The recent overload of Suntory self-promotion in Bartender prompted a discussion of product placement in anime. Thank you to LiA patron Casey W., who on reading the conversation asked me to put together a top 5 (or 9) list of anime product placements. I’ll preface this by saying that, as always, this is limited to …
New retailer listings at Amazon UK and Anime-On-Line have revealed that Anime Limited, otherwise known as All The Anime, will release Standard Edition Blu-Ray release of Kaiji the Ultimate Survivor – Season 1 , Mobile Fighter G Gundam – Part 1, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny – Part 1, Rental Magica – Complete Series and …
Third Window Films have recently announced that they will release the live action film Your Lovely Smile on Blu-Ray in the UK, with the film currently set for release on 12th August 2024. This UK Blu-Ray release of Your Lovely Smile will be the first time that the film has been released in High Definition, …
After twenty episodes of increasingly claustrophobic drama, with our perspective perpetually honing closer into the psychological disarray of Shinji and his companions, Evangelion’s twenty-first episode offers an unexpected broadening of the camera’s frame. No longer must we guess and wonder at the motivations inspiring Gendo, Fuyutsuki, or Ritsuko Akagi; episode twenty-one brings us right back …
Commit, you cowards. Impressions: Another completely gag episode that is especially weird as we’re supposedly coming to the end. But since they haven’t been growing as characters, learning more about themselves and whatnot to inflict their growth upon the final destination anyway, I guess what’s the point. It’s still especially weird to have a …
Shinigami Bocchan is another of those long-running series that doesn’t generate discussion around here, which I’ve accepted at this point. A few people read the posts, and that’s fine. Of course with this one commentary has always been pretty sparse, especially after the first season. It’s a good romance that occasionally achieves greatness, but not …
