Well if this did not interest me greatly; the 2005’s Art of the Devil 2 being directed by seven different people would. I will list them accordingly as members of the self-entitled “Ronin Team”: Pasith Buranajan, Kongkiat Khomsiri, Isara Nadee,… Read More ›
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October Horror Special: Eternal Evil of Asia
1995’s Eternal Evil of Asia is directed by Man Kei Chin. Considering practically everything he has directed that has never been released over here (Eternal Evil’s practically unknown presence only helps this notion), I can say with conviction that my… Read More ›
October Horror Special: A Tale of Two Sisters
2003’s A Tale of Two Sisters, is directed by Kim Ji-woon, who with fellow director Park Chan-wook, encapsulate most of the South Korean film and brings it to American attention. Starting with the big boom of Two Sisters, moderate attention… Read More ›
Franklin Raines’ Month Long Tour of East Asian Horror: Because I Felt Like It
Seeing that it is October and all, I believe that you good girls and boys out there in Internet Land deserve a little extra from me this month. I will be posting more Horror reviews (do I really need an… Read More ›
Feature2-Five Numbers! Special: Hope You Like Orange Prison Uniforms
Five Numbers! was directed by Hiroaki Ando, who, as you will notice when watching Five Numbers! for the first time, is successful in working in CG animation. From his own segments in the anthology Digital Juice, to CG credits in… Read More ›
Feature2-Coicent Special: A Mad Scientist’s Life Is Never Easy, Not Even In The Future
It is a rare occurrence for short animations to be released on this side of the Pacific. While this is not a tragedy I have personally suffered over; I can see why it is not a readily viable business proposition…. Read More ›
Broken Blade Special: Stop Calling It The “Broken Blade”, For It Works Pretty Damn Well
If you have been watching Anime long enough, you will come to a point where you can clearly say with conviction your opinion on marathoning a series. Marathoners believe that if you watch something all at once, you keep everything… Read More ›
Megazone 23 Special – Part 2: How To Repopulate The Earth With Your Ragtag Band Of Misfits
Megazone23 part 2 was directed by Ichiro Itano (Blassreiter, Gantz, Spirit Warrior) and its character designer was Yasuomi Umetsu (Yumemakura Baku Twilight Gekijō, Mezzo Forte, Kite). Part 2 of Megazone23 starts a few months after the events of part 1. Shogo was defeated in his attempt… Read More ›
Crossed Special: Comparing The Then And Now Of Comic’s Favorite Human Atrocity Part 2
Crossed: Psychopath is all together a different beast than the original. Written by David Lapham and drawn by Raulo Caceres, familiar names in the Avatar Press catalog. The story starts several years after the happening world is infested with crossed Marauding bands… Read More ›
Crossed Special: Comparing The Then And Now Of Comic’s Favorite Human Atrocity Part 1
Story time is upon us here tonight at CTBF and the story in question is one that started it all and the genre that constitutes one-fourth of this site. Yeah, I feel like introducing you (sea of darting eyes) to… Read More ›
Megazone 23 Special – Part 1: So You Just Combined Streets of Fire With Science Fiction?
Megazone Part 1 was directed and part created by Noboru Ishiguro. He seems to have shared the director’s chair with recognizable names like Leiji Matsumoto on Space Battleship Yamato and Shoji Kawamori on the Macross movie The Super Dimension Fortress… Read More ›
What Happens When CTBF Takes On The Megazone 23Complete Collection?
Anime as a medium goes through the same (or similar, from my viewpoint) creative processes of any other visual entertainment work. At a certain stage in a production, financial backing from producers has to come into play. In 1985, when… Read More ›
Special- First President of Japan Manga Review Essay: Writing about Faux Politics in Japanese Comics
This was an AP Government book review assignment that I wrote last month. I want to say that I got an A minus, but I am not sure. Outside of the beginning and the end of this review, and the usual… Read More ›