t at first intended to be a commentary of the Singapore society. Yet, the critique of the Singaporean identity and culture stand out strongly as one of the main themes of this novel as Troy’s life unfold through the pages.
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Canada’s rock group SIMPLE PLAN will be collaborating with Animax Asia on its first original anime production. Simple Plan’s “I Can Wait Forever” will be the title track for LaMB’s soundtrack.
Animax’s Greg Ho and Simple Plan
Simple Plan will be appearing as themselves within the LaMB universe, performing “I Can Wait Forever” from their 2006 album “Simple Plan”. Anime and Japan popular culture is gaining influence over the North American music scene, with more and more artistes turning to this genre to promote their music. Linkin Park (Breaking the Habit) and Britney Spear’s (Break the Ice) music videos have been given the anime treatment.
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