Toonami 2005 D.I.C.E.: WTF is this? Zatch Bell!: This show seems to get nothing but flack nowadays, but I liked the motivations of some of the characters. They went deeper than, “I wanna fight a lot of people!” or, “I wanna eat a lot!” or “I wanna perv on a lot of women but not … Continue reading Toonami Retrospective Part Four: Childhood’s End
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Toonami Retrospective Part Three: Growing Pains
Toonami 2003 .hack//SIGN: I remember this series being pretty downbeat. The ending was ambiguous, and not happy. Martian Successor Nadesico: Wait, WHAT?! I don't remember this series airing on the block AT ALL. What I'm thinking is that Cartoon Network just aired one or a few episodes for their “Giant Robot Week” on Toonami. Gigantor: … Continue reading Toonami Retrospective Part Three: Growing Pains
Anime Trailer Park #5: ADV Films/AD Vision
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
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
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