1990’s Flight 005 Conspiracy was directed by Toshifumi Takizawa who also directed the Crusher Joe’s OVA’s and Blue Remains. Character design was done by Tsukasa Dokite, who also worked on the Dirty Pair anime and oh boy, I haven’t heard… Read More ›
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Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 Review: Me and My Robot, Together Forever
Mech suits have been around in anime since 1979 with the introduction of Mobile Suit Gundam. There have been many iterations and different styles over the years. I have a personal history with Mecha; some of the earliest anime that… Read More ›
Megazone 23 Special – Part 3: It’s A Thing……..About Robots?
1989’s Megazone 23 Part 3 is directed by Shinji Aramaki and Kenichi Yatagai. Aramaki has worked on other such titles as Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 and the upcoming Space Pirate Captain Harlock film in 2013. Yatagai’s other works include Super… Read More ›
Vampire Princess Miyu Review: Miyu Was Here, Ai Enma’s a Loser
Vampires are certainly no strangers to anime, regardless of what genre or time period they find themselves. From Osamu Tezuka’s Don Dracula to Hideyuki Kikuchi’s Vampire Hunter D all the way up to Kouta Hirano’s Hellsing, you’d be pretty hard-pressed… Read More ›
Le Portrait De Petite Cossette Review: Like Dorian Grey But With A Ghost And Surrealism
Anime has an interesting mixed history with the horror genre. Usually action based series that just happens to involve horror tropes like vampires in the case of Hellsing or werewolves in the case of Princess Resurrection, fit under this umbrella… 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 ›
Area 88 Review: Before There Was Sky Crawlers
In 2008, famed anime director Mamoru Oshii premiered his film, The Sky Crawlers, to the world. One of the main draws of The Sky Crawlers was its focus around characters whose job was to fly planes and engage in dogfights… Read More ›
Cyber City Oedo 808 Review: Dog The Bounty Hunter, Eat Your Heart Out
Who here has watched The Animatrix? Ok, looks like a lot of you are nodding yes. In The Animatrix, there was a segment called Program that was written and directed by a man named Yoshiaki Kawajiri (he also wrote my favorite segment “World Record”)…. Read More ›
A.D. Police Files OVA Part 2 Review: “Another Story of Bubblegum Crisis”
The three-part, 1990 OVA* A.D. Police Files, takes to task the material from the A.D. Police manga, while at the same time telling new stories in the cyberpunk vain. Leon and Jeena return to protect NeoTokyo from Boomers, with new missions in… Read More ›
A.D. Police Part 1 Manga Review: Cyberpunk is back, and they brought cyborg puns
I’ve got some Valkilly (or “Ghost in The Shell” soundtrack, if you prefer) playing in my ears, an image of that one Aerosmith album with the robot on the cover in my head (you know the one I am talking… Read More ›
Children of The Blazing Fist 