Surely I can dig deeper for more anime ephemera. I have the technology. Specifically, I have... YouTube. KennyLauderdale uploaded some old anime trailers off of VHS tapes, and helpfully divided them up into compilations. The first of these videos features several trailers from ADV Films/AD Vision, one of the hipper anime publishers around in the … Continue reading Anime Trailer Park #5: ADV Films/AD Vision
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Anime Trailer Park #4: Anime Works (Part Two)
Fantasy Trailers Genma Wars: Glorified music video for a really shitty anime. It has some really gross usage of rape (even by one of the protagonists) and horrible animation. For example, the hero's wolf companion just flaps his jaw over and over to “speak”. The attempt to replicate Shotaro Ishinomori's art style just makes the … Continue reading Anime Trailer Park #4: Anime Works (Part Two)
Anime Trailer Park #4: Anime Works (Part One)
This preview disc from 2003 divides the trailers up by genre, and each title gets a blurb of a description. It's time to figure out if Anime Works... does. (grimaces) Content Warning: This post will mention and/or discuss the disturbing content featured in some of the titles. Action Apocalypse Zero: A narrated trailer for an … Continue reading Anime Trailer Park #4: Anime Works (Part One)
Anime Trailer Park #3: US Manga Corps Anime Zone 1.1
This disc was bundled with Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie. It features trailers from U.S. Manga Corps, Software Sculptors, and Central Park Media. U.S. Manga Corps Agent Aika: Naked Missions: Glorified music video that nonetheless gets the series' ethos across: fan service, and lots of it. Some people absolutely hate the series for its lack … Continue reading Anime Trailer Park #3: US Manga Corps Anime Zone 1.1
Anime Trailer Park #2: Bandai Visual
Bandai 2002 Anime Guide Now for a more prominent publisher – that still couldn't survive the bursting of the mid-2000s anime bubble. This disc has (gasp) descriptions for all of the titles featured?! Nonetheless, I will still only consider the contents of the trailers themselves. .hack//SIGN: It's a good thing that we get these descriptions … Continue reading Anime Trailer Park #2: Bandai Visual
Anime Trailer Park #1: Urban Vision
This series reviews old anime trailers and judges them based on how well they portray their subject matter, with occasional assessments of the animes' quality from the trailers. With this in mind, there are a few different types of trailers: Glorified Music Video (GMV). A trailer that tries to generate hype by showing off some … Continue reading Anime Trailer Park #1: Urban Vision
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