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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 26: Blood-C

Hey look, it’s time for vampires again. Or is it? Over the years there have been a few different entries in the Blood franchise, which began in 2000 with Blood: The…

Season 1 Episode 1 Anime Reviews

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Blood: The Last Vampire | KYOTO VIDEO

20 years ago, Blood: The Last Vampire looked to be one of the most revolutionary works of animated horror around. Today, it's a mere footnote. What happened to…

KaiserBeamz

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Visual Kei&Anime – GLAY Part II

Welcome back to Visual Kei&Anime! We’re back in business with the follow up from last month’s feature, GLAY. Before you dive in this part, please check out the…

Phoenix Talks Pop Culture Japan

Blood-C

By Andrew Osmond. Blood-C is a part – undoubtedly the most controversial part – of the Blood franchise, about a girl named Saya who fights monsters with a…

All the Anime

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4 Spooky Anime to prepare you for the Halloween season

In this post, I recommend 4 vaguely horror themed anime that I think are perfect to watch during the Halloween season.

Gusty's Corner

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MAMORU OSHII book review [fiction] Part 08, NIGHT OF THE BEASTS

----- There're some Mamoru Oshii book lists on the Internet, but they don't have detailed explanations about the contents. My Mamoru Oshii book collection is far from complete,…

Manga/Anime Memorandum

Kai Doh Maru (Kaidōmaru)

Kai Doh Maru (Kaidōmaru) 2001 I got the sense that Kai Doh Maru (and its focus on incorporating CGI into the storytelling) was somewhat connected to the same…

The Review Heap

Blood: The Last Vampire

Blood: The Last Vampire (2001) Vampire fiction often brings an erotic sub-text along with the horror but Blood: The Last Vampire focuses on the dread. Not only because…

The Review Heap

Blood-C Review

“It’s a frantic, distressing ride to the finish line, but the foundation isn’t quite there to make it an epic one”

SpaceWhales Anime Blog

Hikawa Ryusuke’s Akira Article(jp)

Hikawa Ryusuke is probably the most famous Japanese anime critic. He wrote an extensive article on the anime industry before and after Akira, articulating what lead to Akira…

Alex

INTERVIEW: YUTAKA NAKAMURA (WEB ANIME STYLE, 7/19/2003) PART 3

The following interview was originally posted on WEB Anime Style on  July 19th, 2003. The interview has been translated by Twitter user @kiirobon © 2018 Wave Motion Cannon The final portion of…

Wave Motion Cannon

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Blood-C 04 – The Cake is a Lie!

I’m not even going to waste my time criticizing Blood-C and I can’t compare it to Blood+ because I never watched it. I did see the original Blood:…

Hachimitsu

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OtakuGeneration (Show #233) AnimeUSA and Philcon

  NOTE: This was also cross posted in the LJ community. Shownotes :: (show 233) :: () :: () :: () :: () With AnimeUSA / Philcon 2009, recorded live…

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