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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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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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What I Watched This Week – 1/2-1/8

Robot Carnival – I picked up a Blu-ray of this movie-length anthology during a holiday sale, and I can’t understand how so many people look at the old-style…

The Romantic Goldfish

●UHD BLU-RAY● ROBOT CARNIVAL 4K UHD

Katsuhiro Otomo, Akira, Bibliography, Otomo, Animation, Manga, Steamboy, Japanimation,

ChronOtomo | Otomo Katsuhiro Chronology

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The animation of Char’s Counterattack

When asked what was the biggest anime event of the year 1988, most people would surely answer Akira. Ghibli fans may note Grave of the Fireflies or My…

Animétudes

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Anime is Best in Anthology

Canipa explains how the anthology format allows anime creators to do their best work without the restrictions of TV schedules or a myriad of picky producers looking for…

The Canipa Effect

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The Obscurities in the Western Connection Catalogue: “Ladius”

Release Date: 30 April 1995 Format: PAL VHS, Japanese Dialogue with English Subtitles Runtime: 48 mins Catalogue Number: WEST042 Jap...

The Melancholic Middle Aged Anime Fan

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The rise of realism

However dominant it became in the 80s, the Kanada style was never the only aesthetic of anime. Besides the heavily stylized motion of the Kanada school and the…

Animétudes

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Anime On the Big Screen: “Akira”

Venue: Dendy Cinemas, Level 2, North Quarter, Canberra Centre, 148 Bunda Street, Canberra City, ACT Date: Saturday 24 October 2020 Distr...

The Melancholic Middle Aged Anime Fan

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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...

The Melancholic Middle Aged Anime Fan

Before and after Akira : the themes and motifs of Otomo’s shorts

Katsuhiro Otomo’s work in animation is mostly and rightly remembered for his 1988 masterpiece Akira, especially in the West where it has become part of the SF and…

Animétudes

Anime Secret Santa 2019: Giant Gorg, Zombieland Saga, and Robot Carnival

I usually talk about sports to lead into the rest of the post, because I have a...

Taiiku Podcast

Anime Secret Santa 2019: Giant Gorg, Zombieland Saga, and Robot Carnival

I usually talk about sports to lead into the rest of the post, because I have a lot of random quick thoughts about sports that I want to…

Taiiku Podcast

Short Peace (Shōto Pīsu)

Short Peace (Shōto Pīsu) 2013 The most recent anthology-style project from Katsuhiro Otomo is Short Peace. It was released a few years back now and it’s conceptually a…

The Review Heap

Robot Carnival (Robotto Kānibaru)

Robot Carnival (Robotto Kānibaru) 1987 This anthology really started something great and while for me, it’s not as strong minute-to-minute as one of Otomo’s later anthology-releases Memories, it’s…

The Review Heap

Tomino, Nagano and Kogawa’s Forgotten L-Gaim

One of the rarely talked about mecha shows of the 80’s is Heavy Metal L-Gaim, although it was one of my most unique experiences with anime of the…

Alex