Character of the month: Hanshin

Hanshin was one of the first characters for my novel The Guardians of the Earth Type Planets. She is half machine and half human: Her own technology allows Hanshin to use her body as the ultimate weapon using her hair to destroy anything that comes on her way. This mysterious woman is the one who gave the map to our protagonist Amaranth so that she could start her journey in planet Twinmortal.

My inspiration for Hanshin comes from many sources but I wanted to recommend a few that were the best TV series and movies that my generation watched having artificial intelligent beings or halves just like her:

The Terminator (1984, Dir. James Cameron)

Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991, Dir. James Cameron)

Dragon Ball Z (1989-1996, Dir. Daisuke Nishio)

The Matrix (1999, Dir. Lana and Lilly Wachowski)

A. I.Artificial Intelligence (2001, Dir. Steven Spielberg)

Chobits (2002, TV series Dir. Morio Asaka)

The Matrix Reloaded (2003, Dir. Lana and Lilly Wachowski)

The Matrix Revolutions (2003, Dir. Lana and Lilly Wachowski)

The Animatrix (2003, several directors and writers)

I, Robot (2004, Dir. Alex Proyas)

Apart from this, to think about artificial intelligence life it motivates me a lot The Complete Robot (1982, Isaac Asimov) and Blade Runner: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968, Philip K. Dick).

I hope you enjoy this character of the month!

Mort & Phil 60 Anniversary

Today marks 60 years since the first publication of Mortadelo y Filemón (Mort & Phil in USA) published on November 16^th 1970 by Francisco Ibáñez. First seen in 1958, they have come a long way! Not only were they key in the Spaniards’ childhood with the popular TV series in 1994 but also have three movies that I recommend to watch this winter:

Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure (La gran Aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón, 2003 Dir. Javier Fesser)

Mortadelo and Filemon Mission: Save the Planet (Mortadelo y Filemón, Misión salvar la Tierra, 2008, Dir. Miguel Bardem)

Mortadelo and Filemon Mission Implausible (Mortadelo y Filemón contra Jimmy el Cachondo, 2004, Dir. Javier Fesser)

The Guardians of the Earth Type Planets & Goodreads

"In front of an ancient black train there was a little girl waiting impatiently. The train started to move while the child cried out “where are my parents?” without stopping."

In Goodreads you can find out extra information about my novel The Guardians of the Earth Type Planets, from quotations to all my trailers in YouTube! Also, just like in Amazon, you have a free sample with the first 13 chapters 😻