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Boogiepop Phantom: Complete Collection
Boogiepop Phantom, one of the first shows to be based off of a light novel, is the closest thing to an anime coming from the mind of David Lynch. Animated by Madhouse and initially released by Right Stuf, their now anime distribution arm, Nozomi Entertainment has decided to rerelease this anime classic for a whole [...]
Gasaraki: Complete Series
Nozomi Entertainment has been on a roll with their license rescues from other companies and one of the real surprises was when they announced that they were rereleasing Gasaraki. Made in 1998 by Sunrise and released by ADV Films, Gasaraki was Sunrise’s attempt to make something along the lines of the successful Neon Genesis Evangelion, [...]
Films of Fury
If one is a fan of kung-fu cinema, one will know the name of Ric Meyers, the writer of many books, columns and articles on the genre. Seeing Ric Meyers’ name on the cover of Films of Fury made me extremely happy because I felt as though I was going to receive a master class [...]
Legend of the Legendary Heroes Pts. 1 and 2
In terms of fantasy anime series, there’s very slim pickings when it comes to a quality show for the ages. The two series that I always find myself going to when I want something from that genre are Record of Lodoss War and Berserk. This has now changed with Funimation’s release of Legend of the [...]
Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker
A majority of the time, anime films, OVA’s and TV shows have a tendency to extremely terrible. Things like Sin: The Motion Picture, Panzer Dragoon and Samurai Showdown have been forgotten by anime fans for a very good reason. Once in a while, an adaptation comes along that does an excellent job at translating the [...]
Shiki: Part One
Shiki is an interesting anime take on the vampire mythos and lore that suffers from extremely slow pacing. The series that aired on Japan’s Noitamina late night block in 2010 was created by Fuyumi Ono, famed novelist of The Twelve Kingdoms series, which also had an anime adaptation in 2002. Shiki takes place in a [...]
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood OVA Collection
While only 100 minutes and four episodes of animation, The Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood OVA Collection contains everything that was great from the original series and something that was missing from new Brotherhood TV series of Fullmetal Alchemist. Each episode is adapted from certain bonus chapters that Hiromu Arakawa made in different guide books that weren’t in the [...]
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
In the midst of wrapping up Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Studio Bones decided to follow up with another feature length film. Unlike the first film, The Conqueror of Shamballa, which was a direct continuation of the first series, Bones decided to do an original story, since Brotherhood followed the manga and ended finitely. What was born [...]
The Secret World of Arrietty
Based on the children’s novel, The Borrowers, by Mary Norton, The Secret World of Arrietty (Kari-gurashi no Arietti) affords the master animators at Studio Ghibli the opportunity to delve deep into the minutiae of everyday places and objects. In fact, no film has so perfectly showcased the legendary anime studio’s affinity for and attention to [...]
Cat Planet Cuties: The Complete Series
If Cat Planet Cuties (Asobi Ni Iku Yo!) sounds like a somewhat shallow series, let me assure you that it is indeed shallow in a number of ways. With that said, the series did surprise me with the quality and ambitious scope of its action sequences, and the complexity of some of the supporting cast. [...]
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