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Megazone 23 - The Complete Trilogy Anime Blu-ray Review

Megazone 23 is the kind of title that deserves a place on every serious fan's shelf. With all the versions and extras included, there's little doubt this is…

Anime News Network - Views

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…

Collectr's Blog

Fall 2024 – Week 1 in Review

Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. The fall anime season is now upon us, which for me means it’s time to look back on the…

Wrong Every Time

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Summer 2024 – Week 13 in Review

Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Though anime season scheduling would disagree, it is clear we have reached the end of summer at this point,…

Wrong Every Time

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Box Art Extravaganza: APril 2024

With the absence of any particular Gunpla I’m interested in getting this April, let’s swing to the good folks over at Good Smile Company as they do have…

cvphased / MECHA CATALOGUE

Interview: Aramaki Shinji (Otakon 2023)

Aramaki Shinji is a creator known for his mecha design work on Bubblegum Crisis, Genesis Climber Mospeada, Megazone 23, and more. He also designed many of the toys…

OGIUE MANIAX

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PODCAST: Megazone 23 Parts 1 & 2

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | RSS Hello, friends! We are back are far too long an absence to discuss the seminal 1980s OAV, Megazone…

warui deshou

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Mecha Smile Impact 2023: #MODEROID Variable Mechanics

One thing I really like about MODEROID kits is sometimes they push the boundaries of model kits in terms of transformation in the same vein as SMP [Shokugan…

cvphased / MECHA CATALOGUE

Pre-2000s Anime with Multi-Channel Audio

 Had this in Drafts for about a year because I lost interest. Obviously this is an incomplete list, so I may come back and update it if I…

Genga Land

Star Dust

Orphan's last release for 2022. The 1992 sci-fi OVA Star Dust is the brainchild of Itano Ichirou, a well-known action director who worked o...

Collectr's Blog

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Young Delinquent Finds Out He Lives in a Simulation

Megazone 23 is an OVA from 1985-1989. It tells the story of Shougo Yahagi, a young biker who finds himself in possession of a futuristic motorcycle that leads…

Retro Recaps

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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

Anime Herald

Ask John: What Separates Ecchi and Hentai Anime?

Question: In your opinion, when does an anime crossover from using sexuality as a narrative tool such as in Kiss x Sis, Aki Sora, School Days, Kodomo no…

AnimeNation Anime News Blog

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Before Megazone 23: The Early Mecha & Character Designs of Omega City 23

A brief look at some of the early design work created by ARTMIC artists for Omega City 23 while it was still planned as a television series.

ZIMMERIT – Anime | Manga | Garage Kits | Doujin

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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…

Animétudes

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Megazone 23 Part III (Manga UK Dub): *sigh*... Hard On. Done Laughing Yet? OK, Let's Move On...

Back in April of 2013, I reached my second milestone review with Review #100, in which I watched & reviewed Robotech the Movie , an infamous...

The Land of Obscusion: Home of the Obscure & Forgotten

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Megazone 23 Part 3: Enter the Matrix

Yes, I went with the very blatant title this time for a lot of reasons. After making the joke about Megazone Two Three Part 1 and 2 influencing…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

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Megazone 23 – Part 1 and 2: The Truth Revealed

My blu-ray copy of Megazone Two Three of Animeigo finally came in after months of having some delays, so I am happy. I originally planned on having this…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

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Toshihiro Hirano and AIC studio

As I mentioned in the previous article about Graviton, the OVA boom was very much carried by small structures and the overlapping nets of connections made by their…

Animétudes

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Graviton, Gainax, and the Itano school

Among all the artists influenced by Yoshinori Kanada, Ichirô Itano is probably one of the most important. And yet, he is never considered a Kanada-style animator, most likely…

Animétudes

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Artist spotlight: Kôji Itô

I’ve mentioned that the sudden wave of Kanada-style animators in the first half of the 80s is as much due to Kanada as to one of his most…

Animétudes

Holding out for a B-Club: Toshihiro Hirano Commentary

Courtesy of this B-Club special, character designer and director Toshihiro Hirano gives us commentary on his 80s work in anime. Find out what he has to say about…

Heisei Etranger

Megazone 23 liner notes

One of the projects I have worked on recently and forgot to mention here is that I did the liner notes for the forthcoming Blu-ray release of Megazone…

Koyagidō Kanwa子山羊堂閑話

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 Anime Nostalgia Facility UK

Studio Graviton

I have been researching Studio Graviton for a while, a small studio notable for its activities during the ‘80s, and I’ll articulate what I found in this post…

Alex

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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,…

Prede's Anime Reviews

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…

Anime of Yesteryear

Manga Mania Mondays – Number 23, June 1995

That’s a Kev Walker (ABC Warriors, Thunderbolts) cover up there. NEWS Upcoming Releases (titles that got a news feature in bold) Western Connection – Ladius, Space Firebird, Ushio…

AWESOME ENGINE

Godzilland Attacks Cool Stuff! Say Hellow to Comic Saurs Story!!!

Okay, before I get started I want to introduce everybody to someone.He ought to be here any moment now. Yeah, I hear him, breathing fire and smoke as…

Hokuto no Fogie

OtakuGeneration (Show #131) Con-Survival for Con Staffers

  NOTE: This was also cross posted in the otakugenerationLJ community. Shownotes :: (show 131) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Con-Survival for Con…

otakugeneration's Podcast