They Were Made to Hit in America
So… Beck. It was a pretty good anime and a pretty manga about a bunch of Japanese kids forming a rock band (and not any of that shonen, fight-a-new-band-each-week nonsense that I admitted love, it was more a slice of life type thing). Now it’s going to be a live-action movie, debuting in Japan in September. Somehow, I doubt this trailer will make anyone unfamiliar with the manga/anime go out of their minds with desire to see it, but I’m pretty excited, so indulge me. Oh, the article title refers to this song, which was used for the opening of the anime. You’ll have to indulge me for that, too. Sorry. (Via AnimeVice)
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.