Animated Archive

  • Kaneda lands jump

    Interview: Joe Peacock Talks Art of Akira

    This one goes out to all of you who collect things. Joe Peacock is one of you. He has spent 20 years collecting production art from the ground-breaking animated feature Akira, ultimately amassing the largest private collection of said production art in the world. Now,...

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  • Better Than a Poke in the Eye with a Sharp Stake of Holly

    Better Than a Poke in the Eye with a Sharp Stake of Holly

    We made a list. We checked it twice. Okay, maybe we wrote it the day before it was due.

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  • [Streaming] Astonishing X-Men

    [Streaming] Astonishing X-Men

    I’ll be the first to admit I am not an avid comic fan. I like comics, but get easily confused by the multiple back stories, origins, cross-overs, timelines, arcs, etc. Many of my favorite comic heroes would have been lost to me in print if...

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  • [Giveaway] The Lord of the Rings 1978 Photonovel {Ended]

    [Giveaway] The Lord of the Rings 1978 Photonovel {Ended]

    I ran across this strange old thing for the 1978 animated Lord of the Rings.  It’s a photonovel, and it makes a weird one at that. It’s an abridged novelized version of a movie that was adapted from a novel to an animated feature presented...

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