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The Sound of Waves
Seishun Anime Zenshuu (translated as Animated Classics of Japanese Literature for its English release) is a 1986 anthology series that retold well-known stories from modern Japanese literature. It's…
Urusei Yatsura, AWOL - Absent WithOut Leave, My Hero Academia, GeGeGe no Kitaro, Nora
Hi no Ame ga Furu (It Rained Fire)
Orphan has already released an anime movie about the firebombing of Japanese cities, 2005's Ashita Genki ni Naare! Although that film began with the firebombing of Tokyo, it was…
Cleopatra: Queen of Sex, Hello WeGo!, Next War Chronicle Ehrgeiz, Nodame Cantabile, Bunny Drop
The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Ep 147: ReView: Bride of Deimos OVA
Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode!Treat yourself or a loved one this Halloween! TokyoTreat…
Tokyo Babylon, Unico, Unico in the Island of Magic, Wicked City, BABYLON
Reader's Digest Condensed Anime - Cello Hiki no Gauche (1998)
Some Japanese stories are so beloved that the have been made into an anime many times. One of them is Miyazawa Kenji' s Cello Hiki no Gauche...
Toraemon
In 1985, the victory of the Hanshin Tigers in the Japan Championship, the equivalent of the US World Series, occasioned a one-shot OVA, Tor...
The Golden Bird, High Speed Jessie, Nightsong of Splendor, Yuukan Club, Queen Millennia
Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai: Tsuyoshi no Time Machine de Shikkari Shinasai
My Discord colleagues in the Inka kairetsu have a dismissive term for the vast bulk of anime that is neither outstanding nor outstandingly ...
Sailor Moon, Akai Hayate, Gakkou no Yuurei, GeGeGe no Kitaro, Graduation
2024 in Review
A year of retreads and repeats, none of them good: War in Ukraine. War in the Middle East. Famine in Sudan. Famine in Gaza. Covid and…
Blue Flames, Chalk-iro no People, Gakkou no Yuurei, The Apothecary Diaries, Dance Till Tomorrow
Gakkou no Yuurei (School Ghosts), Volume 1
Gakkou no Yuurei ( School Ghosts ) is an anthology of ghost stories, mostly set at schools. Seven volumes were released between 1995 and 19...
Dirty Pair, Gakkou no Yuurei, Macross, Milky Passion: Dougenzaka - Ai no Shiro, Orphen
Portrait of the Psychopath as a Young Man (Aoki Honoo v2)
Aoki Honoo is a one-shot OVA from 1989, based on a six-volume manga by Yanagasawa Kimio, a prolific mangaka who is almost unknown in the…
Princess Army
Princess Army: Wedding Combat (to give it its full title) is a two-part OVA from 1992. It's a teaser for a 12 volume manga by Kitagawa Miyu...
Dallos, Joshiraku, Oh! My Goddess, Akai Hayate, Doukyuusei -Classmates-
Bride of Deimos
Deimos no Hanayome: Ran no Kumikyoku ( Bride of Deimos: The Orchid Suite ) is a 1988 one-shot OVA. It's based on an incomplete 17-volume ma...
Vampire Hunter D, The Golden Bird, Junk Boy, Nightsong of Splendor, Katte ni Shirokuma
Bride of Deimos | KYOTO VIDEO
A popular shōjo horror manga finally gets an anime with a surprisingly storied director at the wheel. But can 1988's Bride of Deimos conquer a paltry budget and…
Sugata Sanshiro
When Orphan released Botchan , I mentioned that YES raws had an equally good rip of the 1981 TV special, Sugata Sanshirou , just waiting to ...
GeGeGe no Kitaro, Gude Crest: The Emblem of Gude, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Ushio and Tora, Future Boy Conan
Tobira o Akete
Tobira o Akete is a sword-and-sorcery fest from 1986. It's based on a 1984 short story by the Japanese fantasy and science fiction writer M...
Kasei Yakyoku v2
When Orphan released Kasei Yakyoku in late 2018, we had to use a VHS tape for the first two episodes. At the time, I said we'd redo…
Junod, Nightsong of Splendor, Marine Express, Peter Pan & Wendy, Rose of Versailles