Happy Zoo Year Readership, hope everyone’s New Year has started off well. I took a brief hiatus from the internet to focus on some New Years resolutions I’m making. However just like today’s Cinema Saturday series I have returned. You know how this goes down every Saturday we post up some dope videos as a part of OkiZoo TV. Hope you all have enjoyed some of our favorite Anime series, documentary’s, and other videos. Sit back and relax and enjoy yourself, and check us out on Monday for The Boomin’ System.

Sidenote: Check out the song at the end of the episode. Many of you who know our music might here the sample for one of OkiZoo’s first songs.

Today’s Cinema Saturday features the epic Anime Series: Lupin the 3rd

Lupin the 3rd, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Kato under the pen name of Monkey Punch. The story follows the adventures of a gang of thieves led by Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc’s series of novels. Lupin and his gang travel throughout the world to steal treasures and escape from the law.

Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of the fictional gentleman thief, Arsène Lupin, is considered the world’s greatest thief, known for announcing his intentions to steal valuable objects by sending a calling card to the owners of his desired items. His right-hand man and closest ally is Daisuke Jigen, an expert marksman who can accurately shoot a target in 0.3 seconds. Although Lupin and Jigen frequently work as a two-man team, they are often joined by Goemon Ishikawa XIII, a master swordsman whose sword can cut anything, or Fujiko Mine, a femme fatale and Lupin’s love interest. Although Fujiko usually works together with the others, she occasionally exploits Lupin’s interest in her to steal a treasure for herself. Lupin and his gang are constantly chased by Inspector Koichi Zenigata of the ICPO, who has made it his life’s work to arrest them, chasing Lupin across the globe. On the rare occasions he catches Lupin, Zenigata secretly hopes Lupin will escape so he can continue to chase him. Regardless of whether Lupin and his followers succeed or fail, they are always looking for the next heist.

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What’s good readership, thanks for joining us for the second installment of Cinema Saturday. If you caught last week’s post you already know how this goes down. We here at OkiZoo thought it would be a great idea to show some of our favorite movies, anime, and documentaries on Saturday mornings as a throwback to when everyone was a kid waking up early to watch Saturday morning cartoons. Hey we’re just big kids over here who love to have fun

Today’s Cinema Saturday features an awesome anime series entitled: Black Lagoon

Black Lagoon is a manga series written and illustrated by Rei Hiroe, and published in Shogakukan’s Sunday GX since 2002. The animated television series based on the manga aired in Japan from April to June of 2006, totaling twelve episodes. The English language version of the manga is distributed by Viz Media, and the first volume was released on August 12, 2008.

The story follows a team of pirates/mercenaries known as Lagoon Company. Lagoon Company members include Rock (A Japanese businessman, and the lead character who was kidnapped by the Lagoon Company, yet overcomes all to become an integral part of the team), Revy (a.k.a. Two-Hands. She provides the muscle for Lagoon Company, and is exceptionally skilled with using firearms in battle), Dutch (The African-American leader of the Lagoon “Trading Company”. A deadly adversary who captains the PT boat Black Lagoon, and coordinates the crew), and Benny (A former graduate student of the University of Central Florida, he serves as the Lagoon’s technical expert).

Hope you all like these episodes as much as we here at OkiZoo do… but if you’re visiting our blog you already know what’s up, so enjoy!

What’s good readership, this is another new segment that OkiZoo will be bringing you on a weekly basis. Not only our we music junkies, but we love movies & anime so it’s only fitting that we bring you some of our favorite flicks for you to enjoy. I figured we’d do this one on Saturdays, as a throwback to when you were a kid watching Saturday morning cartoons, lol. As always the material will be diverse ranging from old movies, anime, documentaries, and more.

We start off this segment w/ the anime series Tokyo Tribe 2

Writer and designer Inoue Santa (Rinjin 13-go, Born 2 Die, Tokyo Grafitti) was already well known for his manga and his art before he created the successful manga title “Tokyo Tribe” back in 1993. “Tokyo Tribe” ran for a number of years and detailed the lifes of different gangs or tribes in Tokyo. Since Santa was born in 1968, he grew up on Hip Hop culture and was heavily influenced by it, he decided to infuse “Tokyo Tribes” with those elements to make it stand out from the other manga series that pervaded the marketplace.

In 2005, the “Tokyo Tribes” manga was adapted into a 13 episode anime series and produced by the world famous Madhouse Studios after the final volume of the series was produced. It aired in Japan back in 2006 and was wildly successful. Enjoy!