tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15941477149162527262012-02-20T11:41:29.442-05:00Want to read about something that isn't the "hot anime and/or manga" right now? Want to find out about a title you might not have known about before? Just want to read the potentially random ramblings of someone you don't know? Then welcome!Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.comBlogger871100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-52210613149282484322012-02-17T16:46:00.000-05:002012-02-17T16:46:30.321-05:00

Back on December 22, 2010 I reviewed TMS' 1996 TV anime adaptation of Masami Kurumada's B't X (pronounced "Beat" X) manga.  Running from 1994 to 2000, B't X debuted in the very first issue of Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Shounen Ace magazine and was the first time Kurumada ever drew a manga for a company other than Shueisha, which Kurumada left after disagreements regarding how he should do manga (

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I must say, making this list wasn't easy.  Unreleased licenses are very uncommon, and it required a fair bit more thinking & research in order to even get "12" entries...  I actually only had 10 entries by the time I made Part 1!  But I have since found two more entries and here's the second part of this list of animes that were licensed but never released.  And since Part 1 started off with a

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Part of being a collector is being able to own everything you can of what you collect.  In the world of anime that means having the entirety of an anime production.  Unfortunately, living in North America means that animes generally have to be licensed in order for them to be released over here.  And with that comes the risk of not being able to own all of an anime.  Personally, I'd rather have

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-78385894283438054872012-02-01T22:14:00.000-05:002012-02-01T22:14:28.977-05:00

Though Bastard!! is the only anime adaptation of a Kazushi Hagiwara manga, mainly because every other Hagiwara manga is either a one-shot or a doujin, it isn't Hagiwara's only anime.  In 1994 Shueisha teamed with Production I.G. to create a four-episode OVA, released under the V-Jump Video label, based on an original idea created by an extremely interesting collaboration, that of Kazushi

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-46064210834136973102012-01-26T23:27:00.001-05:002012-01-26T23:30:52.462-05:00

When it comes to fantasy anime & manga for adult audiences, specifically ones with a large amount of violence & gore, there are only two titles that I can full-heartedly recommend: Berserk & Bastard!!.  Naturally, Berserk is a world-reknowned name and is even getting those new movies soon (which I hope can deliver), so I'm going to talk about the latter here...  And I better do so before Dark

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-9137386374182792272012-01-16T10:57:00.001-05:002012-01-16T21:20:08.588-05:00

I still wasn't sure if I was going to do a review today, but imagine my surprise to go online this morning, go to The Fandom Post's forums, and see this topic on the North American DVD/BD Industry board, plus a cover art to go with it: Yeah, it says what you think it says: "Shonen Jump's Bobobo-bo Bo-Bobo The Complete Series, Part 1".  Someone is releasing Bobobo's TV series on DVD again, four

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Though he welcomed in the New Year on January 1, Hisao Maki unfortunately died the next day due to undiscolsed causes.  Maki was the younger brother to the late Ikki Kajiwara (creator of sports mangas Ashita no Joe, Tiger Mask, & Kyojin no Hoshi), but that's not to say that the littler brother didn't have a fair resume of his own; his main mark in Japan is as the writer of the hard-boiled action

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-60038149578596991002011-12-29T16:31:00.000-05:002011-12-29T16:31:45.620-05:00

Time for the second half of the twelve animes I would license if I had my own anime licensing company.  Now, just to be honest, the whole "Company-Killing" stuff is mainly a tongue-in-cheek reference to the times people say that my tastes are really niche, but I've already stated in Part 1 that I simply like to root for the underdog.  Still, Part 2 of this list will be a little different from

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Like many anime fans, I am passionate about the medium as well as the business itself, especially when it comes to North America, which is where I live.  I love seeing new license announcements, and I especially love seeing the "underdog", i.e. license announcements you would not expect.  For example, though I felt that Shigurui might get licensed one day, I was in no way ever thinking that

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-53271120904166966272011-12-22T13:13:00.000-05:002011-12-22T13:13:52.713-05:00

When it comes to SNK's many, many franchises the largest and most well-known is easily the King of Fighters series, but right behind that is the Samurai Shodown series, known as Samurai Spirits in Japan.  Even when the first game debuted back in 1993 it's focus on slow-paced, weapon-focused combat made it different and memorable to fans of fighting games.  SamSho, as it's called by its fans, has

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-90641180876233763162011-12-15T14:53:00.001-05:002011-12-15T21:57:37.442-05:00

As big as anime fandom can get here in North America, the fanbase still seems to generally ignore certain titles.  These certain titles are the mega-hits that have become as big of a part of Japan's culture as titles like The Simpsons, M*A*S*H*, and even 60 Minutes are over here.  Titles like Doraemon, Sazae-san, & Chibi Maruko-chan are rarely, if ever fansubbed, and that's simply because these

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-19256948656929300972011-12-01T18:09:00.001-05:002011-12-01T18:16:26.571-05:00

During my college years I had to take two semesters of physics.  For both semesters I had the same professor, and though he was a good teacher the thing I remember most about him was that the next class after taking an exam my physics professor would "torture" himself as payback for torturing his students with an exam.  Granted, he knew what he was doing, but he still did some crazy things, like

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Exactly one year ago, Decmber 1, 2010, I did something that I had thought about doing for a while: Start up a blog.  Though I had already done a mini-blog over at the AnimeonDVD forums over at Mania.com, not to mention the multitude of videos I had done on YouTube (go back to my very first post to check that out), those two didn't exactly have a central focus based around anime; the AoD blog did

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-85436003991414716002011-11-28T11:49:00.001-05:002011-11-28T11:50:06.356-05:00

Violence Jack: Evil Town was a definitive improvement over the previous OVA, Harlem Bomber.  But, admittedly, one thing Evil Town had a minimum of was action.  Sure, the last third of the OVA definitely delivered the action, but the rest was slower-paced story.  For those who want mostly action, though, the last Violence Jack OVA, Hell's Wind from 1990, defintiely delivers on that and then some.

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-23479786104885036102011-11-17T14:13:00.000-05:002011-11-17T14:13:38.166-05:00

The first Violence Jack OVA, Harlem Bomber, wasn't a bad anime but at the same time you could tell that there was more to Violence Jack than what the OVA showed.  In 1988 a second OVA was made called Violence Jack: Jigoku-gai/Evil Town (Hell Town is also an appropriate name), based on the manga story arc of the same name.  Coming in at barely less than one hour long, Evil Town fixes pretty much

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-31621943757697033352011-11-10T12:08:00.000-05:002011-11-10T12:08:49.871-05:00

Out of Go Nagai's list of creations, Violence Jack is more than likely his most controversial one.  Debuting back in 1973 in the pages of Weekly Shounen Magazine the original manga jumped to Monthly Shounen Magazine and then Weekly Manga Goraku before finally ending in 1990.  Violence Jack protrayed a post-apocalyptic world, possibly one of the very first in manga, and in Nagai's usual fashion

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-6294201492387190822011-11-03T12:20:00.001-04:002011-11-04T09:32:08.037-04:00

With Manga DVD Ring ni Kakero reviewed I am now 100% done with reviewing Ring ni Kakero on this blog; I've reviewed all five anime productions (all four TV series & the Pilot), I've reviewed the sole video game based on the series, I've reviewed this not-quite-an-anime production, and I've ever given an overview of the beginning of the manga the anime skips over.  Quite honestly, the only other

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-33589488330881347692011-11-03T11:21:00.001-04:002011-11-03T11:23:30.832-04:00

Anyone who reads this blog should know that I am a giant fan of Masami Kurumada's Ring ni Kakero.  Though you can classify it as a sports manga & anime series, specifically boxing, it's over-the-top style also makes it more of a shounen action/fight title, in the vein of Dragon Ball, Fist of the North Star, and One Piece.  Understandably, there are people who prefer to have realism in stuff like

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-149457147416559542011-10-31T12:26:00.000-04:002011-10-31T12:26:28.774-04:00

Back when I was reviewing the Ring ni Kakero animes & Super Famicom video game I had mentioned something called the "Manga DVD".  The Manga DVD series were a trio of DVDs produced by a company called Shadow Entertainment and distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment/SPE.  Each was based on a different manga series, Jirou Tsunoda's Kyoufu Shinbun, Masami Kurumada's Ring ni Kakero, and Sho

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-79010414461299996682011-10-27T11:48:00.001-04:002011-10-27T11:48:35.677-04:00

As a person who grew up during the 90s it's no surprise that I am very familiar with the mega-hit, money-making franchise known as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  Though I have not read any of the original comic series, I was a big fan of the 1987-1996 animated series and the three live-action movies still hold a special place in my heart; the first is still an excellent movie, TMNT II is silly

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-63781299840592066352011-10-20T22:49:00.003-04:002011-10-29T14:16:26.975-04:00

This next review is one that I have wanted to do since I started this blog, but since only seven episodes had been fansubbed  I wasn't able to properly review it.  A few months back subtitle files for the remaining four episodes, taken from the bootleg DVDs, were released, but the raw videos that they go with were still impossible to get.  Luckily, I found out recently that a batch containing

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-46540582920839338142011-10-16T20:51:00.000-04:002011-10-16T20:51:01.769-04:00

Part 1 was certainly an interesting look, and Part 2 should be no different, so let's go straight into it: The Japanese music group EXILE is pretty popular in their home country.  Their leader, Hiroyuki "Hiro" Igarashi, is especially a big fan of anime & manga, and 2009's 24-episode TV anime Examurai Sengoku is but one of his productions.  The original Examurai, a combination of EXILE and the

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-21940746746450508802011-10-14T09:05:00.000-04:002011-10-14T09:05:44.709-04:00

That Shinseikiden Mars review ended up being the 42nd review I have done through this blog (yes, I'm counting each TwinBee OVA I did in the double feature).  Hitting 50 reviews will certainly be an accomplishment, and if I was to make it within my first year that would be even cooler.  Going against my usual style I actually have review number 50 chosen already and it's been like that for at

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-20316103133456019502011-10-12T20:21:00.002-04:002011-10-13T09:47:57.591-04:00

The late Mitsuteru Yokoyama may not be as big of a name to anime and manga fans outside of Japan, but in his home country he is right up there with the likes of Osamu Tezuka and Shotaro Ishinomori in terms of trailblazing.  The first giant robot?  Tetsujin 28, known in North America as Gigantor, was created by Yokoyama back in 1956 and debuted on television back in 1963.  The first magical girl?

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-28922764316241148562011-09-29T15:47:00.000-04:002011-09-29T15:47:06.767-04:00

You can argue that this show isn't that "obscure" since it literally finished airing this week and had its fair share of viewers (one of ANN's reports on viewership ratings in Japan had this show with a rating of 3.4, which for a late-night anime is really good, I believe).  Still, I reviewed Season 1 so I should definitely do this show as well. This past February I reviewed Gyakkou Burai Kaiji

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-36765320388944562732011-09-26T13:16:00.000-04:002011-09-26T13:16:14.455-04:00

This will be the last game-based review for the month of September, mainly due to the fact that a show that is still running will be ending soon and I want to review that one as soon as possible.  Also, I'm coming up to my 50th review!  I've done 38 reviews in total so far, and that includes my two video game reviews (Super Robot Wars Compact 3 & Ring ni Kakero [Super Famicom]), my one manga

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-37129396640946210222011-09-19T11:54:00.000-04:002011-09-19T11:54:39.703-04:00

The Ninja Gaiden (literally "Ninja Side Story") series is definitely one the most notorious video game series ever, partially due to its insane difficulty.  While the arcade original is mostly forgotten now the NES trilogy is infamous for being controller-throwing hard, the recent reboot series isn't any different (and some could argue is ever harder), and more than likely even the games on the

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-64560102393573174622011-09-16T11:56:00.000-04:002011-09-16T11:56:35.420-04:00

First Xevious, then Salamander...  How about I just make this September Game-Based Anime Month.  But don't go expecting stuff like Battle Arena Toshinden and Tekken, as this is the Land of Obscusion and we'll be looking at some pretty obscure game-based animes!  But that doesn't mean that I still can't talk about some infamous titles... Squaresoft, now known as Square-Enix, has many memorable

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-47591449578818429732011-09-02T12:19:00.000-04:002011-09-02T12:19:55.003-04:00

Man, that "non-review" of the Xevious movie I did was kind of depressing since it's impossible to ever see it.  I need something to cheer me up... Ah, that's better.  I miss you, Konami swiggle logo. Thankfully, if you want to see an anime based on an old-school 2D shooter there is another option...  And would you believe it's actually one of the best examples of how to adapt a video game into

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-8679576101853710642011-08-30T21:33:00.000-04:002011-08-30T21:33:42.944-04:00

When it comes to old-school 2D shooters, Namco's Xevious is definitely one of the most well-known.  Debuting in arcades back in 1982 Xevious became a bit of a cult-classic around the world, but in Japan the game is loved by many.  Game creators and even musicians in Japan have been inspired by the game, and it has had multiple sequels and spin-offs created since then.  Personally, I do enjoy

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-42731697972000325052011-08-29T16:23:00.001-04:002011-08-29T21:19:16.089-04:00

The anime studio BONES is barely 13 years old yet has become a very prominent force in anime today.  From Angelic Layer to Fullmetal Alchemist (both TV series) to Darker Than Black to Eureka Seven and many other titles, a new BONES work is usually anticipated fairly highly....  But this is the Land of Obscusion, so let's instead look at BONES' very first solo work!  Though the studio debuted in

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-27855431039844727032011-08-21T22:16:00.000-04:002011-08-21T22:16:52.002-04:00

Manga legend Go Nagai's studio, Dynamic Productions, is just about as well-known as the man himself.  But one must remember that Go Nagai is only half of what made Dynamic Pro the name it is.  We must never forget about the late Ken Ishikawa, who met Nagai back in the 70s and had been just as important as Nagai up until his unfortunate death back in November of 2006.  Still, there are similarites

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-85721840612945357842011-08-15T12:07:00.000-04:002011-08-15T12:07:54.335-04:00

It's natural for any big-name title to get spin-offs.  Saint Seiya had it's movies and live-action musicals, Dragon Ball has a ton of movies, OVAs, and even spin-off mangas, and even Ring ni Kakero got a reality show where potential boxers can enter to make it big, just to name a few.  Hokuto no Ken/Fist of the North Star is certainly no exception, as it's had a bunch of spin-off mangas (all of

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-10607401823912533962011-08-02T22:43:00.002-04:002011-08-03T14:09:38.722-04:00

Readers of this blog might remember me mentioning the name Illumitoon Entertainment a few times already, but something interesting happened to me today in relation to this company.  After listening to some music from B't X Neo, which I will review one day, I was reminded that the license was still owned by Illumitoon, who at the beginning of this year changed the copyright listing on their

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-36700354753097747522011-07-21T22:10:00.000-04:002011-07-21T22:10:37.000-04:00

Remember the 1996 American film Jack, starring Robin Williams?  For those who don't, here's the basic premise: Williams played Jack, a boy who ages four times as fast as everyone else, so that when he joins public school for fifth grade at age 10 he looks like a 40-year-old man.  It was an okay movie, but the premise was certainly interesting.  Well, in 1998 mangaka Yugo Ishikawa created his

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-61572883627452644052011-07-13T23:04:00.000-04:002011-07-13T23:04:32.212-04:00

Anime Expo is over with and Otakon will be coming in a couple of days; for those interested, I will be at Otakon by the way.  Anyway, the con season doesn't mean that anime licensing companies can't still go around and announce new licenses, especially if they don't go to cons normally. First, this past Monday Maiden Japan, a label of Section23's (of which Sentai Filmworks is a label of as well)

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-29330224325610310302011-07-07T15:34:00.000-04:002011-07-07T15:34:16.103-04:00

The original Kinnikuman manga ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1979-1987.  Created but the manga duo of Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada, who go under the pen-name of Yudetamago ("Boiled Egg" in Japanese), Kinnikuman started off as a parody of tokusatsu heroes like Ultraman but quickly changed into a splastick, superhuman-wrestling action story.  It became a gigantic hit in the history of

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-13799743222495219892011-07-04T21:04:00.000-04:002011-07-04T21:04:06.642-04:00

Hunter X Hunter (don't pronounce the "X" in the middle) is probably the longest-running-but-not-really-running manga in history.  Debuting in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine back in March of 1998 this was the third title from Yoshihiro Togashi, who debuted back in December 1990 with Yu Yu Hakusho and spent a couple of years between these two titles with Level E (which had an anime adaptation just

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-21977260535871430852011-06-27T15:42:00.000-04:002011-06-27T15:42:42.023-04:00

Time to get back to talking about older animes that deserve license rescues.  Part 1 was, inadverdently, filled with titles that had been featured on ANN's "Buried Treasure" series of articles, including one "Buried Garbage", but Part 2 is devoid of those kinds of titles...  But they still deserve license rescues all the same, because they are definitely quality titles. I've talked about the

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-86048951614445100702011-06-24T19:24:00.001-04:002011-06-24T19:49:47.166-04:00

Back in January I did a piece called "Twelve Older Animes That Deserve License Rescues", where I listed off more than twelve older animes that I felt deserved getting licensed and released in North America again (12 =/= 12...  Thanks, College Education!); these titles were chosen based off of a number of factors, such as present availability and affordability (i.e. is it OOP/Out-of-Print and/or

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-51381033857223682072011-06-20T23:19:00.000-04:002011-06-20T23:19:45.229-04:00

Seeing as how Ring ni Kakero 1: Sekai Taikai-hen has ended and I've reviewed it, it seems like an appropriate time to cover one more Ring ni Kakero-related item.  Animes and mangas getting video game adaptations aren't anything new, as they've been done since the NES/Famicom & Sega Master System days (and if you include American comics then you can go back to the Atari 2600).  And nowadays games

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-66324162068991066252011-06-14T22:06:00.003-04:002011-09-28T19:34:57.949-04:00

This past December I launched this blog and was forced, on my own behalf admittedly, to start reviewing the animes based on Masami Kurumada's mangas that had been made at that point.  Though I didn't exactly cover everything that was made (i.e. the other two Fuuma no Kojrou OVAs and B't X Neo), it all ended up with my holiday 2010 gift to everyone: My review of Ring ni Kakero 1: Shadow, which was

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Well, much like when I reviewed Super Robot Wars Compact 3, I'm going to talk about something that isn't an anime or manga...  But at least it's related to a manga, so it still counts.  In East Asia it's not surprising to see live-action adaptations of anime & manga; I say "East Asia" because not only is Japan known for doing this, but also Korea and Taiwan (though, oddly enough, they always love

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Seeing as this month's reviews have been all Saint Seiya movies, I decided to end this month off by keeping with the same mythology and reviewing another movie...  I hereby posthumously declare this "Greek Movie Month"!  Anyway, one of my favorite YouTube video posters is Johnny Millenium, a.k.a. the Happy Console Gamer.  Though he is all about video gaming he's also a big anime fan and in his,

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Well, we've come to the end of the Saint Seiya movies.  And for a blog that focuses on obscure and forgotten anime & manga, this movie hits pretty close to being too well-known for me to actually want to talk about.  But since I reviewed the quadrilogy of Saint Seiya movies from the late-80s, I might as well review this movie as well, especially since it has become downright ignored ever since

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In my review of the third Saint Seiya movie, Legend of the Crimson Youth, I said that it felt almost like Toei had this movie planned as the last theatrical entry the series would get.  It certainly had the length, scope, and feel of a final movie, afterall.  But Toei was able to get one last movie out before the TV series ended in 1989, and here we are: Saint Seiya: Saishu Seisen no Senshitachi

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Like I said in the previous review, in 1988 there were two theatrically-released Saint Seiya movies, and while The Heated Battle of the Gods was an enjoyable movie, there was still some things holding it back.  Thankfully, the third Saint Seiya movie, subtitled Shinku no Shounen Desetsu (which translates as Legend of the Crimson Youth), completely makes up for the previous movie's flaws and is

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The second Saint Seiya movie, subtitled Kamigami no Atsuki Tatakai (which translates as "The Heated Battle of the Gods"), is an interesting creation.  It has the feeling that it's epic, it has a cool story behind it, and it's the first time Shigeyasu Yamauchi was in complete charge of a Saint Seiya anime production (he had done episode direction on some episodes of the TV series previously). 

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Back at the start of my Fuma no Kojiro: Yasha-hen review I mentioned that I more than likely wouldn't cover Saint Seiya in this blog, mainly because it is well-known around the world.  Well, that mainly is because the 114-episode TV series is truly well-known, and the Hades OVAs (Sanctuary, Inferno, and Elysion) are pretty recent and got a lot of talk when each of them were coming out (though it

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Rumiko Takahashi is one of the largest names in the manga industry.  In Japan she has had hit manga after hit manga after hit manga with Weekly Shonen Sunday by creating Urusei Yatsura, Ranma 1/2, and InuYasha, the latter two being international hits.  Not only that, but she also knows how to do great seinen manga, as indicated by the well-loved title Maison Ikkoku.  But there is another manga

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The term "legend" can sometimes just be tossed around at random, but Osamu Dezaki is one of those people who full-heartedly deserved the title.  He was a part of the Japanese animation industry since the generally agreed upon beginning, which was the original Astro Boy in 1963 (Dezaki did some episode direction for it), and was still working on new titles to this day.  It's with such sadness that

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If you are a real anime fan, then you're probably at least familiar with the name GAINAX...  I mean, you've heard of Neon Genesis Evangelion, right?  Or maybe Gurren Lagann?  Or even Gunbuster?  Yeah, GAINAX made every single one of those titles, plus a good few others that aren't mech-related.  They are, by far, one of the most identifiable studios in anime, which makes it interesting that I'd

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Well, Volume 3 sure was nothing but fighting, much like what the focus will be when the anime starts adapting.  We're now at Volume 4, and this will be a short overview, as the anime starts adapting pretty early into this volume so I'll only be covering the chapters that feature pre-anime story.  Afterwards I'll give my final thoughts on what should be taken from these early chapters and how

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Well, Volume 2 was pretty heavy in story and characters in the middle, not to mention some of the chapters were kind of long, but now that all of the recurring characters have been introduced Volume 3 should be pretty easy to get through.  Also, as we could tell from Volume 2, Kurumada was fine with using stereotypes for Japanese people as well, especially when it came to delinquents.  Now let's

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-50160671334690418952011-03-19T13:34:00.002-04:002011-03-21T14:22:47.695-04:00

So after giving an overview of Volume 1 we can already see that Ring ni Kakero 1's beginning is very different from where the anime starts adapting.  It's definitely more character, story, and drama-driven than what the title would turn into.  Trust me, there's a lot of talking and boxing explanation in these early chapters; stuff that I can't fully translate nor would I do so if I could.  Again,

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-10840593892872396982011-03-18T23:19:00.000-04:002011-03-18T23:19:35.234-04:00

Those who read my review of the Ring ni Kakero 1 animes, specifically the first season, might remember that I had mentioned that the anime doesn't start from the beginning.  In fact, the anime skips over the first 24 chapters of the manga and starts adapating half-way into chapter 25.  Now in the review I mentioned that this early part of the story isn't fully important in the overall scheme of

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-26739028417397737402011-03-10T13:59:00.000-05:002011-03-10T13:59:13.910-05:00

In the mid-90s fighting games went through a big change with the advent of the third dimension.  Virtua Fighter, Tekken, and Battle Arena Toshinden all revolutionized the genre in some way, but there was another game from that time that also was very different from the others: Psychic Force.  Created by Taito in 1996 for arcades and then ported to the Playstation the same year, Psychic Force had

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-23944185818904236982011-02-25T15:05:00.000-05:002011-02-25T15:05:26.444-05:00

If you just looked at the title of this anime you would never guess that this was a sports anime.  In fact, you'd probably think it was a comedy involving a monkey of some sort.  But in reality Monkey Turn is an excellent sports anime that actually is "half-way there" when it comes to licensing. The original Monkey Turn manga by Katsutoshi Kawai debuted in Weekly Shonen Sunday back in early

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-81183243937262345112011-02-16T16:27:00.000-05:002011-02-16T16:27:08.285-05:00

Prefectural Earth Defense Force is certainly an interesting little OVA.  Based on a four-volume manga by Koichiro Yasunaga that ran in Weekly Shonen Sunday back in the 80s, this 1986 OVA is simply a parody of 80s anime and it does so really well.  ADV released this OVA on DVD back in 2006 sub-only and is actually slightly infamous because of that release, but we'll get to that later.  For now,

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-75651750574669651772011-02-10T14:05:00.000-05:002011-02-10T14:05:08.713-05:00

Yeah, this isn't exactly an anime I'm reviewing, but considering how the Super Robot Taisen/Wars series of videogames pretty much lives off of anime, Original Generation series games aside, I'll let it slide.  Anyway, for those who aren't familiar with the series, the very first Super Robot Wars was released on the good-old original Game Boy back in April of 1991, and the major idea of the series

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-75675957341346719062011-02-04T13:50:00.000-05:002011-02-04T13:50:59.373-05:00

Much like Akagi, Kaiji must have done well enough for Madhouse, so later in 2008 Madhouse gave us a third gambling anime, but this time Nobuyuki Fukumoto is completely absent.  In his place is Shinobu Kaitani, who is now known for his Young Jump manga Liar Game.  One Outs ran in Business Jump from 1996 to 2006, totaling 19 volumes, and the anime adaptation covers the first half of the manga. 

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Madhouse's anime adaptation of Nobuyuki Fukumoto's mahjong manga Tohai Densetsu Akagi was not only an supremely excellent show but it seemed to have done well too, at least in terms of TV ratings.  The DVD release of the anime did three singles before going straight to two 13-episode boxsets, so maybe the DVD release was a little substandard.  But either way, Madhouse was pleased enough to make

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-85729390579962410202011-01-27T17:55:00.001-05:002011-01-28T13:50:27.475-05:00

Mahjong is a popular game in Asian countries, so naturally there are going to be manga based around it, or at least have a part of the story be about it.  It's also very well known that mahjong is a big gambling game, with movies such as Rush Hour 2 showing how illegal mahjong gambling parlors can very popular.  In Japan there's a magazine published by Takeshobo called Kindai Mahjong, and every

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-12464008881081829042011-01-26T21:53:00.000-05:002011-01-26T21:53:18.944-05:00

From October 2of 007 to April of 2008 NTV aired Kaiji, a gambling anime based on the Nobuyuki Fukumoto manga of the same name.  It told the story of Kaiji Itou, a bum-of-sorts who ends up getting continually caught up in insane gambling games, all of which have a relation to a psychotic old man.  And these aren't for small change, either; Kaiji starts off with a debt of 3.85 million yen and it

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-61543276678371430062011-01-25T18:19:00.000-05:002011-01-25T18:19:13.871-05:00

Neon Genesis Evangelion was not like anything that came before it, especially when it came to the mech genre of anime.  So obviously when something like it became big other anime studios and creators were going to imitate it, but interestingly enough there weren't too many mech animes that went for a similar feel, at least to my knowledge.  Now most people will quickly point out titles like

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-75082730678624957632011-01-19T14:23:00.000-05:002011-01-19T14:23:54.402-05:00

Well, here we are.  This is the third and last part of my look at the titles in Enoki Films USA's catalog that should really be given a look at.  We end off this look with the Sci-fi & Manga category, which I think is actually the smallest category within Enoki's catalog.  So let's not waste time and let's go straight in: 8 Man After (4 episodes) 8 Man is an older property, having debuted on TV

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The first time we took a look at Enoki Films' catalog we took a look at the titles within the company's "Action Adventure" section.  In this part we'll be taking a look at the company's "Anime Action" section.  Before we take a look at titles within this section that are potentially worth looking at, let's go over that infamous deal between Enoki Films USA and Media Blasters that I alluded to a

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Enoki Films USA, Inc. is an interesting beast in the North American anime industry.  Generally an anime licensor (take your pick: FUNimation, Sentai Filmworks, Anime Midstream, etc.) licenses anime from the company that owns it over in Japan with the intent of making it available here in North America, via DVD, TV airing, online streaming, and the like.  Enoki, though, licenses anime with the

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-14190208084350343972011-01-10T19:46:00.000-05:002011-01-10T19:46:50.460-05:00

Time for Part 2 of this list of twelve older animes that I personally feel deserve license rescues.  Remember that this is my own personal list and I can only go off of titles that I have either watched myself or at least have some info on.  To be fair, though, I will make a list of "honorable mentions" at the end that involve animes that I've seen mentioned before as titles that would be great

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-74553355866100662022011-01-08T12:02:00.000-05:002011-01-08T12:02:06.332-05:00

The term "license rescue" seemed to first appear a few years back when a number of companies were licensing animes that had previously been given a release in North America.  Since then any time a previously-licensed anime is given new life by a different company the term is used and overall it seems to have become part of the vernacular of the industry here.  The company whose line-up has seen

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Well, like I said when I took a look back at Masami Kurumada's time in the North American manga industry ending, while I don't think that any of Kurumada's mangas, or even titles related to Kurumada's mangas, coming over I still hold out hope for the anime adaptations.  And now Crunchyroll has proved me right, as they will be streaming the first 13-episode season of Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas

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Well, I hope every enjoyed their holiday and New Year's as I enjoyed mine.  So it's now time to return to reviewing obscure anime, and what better way to return than with something that isn't Gundam? Metal Armor Dragonar, Kikou Senki Dragonar in Japanese, was an attempt by Sunrise in 1987-1988 at ending Gundam and creating something new in its place.  Gundam ZZ was, and still is, an entry in

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-28120823088167707272010-12-24T11:26:00.001-05:002011-05-15T18:55:39.559-04:00

Now I wasn't quite sure of what review to do today, especially since I didn't really have anything Christmas-y on my list of shows to review.  Luckily, my CDJapan order of Ring ni Kakero 1: Shadow Volume 3 arrived much faster than I had planned on it arriving, so I decided to rewatch those first two DVDs I bought back in the late-summer/early-fall as well as watch this last DVD.  And with that

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When it comes to anime adaptations of Masami Kurumada mangas there are usually at least one of these links: Either Toei animated it or Shingo Araki & Michi Himeno did the character designs.  Saint Seiya and Ring ni Kakero 1 have both links and Fuuma no Kojiro at least has Araki & Himeno as the link.  B't X (pronounced "Beat X"), on the other hand, is the outlier to this, as it has no real links

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Now that we've taken a look at the first two seasons of Ring ni Kakero 1, let's go back to early 2004, before the first season aired.  Again, to celebrate Masami Kurumada's 30th Anniversary as a mangaka Toei decided to return to their anime adaptation of Kurumada's international hit, Saint Seiya.  Not only was Toei going  to adapt the Hades Chapter of the manga, which they started doing early

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OK, what with the reveal of Season 4 of Ring ni Kakero 1 happening just today I still can't forget that I was in the middle of reviewing the other seasons that had been made already.  So with that let's get into Season 2... I had not mentioned it in Season 1's review, but "Ring ni Kakero" translates roughly as "Put it All in the Ring", which is completely fitting for this story, as every main

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Oh hell yeah!  Season 4 of Ring ni Kakero 1!  I was hoping that this would be announced this weekened, and it was.  As for the "Masami Kurumada Project", this might be a part of it, but Kurumada himself put on his blog a picture of a Pegasus Saint from the back.  More than likely it's Seiya, indicating something related to the original series' canon.  But for now let's talk about Ring ni Kakero

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The quotes are in the title for one simple reason: I didn't create that tagline.  All the credit for that line goes to Andrew Cunningham, a translator who has worked on titles like Parasyte, the Boogiepop Phantom novels, and the Kino's Journey novel.  He runs the Eastern Standard blog with two friends, which I do recommend taking a look at.  And, yes, the line is an appropriate way to describe

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TokyoPop's release of B't X Volume 16, the last volume of the series, a couple of weeks ago give me mixed feelings; I am so gald to see it be fully released in North America, but at the same time it makes me have to accept something...  This will probably be the last time that a Masami Kurumada manga is released in the United States and Canada. Masami Kurumada started his career as a manga

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-33563900249921560392010-12-12T14:20:00.000-05:002010-12-12T14:20:23.104-05:00

With the reveal of a "Masami Kurumada Project" from Toei Animation looming over at Jump Festa 2011 this upcoming weekend I've decided to start taking a look at some of the anime adaptations of Masami Kurumada's mangas earlier than I had planned on doing.  Let me say this right away, though: I most likely will not cover Saint Seiya.  Seiya is Kurumada's most well-known creation, and even in North

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-31125103229873048882010-12-09T23:10:00.001-05:002010-12-10T12:38:52.849-05:00

What's Ring ni Kakero 1, you say?  Well, I'll get to reviewing the anime soon (and going off of this news much sooner than I had originally planned), but it's the anime adaptation of Saint seiya creator Masami Kurumada's first hit manga.  Professional manga translator Andrew Cunningham lovingly calls it "The Giant Robo of Boxing Anime", and I can't argue with that description. Anyway, when you

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Today I'm going to talk about Ehrgeiz...  No, not that Ehrgeiz!  I really can't talk too much about this show using the name AnimeVillage.com/Bandai Entertainment used.  Yes, it is part of the full title, but when said alone most people are going to think about Square's collaboration with Namco that led to the title infamously known as "that fighting game that has Final Fantasy VII characters in

Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14379026403924292231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594147714916252726.post-4116077304524762342010-12-07T14:59:00.001-05:002010-12-07T15:11:15.944-05:00

Tetsuwan Atom, a.k.a. Astro Boy, is generally considered the first "modern-day" anime.  Before Astro Boy anime wasn't really made for television and there really wasn't anything done in a similar style before it.  It's easy to argue that if Astro Boy wasn't made we might not have gotten titles like Tetsujin 28, Dororo, the original Cyborg 009 anime, and, if you want to push it somewhat, any

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If the picture looks squished in the sides, that's just how the screenshot came out.  The video on the recoreded DVD itself looked fine. You know, a little part of me is still amazed that Dangaioh still isn’t regularly available in the North American anime market.  This title is not only a part of the history of the North American anime industry, but it’s arguably one of the biggest parts of

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Back in April of 2008 Tai Seng, who mainly licenses and releases Chinese live-action movies, released their first 100% Japanese anime in the form of Champion Joe, which was the first compilation movie for the legendary boxing tite Ashita no Joe/Tomorrow's Joe.  While Tai Seng did release Legend of Condor Hero in the past, it was a China/Japan co-production and their release only had Chinese and

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After having some bad hiccups in terms of releases being delayed, some indefinitely at the time, due to their warehouse moving to The Right Stuf International and a new distribution deal with Allegro Media Group Media Blasters is certainly coming back with some renewed vigor.  Not only are their delayed shows being worked on, and that includes Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei, but they are slowly getting

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Welcome to my first blog post!  This is the Land of Obscusion: The Home of Obscure Anime.  While I do enjoy the more well-known titles that I have seen, one of my favorite things is to watch the animes that probably slipped under the radar of most people, and the same goes for manga.  When a title becomes obscure but still worth checking out it could potentially end up here: A land where they can

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