Robots, geishas, shenanigans, sexy tengu girls, transformers, buildings that bleed, and ass swords!

Ah Japan… taking any opportunity to further fetishize your women for international audiences the world over. We thank you…

Are words really even necessary here? I’ll only say that TwitchFilm has received a handful of on-set photos from the just completed mini-sequel to Noboru Iguchi’s recent classic The Machine Girl.

If The Machine Girl piqued your interest in the gloriously effed up world of Japanese cinema, I direct your attention towards the newest film to cross the Pacific, bend you over its knee, and use your body as a hand muff.

Brian Gibson loves to buy DVDs. Come with him on his weekly journey into the depths of credit card debt as he tells you what to buy, rent and avoid.

The 9th Annual Golden Trailer awards honored the best previews of the year this week, with one very obvious omission — the best trailer of the year: The Machine Girl.

Some trailers are of the “Must-See” variety, some are of the “Officially Cool” variety and then some are in a category all their own.