Space Battleship Yamato

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Movies: Director Bryan Singer has tweeted a photo of Halle Berry as Storm in her X-Men: Days of Future Past attire. Video: Gizmodo continues its look inside Hasbro's manufacturing process with a profile of the toymaker's model workshop...

Nearly four minutes of new footage from the new Space Battleship Yamato 2199 anime series helmed by Yutaka Izubuchi (RahXephon), Nubuteru Yuki (Escaflowne) and Makoto Kobayashi (Battleship Yamato Resurrection) has surfaced on Amazon. Set to debut this spring in Japan, the new TV series is a remake of the 1974 original, which was known as Star Blazers to US audiences...

Webcomics: Dr. McNinja crosses over with Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective protagonist Sissel with action packed results. Hollywood: Stan "The Man" Lee got his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday. Big ups from we, the True Believers...

It looks like Takashi Yamazaki's cinematic take on the "Space Battleship Yamato" anime (also known as "Star Blazers" in the US) is shaping up to be the special effects laden affair its rumored $22 million budget suggested it might be. Rather than simply showcasing a uniformed crew from inside the bridge of the Yamato like an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation,"

Where does cosplay go after its visited the four corners of the Earth? If you're Japanese astronaut Socichi Noguchi, the answer is the stars! Noguchi's been sporting a shirt modeled after Susumu Kodai's uniform from Space Battleship Yamato (aka Derek Wildstar of Star Blazers in the US) off and on since he arrived at the International Space Station care of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency

In this era of good fan trailer feelings, it's not uncommon for fans of certain animated series, video games or comics to find themselves fooled by a fellow enthusiast's handiwork in After Affects. One series nobody has to worry about, however, is "Star Blazers" now that its Japanese namesake "Space Battleship Yamato" will hit Japanese theaters this year...