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Never Let a Good Idea Die: ARTMIC’s History of Recycled Ideas and Design
Drawing from their experience in TV anime, 3D photo stories, and other media, ARTMIC created rich OVAs that, more often than not, shared familiar thematic elements along with…
Chameleon 6 (Series End)
After more than seven years, it's done. Orphan started in on Chameleon in the spring of 2015, because it had been left unfinished - only the...
Bite me!, D4 Princess, Exper Zenon, One Piece, The Adventures of the Little Prince
Disaster Report: EL HAZARD - THE WANDERERS
There are a lot of reasons I cover shows here on Disaster Report. Some of them are famous failures. Others are shows I wouldn’t even kno...
Dragon Ball Z, Oreimo, Trouble Chocolate, Bubblegum Crisis, Cat Planet Cuties
The Only 100 Anime You Need To Watch
100 Anime Recommendations These are the only 100 anime you need to see! Some of the old.. some of the new, I’m sure there are dozens that are perfect…
Five Years On; Anime Feminist Vs Japanese Pop Culture
Well, as you can see, not a great deal of writing is getting done for this blog. To be honest, I have put the blog on hold for…
Case Closed, After the Rain, Horimiya, Kill la Kill, Ristorante Paradiso
Disaster Report: TENCHI IN TOKYO
AIC produced a lot of hits over the years, but few of them could compare to the success and impact of the 1992 OVA Tenchi Muyo! . What…
Harmony, Record of Lodoss War, Sailor Moon, The Slayers Try, Tenchi Forever
Ranking Retro Anime Watch Priority
List of anime: • Aim for the Ace • Akage no Anne • Akira • Angel’s Egg • Ashita no Joe • Barefoot Gen • Beck • Belladonna of Sadness • Berserk • Birdy the Mighty • Bubblegum Crisis •…
Berserk, Cipher, Ghost in the Shell, Master Keaton, Crusher Joe
January1991 Pt. 2 Anime Hasshin.
Anime Hasshin “The Rose” ( 4TH. ANNIVERSARY ISSUE) the Newsletter of Anime Hasshin number 25 (January 1991, 22 pages). Editor Lorraine ...
AnimEigo Talks With Anime Herald (Or “The House that MADOX Built”)
Anime Herald: Many years ago you did a track for Shogun Assassin with Samurai L. Jackson, excuse me, Samuel L. Jackson. How did that come about? Robert
What Else Did They Write? (Sadayuki Murai)
Not sure exactly how this series of posts will work, maybe it’ll evolve over time into a different structure or focus? But for now, I’m planning to just…
Boogiepop Phantom, Bubblegum Crisis, Millennium Actress, Perfect Blue, Steamboy
The Strangely Sanitary Role of Police in Cyberpunk Anime
Have you ever noticed how often cyberpunk anime focus on law enforcement? Cyberpunk is the anti-establishment genre of sci-fi, one designed to showcase
The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - ep 101: Creative Conversations with Laura Watton
Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! This month, I’m making my long ove...
Battle Angel Alita, Bubblegum Crisis, Laura, Sailor Moon, Trigun
Artist spotlight: Shin’ya Ohira
This is just my personal opinion on the matter, but I don’t think many animators ever reached the same level of genius as Yoshinori Kanada in terms of…
The Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors, Urusei Yatsura, Bubblegum Crisis, Junkers Come Here, Megazone 23
Bandai’s Brain Bank Media: B-Club
At the tail end of the gunpla boom, Bandai’s enthusiast publishing and garage kit division, B-Club, unleashed a monthly magazine and dozens of garage kits on a modeling…
Garzey’s Wing: I Must Make Sense of this Convoluted Situation
Well, it happened. I returned to talk about a series that is connected to something that I watched previously yet again! Pretty much the same thing that I…
13 Cyberpunk Anime Series That Revel in Futuristic Technology
While Cyberpunk 2077 may have floundered a bit, it has reminded people what they appreciate about the genre – or forced them to remember it. The cyberpunk genre…
Battle Angel Alita, Cowboy Bebop, Serial Experiments Lain, Bubblegum Crisis, Dimension W
Bubblegum Crash: The Return of Boomers
It’s that time again. Time to dip back into the universe of the original Bubblegum Crisis once again. I didn’t have any major lead ups to this point,…
AD Police Files: Boomers and Humanity
It’s time for yet another older OVA series. A couple years ago, I had a post looking at the original Bubblegum Crisis OVA series. A tale of a…
October 1990 Pt.7 AnimeUK Newsletter
AnimeUK Newsletter. AnimeUK Newsletter, Consisting of 16 pages, #2 October 1990. Editor: Helen McCarthy. And was available by subscrip...
The Decade in Review : The English Language Adaptation Industry and Fandom Part 1
With the Japanese side of things out of the way, I thought it might be fun to look at the English adaptation side of things. It’s taken me...
Cardcaptor Sakura, Patema Inverted, Star Blazers 2199, A Silent Voice, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
#190 : Riding Bean
Know this name of Kenichi Sonada. In terms of 1980s anime, his character designs are a staple, in particular sci-fi and action titles associated with the studio AIC.…
[Links] 7-13 August 2019: Orientalism in “Enter the Anime,” Cosplay at Otakon, and Mistreatment of Foreign Workers
AniFem Round-Up [History] Shoujo Manga’s Lost Generation Megan D spotlights the women who influenced shoujo in the 1950s and 60s, and much of whose work has been lost…
[Versus] Decade Apart, Miles Ahead: Lady action heroes in Bubblegum Crisis and Tokyo 2040
Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 aired from 1999-2000, and I have recently discovered that I love it as much today as when I was a preteen girl with a…
Megazone 23
I ALSO wrote this review years ago, and I ALSO never published it. Sorry if it seems different than my other reviews, it was written for another site,…
Bubblegum Crisis, Dominion Tank Police, Megazone 23, Venus Wars
#70 - Interview with Robert Woodhead (Founder and CEO of AnimEigo)
Last weekend at Animazement in Raleigh, NC, Bill and I had the pleasure of having Robert Woodhead on the show. Robert is the Founder and CEO of Wilmington,…
Gunsmith Cats, Otaku no Video, Riding Bean, Bubblegum Crisis
Artefacts of Geek Days Past: Anime Babes
Portrait of Lisa Munns with Anime Babes mascot Jojo the Shojo. Art by Lisa Tse, photo courtesy of Laura Watton Despite what the act...
Laura, Urusei Yatsura, Bubblegum Crisis, Cyber City Oedo 808, Golgo 13: The Professional
Dead English Language Anime Magazines: “V.Max”
Publisher: V.Max, Newtype Press, Newtype Publishing, R. Talsorian Games Format: 210mm x 280mm (Standard Magazine Size) Genre/Type: An...
Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Macross, Record of Lodoss War, Crusher Joe, OZ
History of Mecha Anime – Gasaraki – Gundam Wing Endless Waltz – Animerica October 2000
History of Mecha Anime and spotlights on Gasaraki and Gundam Wing Endless Waltz highlight this issue. Ryosuke Takahashi worked on Votoms & Gasaraki. Mecha!
Bubblegum Crisis, Getter Robo, Martian Successor Nadesico, Mazinger Z, Virtua Fighter
Evidence #32 - Bubblegum Crisis Artbook (1988)
Download File Here! (File Size: 101mb) So I'm a little late to celebrate the 6th year this sites been active, and also a little…
Evidence #24: A-ni-me: The Berkeley Journal of Japanese Animation (Vol.1, Issue.1, 1990)
Download File HERE!! (Total Size: 158 mb) Well, now that Animazement has come and gone, I do have a gem that I…
OtakuGeneration (Show #519) MY love STORY!!
Shownotes :: (show 519) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With MY love STORY!!, recorded live May 17th, 2015. This week we…
Bubblegum Crisis, Nisekoi, .hack//Roots, Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040, Ladies Versus Butlers
OtakuGeneration (Show #518) Death Parade
Shownotes :: (show 518) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Death Parade, recorded live May 10th, 2015. This week we watched…
Ninja Scroll, Nisekoi, Student Council's Discretion, Bubblegum Crisis, Death Parade
OtakuGeneration (Show #517) Avengers: Age of Ultron
Shownotes :: (show 517) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Kemonozume, recorded live May 3rd, 2015. This week we saw the…
Evidence #23: The ANIMAG Saga (Issue #11)
HAPPY BELATED 4TH ANNIVERSARY GUYS!! So, this site has existed for 4 years and... 8 days. Yea, so I'm a little…
Evidence #18: TurboForce Vol. 3 (Jan 1993)
Happy New Year guys!! Now that were in the New Year, and who knows when i'll post again, I might as well…
Manga Mania Mondays – September 1995
NEWS Upcoming Releases (titles that got a news feature in bold) Anime Projects – Oh My Goddess 4, Bubblegum Crisis 5 (dub) East2West – Kekkou Kamen 2 Manga…
Bubblegum Crisis, Dominion Tank Police, New Dominion Tank Police, Project A-ko, Angel Cop
Spiraken Movie Review Ep 72: Blade Runner (or It’s Too Bad She Won’t Live...But Then Again, Who Does?)
In this third installment of Spiraken Movie Review's Month of Megahackers, Megatechnology, and Megalomaniac Megacorporations, Anime 3000's very own Sean Russell joins Xan to review the quintessential cyberpunk…
OtakuGeneration (Show #338) At Home Dad
Shownotes :: (show 338) :: () :: () :: () :: () With At Home Dad, recorded live November 27th, 2011. This week we watched a live action dorama…
Bubblegum Crisis, Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040, Loups=Garous, One Piece
OtakuGeneration (Show #337) Persona 4
Shownotes :: (show 337) :: () :: () :: () :: () With Persona 4, recorded live November 15th, 2011. This week we talked about the anime series Persona…
Fairy Tail, Loups=Garous, Bubblegum Crisis, Coicent, Hetalia Axis Powers
OtakuGeneration (Show #336) Usagi Drop
Shownotes :: (show 336) :: () :: () :: () :: () With more Usagi Drop, recorded live November 13th, 2011. This week we chatted about the anime series…
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040, Love Hina, One Piece, Bunny Drop, Fairy Tail
OtakuGeneration (Show #335) Autumn Impressions
Shownotes :: (show 335) :: () :: () :: () :: () With more Autumn Impressions, recorded live November 6th, 2011. This week we discussed more fall/autumn shows. Plus,…
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040, Hetalia Axis Powers, Tekken: Blood Vengeance, Blassreiter, Dragon Ball
OtakuGeneration (Show #334) Autumn Impressions
Shownotes :: (show 334) :: () :: () :: () :: () With more Autumn Impressions, recorded live October 30th, 2011. This week we watched more fall/autumn shows for…
Juliet, Loups=Garous, Dragon Ball Z, Gakuen Alice, Hetalia Axis Powers
Supplimental Episode J: The Rumors Of Xan's Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated
In this Special Suppliemental episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Xan explains why there hasn't been a new Manga Review episode and offers up something he has said…
Mysterious Girlfriend X, Bubblegum Crisis, Fist of the North Star
Supplimental Episode H: Top 50 Anime Openings, Closing, and Background Music of All Time Pt 5(10-1)
The Final part of of our five part supplimental series, "The Top 50 Anime Openings, Closings, and Background Music of all Time According to Various People" We Finally…
Bubblegum Crisis, Di Gi Charat, Generator Gawl, Gravitation TV, Macross
OSMcast: Bubblegum Crisis 12-29-2008
Bubblegum Crisis Tonight we dethrone the AWO’s “Last podcast to podcast about Bubblegum Crisis” crown with our our podcast about Bubblegum Crisis! … Mostly. Okay _sometimes _we talked about Mega…
OSMcast: Macross Frontier 12-22-2008
Macross Frontier It’s all about high flying, mecha, idol sings, and guns, lots of guns in this episode of the OSM cast_!_ Of course, the topic is the latest…