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Got an email from Namco Bandai today…Afro is coming out as a video game January 27, 2009.  I hope this is good.  The anime was off the hook.  Thanks Gonzo/Funimation!  The quality and style of graphics are (dare I say) on par with Ninja Scroll. 

There, I said it! 

It’s really that good.

So if the video game is on par with the anime, then we should be in for a treat.

Problem is that sometimes a top anime doesn’t translate into video games.  Some fans of Spawn know what I mean.  I mean, I really TRIED to like the game play, but just got, well, bored, underwhelmed, disappointed. 

Bandai is gonna send us a copy of the game, so my man, Will, is gonna let you know how it plays on the 360.

Afro Resurrection Trailer…

As a CGI buff, I can’t want to see Speed Racer.  Admittedly, I watched the anime, but never converted to hard core fan.  But the trailers have gotten me interested and if the movie lives up to the hype, then I’ll be a fan.  Based on the trailers, the gods of CGI, aka the Wachowski Brothers, are staying very true to the anime: from the style of cars, to angles of the camera (even passing fans will reminisce over this and how well it’s done).

Honestly, with the Brothers at the helm, the question is how much better than other CGIs films is this going to be?  In theatres…May 9 (and on iMax too…that’s gonna be ridiculous).

Check the trailer for your self (there are more at SpeedRacertheMovie.com!

FYI – my short list of best CGI films…including animated flicks…(in now order because it depends on what mood I’m in)

Matrix (all of them)

Star Wars Episode III

Finding Nemo

Lord of the Rings (all of them – Gollum is ridiculously sick)

Emeritus

Star Wars Episode IV (obviously)