After Afro Samurai, Eric Calderon Gives Us The Five Killers.

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1. David 07/17/2007 @ 7:07am

   Wow that looks really good! I saw Eric at Anime Expo this year and he didn’t say anything about this one! Complete surprise to me!!!

2. gandalf mantooth 07/17/2007 @ 9:42am

   I’m baffled by the first sentence.

3. Joseph K 07/17/2007 @ 9:49am

   yeah… is that supposed to say “AS Gonzo”? Or “WHILE Gonzo?”

   Anyway, this could work. My main problem with Afro was that it kept trying to have this side-plots, and make you feel sad when a character dies, or he has a flashback, when you just haven’t been given the time to get a grip on them. It’s evident from these side stories that he wanted to reign the pace in a bit every now and then, and this looks like it’ll give him the chance…
   It’ll be interesting to see if the writers of Clone Wars (there were writers? there was dialogue?), can match a drop in pace, though.

4. gandalf mantooth 07/17/2007 @ 3:48pm

   Well, yeah, the grammatical issue foremost . . .

   However, I’m also puzzled by the idea. “anime” is a word of such amporphous definition these days, definitions are only united it seems by belief that “anime” is something Japanese and that there are these things Japanese that define “anime.” I think there may be a few high school students who think “anime” is only Japanese. OTOH, those kids could be right in that what people have come to love and obsess over has in it little exaggerated bits of Japanese pop culture that make anime “anime” to some.

   we all know anime “translated” simply means animation.

   I gots no problem with guys touting their latest effort as “in the style of Otomo” or whatever. “Fusion anime?” wtf? This is just another cartoon (could be good, could be not)

5. DieH@rd 07/17/2007 @ 5:58pm

   Great teaser, anyone knows release date?

6. m1k3y 07/17/2007 @ 10:06pm

   Afro Samurai was awesome—only problem was the 5ep limit.

   this looks even betterer tho for sure

7. James Maruyama 07/17/2007 @ 11:02pm

   I agree, the “Five Killers” trailer looks cool! I definitely want to see this series.

   Here’s a link to a website with more information and short characters bios:

   http://web.mac.com/eric.calderon/iWeb/Site/The Five Killers/The Five Killers.html

   In addition to George Krstic (Clone Wars), comic book writer Mark Waid (Kingdom Come, 52, JLA) also helped with the script.

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