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Ninja Scroll & the Harsh Critique of a Toxically Ambitious History – Anime Review

Ninja Scroll (獣兵衛忍風帖) is a 1993 seinen, jidaigeki-chanbara (period samurai film) motion picture that was produced by Animate Film and written and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Vampire Hunter…

Initial Dork

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Twilight: The Dawn and Sunset of Saturday Anime (Part One)

Now seemingly only mentioned in comment sections around the Internet, Saturday Anime was the Toonami of its day. Join us for part one of exploration on Sci-Fi Channel,…

SATURDAY ANIME

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5 More QUICK Indie Game Reviews

The title is a bit of a lie. I actually have 6 indie games to talk about for this quick review list. And just like I did with…

cublikefoot

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Firechick's Manga Reviews: Kiss The Scars of The Girls

Rating : 57/100 Ive seen and read my fair share of good yuri anime and manga...but Ive also seen some really bad yuri anime and manga. Kiss The…

joyousmenma93

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Not one, not two, but THREE otome game announcements from Voltage | Project Code: Kaleido Tower, Neon Mafia, and Vampire Hunter | Otome News

With only three brief teaser trailers, we’re offered a mere tantalising glimpse at these exciting new titles, but even with such few details, we’ve managed to paint a…

Sweet & Spicy | Otome Game Reviews

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Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust Review

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is a story about a dhampir (half human, half vampire) who can live as neither human nor vampire.

DoubleSama

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The Best Anime to Watch on Halloween

A list of some of my favorite anime to watch on Halloween Vampire Hunter D, Call Me Tonight, Ghost Sweeper Mikami, Paranoia Agent, Curse of Kazuo Umezu, Pet Shop…

hakasereviews

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - ep 124: ReView: Darkstalkers OVA

Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! This episode is sponsored in part...

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast

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An Ingenious SCAM! The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 Episode 4 [Review]

A corporate espionage arc, satirizing our financial system, with Cid attempting to dismantle Shadow Garden’s financial organization, Mitsugoshi? Why would Cid.. Ahem. John Smith, do such a th…

OTAKU SINH

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Put Some Respect on This Anime! The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 Episode 3 [Video Review]

Check out the video review of The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 Episode 3 “The Hour of Awakening!” After an anticlimatic ending of The Eminence in Shadow episode…

OTAKU SINH

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The Craziest Plot Twist! The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 Episode 3 [Review]

It was an anti-climatic ending.. Who the hell said that?! “I got too many issues..” – Claire Kagenou In the previous episode, it ended with what seemed to…

OTAKU SINH

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A Different Kind of Climax.. The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 Episode 2 [Review]

The plot came, it saw and got nuked! “You’ll never guess how this plot will unfold.” – Crimson Classic Plot “It’s a classic story line that’s featured in…

OTAKU SINH

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It Stinks! The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 Episode 1 [Review]

It’s a fresh new season of The Eminence in Shadow, and it begins with everything we love about it! It features a real fake story, gag characters finding…

OTAKU SINH

Heart Cocktail Vol 1

Heart Cocktail , based on a manga series by Watase Saizou, has been on my wish list for a long time. Our media maven in Japan acquired the…

Collectr's Blog

Anime and A.I.

By Andrew Osmond. John Lasseter, director of Toy Story, told a story about his first brush with computer animation. It was when he was a young animator at…

All the Anime

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - ep 119: ReView: Amon Saga

Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! This month’s episode is another sh...

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast

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Manga the Week of 2/22/23

SEAN: February. I can't believe I'm still in February. ASH: It really seems like it should be over by now, doesn't it? SEAN: Airship starts us off. We…

Manga Bookshelf

121st Century Bloodsucker

By Tom Wilmot. Few long-running franchises touch as many mediums as Vampire Hunter D. The brainchild of prolific author Hideyuki Kikuchi, the series has spawned over thirty novels,…

All the Anime

Manga the Week of 2/8/23

SEAN: It’s February now, everyone’s least favorite month. Let’s see what’s on tap. ASH: At least it’s short? Which I guess could be both a good and a…

Manga Bookshelf

Manga the Week of 2/8/23

SEAN: It's February now, everyone's least favorite month. Let's see what's on tap. ASH: At least it's short? Which I guess could be both a good and a…

Manga Bookshelf

Sotsugyousei Revisited

Back in the airly days (2013), Orphan did a number of projects based on the -uusei eroge franchise, starting with a three episode OVA from ...

Collectr's Blog

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Top 10 Anime of 2022 | Andre's Shelf

If I didn't talk about your favorite anime, it's because I wanted to leave it up to you to write about it in the comments :) 0:00 Intro 0:27 10 1:53…

Andre's Shelf

Tengai Makyou

Our 300th release, or at least that's what is says on the release page. Orphan starts out 2023 on the right note with the first English-subt...

Collectr's Blog

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This Week in Anime - What is Cyber City Oedo 808?

If you enjoyed Cyberpunk Edgerunners, it's time to get reacquainted with this OAV directed by Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust's Yoshiaki Kawajiri.

Anime News Network - Views

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

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The Chaotic Genius of A Wind Named Amnesia

A Wind Named Amnesia is an insane post-apocalyptic romp through a fascinating setting where every human in the world lost all memory.... from wind... Brought to you by…

Bonsai Pop

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Vampire Hunter D BLOODLUST: THE ULTIMATE VAMPIRE ANIME

Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust is the pinnacle of D anime, Join the Kickstarter for BlackTooth Battalion Volume 1! Kickstarter is live until November 14th, 2022! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blacktoothbattlion1/blacktooth-battalion-volume-1 created by Studio…

Bonsai Pop

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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…

animebackwhen

Nana Toshi Monogatari

Here's another project that BlueFixer asked Orphan to redo: the two-part sci-fi OVA Nana Toshi Monogatari: Hokkyokukai Sensen ( A Tale of S...

Collectr's Blog

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The Wild History of Vampire Hunter D 1985

Sept. 3rd, 10 am Eastern for Figurama's Vampire Hunter D Statue, use code BPVHDFC for $25 off: https://figurama-collectors.com/products/vampire-hunter-d-d vampire hunter d, vampire hunter d movie, vampire hunter d 1985,…

Bonsai Pop

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Summer 2022 – Week 5 in Review

Hello folks, and welcome the heck back to Wrong Every Time. How are you all enjoying the advent of August? Though I’m certainly not happy about the speed…

Wrong Every Time

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Is Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust still one of my favourite anime of all time

I have a big soft spot for Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. It was so unapologetically goth that it broke through any cynicism I might have towards the genre…

Day with the Cart Driver

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - ep 109: ReView: Lily C.A.T.

Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! This month’s episode is another sh...

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast

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Vampire Hunter D, Hellsing, and Dracula – The Western Vampire, Reimagined by Japan

There is no creature in our dark, collective imagination more reinterpreted than the vampire. Considering how many national borders the vampire has

Anime Herald

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Meditation on aesthetics in Witch Hunter Robin

I watched the anime Witch Hunter Robin with the intention of serving myself a nice helping of 2000’s mall goth grunge, and was reassured of my decision once…

Artificial Night Sky

Kosuke-sama Rikimaru-sama: Konpeitou no Ryuu

Kosuke-sama Rikimaru-sama: Konpeitou no Ryuu ( Kosuke and Rikimaru: The Dragon of Konpei Island ) is a 1988 OVA from Toriyama Akira, the cr...

Collectr's Blog

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Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust - Does It Hold Up?

In 2000, Studio Madhouse released an adaptation of Hideyuki Kikuchi's third novel in the series, creating one of their most hauntingly iconic feature films.

Anime News Network - Views

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Night Warriors: Darkstalkers’ Revenge

In honor of the classic movie Nosferatu’s 100th anniversary (March 4th), I figured talking something old and vampire related would be a good idea. A round of applause…

Castle of Red Reviews

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Vampire Hunter D: Message from Mars GN

Currently up on KickStarter (and having far surpassed its goal with over US$170,000 pledged), check out the comic adaptation Rebecca Silverman calls a "successful adaptation" of Kikuchi's original…

Anime News Network - Views

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Trick and Magic

detective fiction, 推理小説、games, mystery, murder, locked room, Japanese, translations,

ボクの事件簿

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Vampire Hunter D (1985)

Type: It’s a “dark future science-fiction romance.” Synopsis: In this story set in the dark future, humanity now lives in a science-fiction like post-apocalypse setting, where vam…

Gentlemanotoku's Anime Circle

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To-Y Blu-ray

To-Y is a 1987 OVA about a Japanese indie rock band and its lead singer. It is based on a ten-volume manga by Kamijou Atsuji. To-Y …

Collectr's Blog

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The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - ep 104: ReView: Twilight of the Dark Master

Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! This month’s episode is another sh...

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast

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Kyuuketsuki Sugu Shinu (First Impression)

“Vampires are said to have many weaknesses such as garlic, crosses, and sunlight. Game-loving vampire lord Draluc just so happens to be weak to… everything. He dies, turning…

KiritoNarukami

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Summer 2021 First Impressions: Vanitas no Carte, Kanojo mo Kanojo, Re-Main

Vanitas no Carte Short Synopsis: Vampire Hunter V: Bookworm. Lenlo: I have to admit, Vanitas surprised me. I wasn’t expecting much from another vampire show, especially not after…

Star Crossed Anime

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The Green Cat v2

One of Orphan's earliest Tezuka Osamu projects was the set of six OVAs known as the Lion Books: 1 The Green Cat 1983 2 Rain Boy 1983 3…

Collectr's Blog

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Milky Passion: Dougenzaka - Ai no Shiro

Let's get 2021 started with a bang (so the speak), with another really obscure OVA, 1990's Milky Passion: Dougenzaka - Ai no Shiro ( Milky ...

Collectr's Blog

Update Quest 2020 (8)

More updated reviews – again, mostly images but some text here and there: Violet EvergardenNausicaa of the Valley of the WindVampire Hunter DMetropolisMemories

The Review Heap