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[F-ZeroOne]

Ichiro Itano, legendary anime animator famed for the "Itano Circus" (Ever seen an anime where a giant robot unleashes a barrage of missiles all circling round each other before streaking off into the distance? Thats an "Itano Circus".) , has been hurt in a motorcycle accident. Hes expected to make a good recovery, but to wish him a speedy recuperation heres a video of the "Circuses" in action:

[RedOktober]

Some of that reminds me of afterburner.

[F-ZeroOne]

it would not surprise me to find that someone at Sega was a "Macross" fan, no...

[ThetaReactor]

You mean there are people in Japan who aren't Macross fans? I thought it was compulsory.

[F-ZeroOne]

"Macross" is actually a bit of a second-tier mecha franchise in Japan; although popular, leaving aside the fact that (and this often comes as a surprise to first time merchandise hunters!) older series in Japan generally have a really hardcore fan-base but not much of a modern following, the "White Monsters" of Japanese mecha fandom are, of course, "Evangelion" and "Gundam"; the first probably more recent (and supported by near-constant promotion the past decade) and the latter essentially being "Star Wars" (frequently merch'd, grandfather rights, pop-culture informing for thirty years, annual new series, etc) .

Meanwhile, back in 198X, bowties were also cool:

[Firefox]

Meanwhile, back in 198X, bowties were also cool:

That's such an awesome film choc full of big-name actors, I just can't understand why few people have even heard of it let alone seen it...

[Kelloggs]

I'm after watching it at some point, but I'm buggered if I can find anywhere to get it. I would have though by now it would have been an iTunes rental, but last time I looked, no joy.

[Firefox]

If you're willing to go old-school, Amazon have it on DVD for a fiver.

[Kelloggs]

Amazon? DVD? How quaint...

I've have a look - cheers.

[F-ZeroOne]

i saw it a long time ago but probably didn't really "get" it; but then thats nothing new for me; I had to let about a decade go by before I "got" this as well...

[Ollie]

I'm after watching it at some point, but I'm buggered if I can find anywhere to get it. I would have though by now it would have been an iTunes rental, but last time I looked, no joy.

It's on Netflix. Not much use if you haven't got Netflix, I know...

[Absolute_Zero]

[Mr_Loon]

Apologies if this has been posted before.

This game has the pretty unique distinction of making the classic Llamasoft games seem 'normal', wonder if we'll ever see a release of this in the west.

[F-ZeroOne]

Oddly enough, seeing the "Rayman Legends" clip in one of the sub-forums reminded me of this, one of my favourite game tracks:

[SuperMappy]

I like how the drunk/pissed guys. in the last segment. just sit there.