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Review: CRUSHER JOE
Let's go all the way back to the 70s for some rare old-school sci-fi manga. CRUSHER JOE ( Kurassha Jo ), based on the novel series by Haruka...
Blue Sonnet
Akai Kiba Blue Sonnet ( Crimson Fang Blue Sonnet ), usually known as just Blue Sonnet , is a five-episode OVA series from 1989. It is based...
Maps, Nozomi Witches, Reign: The Conqueror, AWOL - Absent WithOut Leave, Kiba
The Speakeasy #126: Thus Spoke Rohan, Dragon Pilot, Dorohedoro, Beautiful Dreamer
We talk about various shows we’ve been catching up on: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Thus Spoke Rohan OVA Drifting Dragons Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan Voltes V Dorohedoro Urusei…
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...
One Piece, Pokémon, Saber Marionette R, Shadow Skill, Trigun
(Maris) The Choujo
I'm not as familiar with the works of Rumiko Takahashi as an anime fan ought to be. I've never watched Maison Ikkoku , Urusei Yatsura , Ranm...
Akuma Tou no Prince: Mitsume ga Tooru, Fire Emblem, GeGeGe no Kitaro, Fumoon, ISLAND
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
Pick of the Week: Medalists and Househusbands
SEAN: There’s several titles I’m interested in… a new “Peggy Sue Villainess” story, a new We’re New at This sex comedy story, and (of course) a new Urusei…
Drifting Dragons, The Way of the Househusband, Urusei Yatsura, Blue Period
Body Jack (Laserdisc Version)
I wasn't planning on doing any more of the Pink Noise series after Call Me Tonight , but the laserdisc for the fourth and last show in…
Exper Zenon, Urusei Yatsura, Tokimeki Tonight, What's Michael?, Call Me Tonight
The (Almost) Definitive Fall 2020-Spring 2021 English Shogakukan Manga Guide!
Hello readers! Marion here, reporting back in after an extremely busy seven months. It's still busy where I am, since I work at a local mo...
Cyborg 009, Rin-ne, Kimagure Orange Road, My Hero Academia, Snow White with the Red Hair
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…
Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko, Macross, Megazone 23, Space Runaway Ideon, Urusei Yatsura
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…
Megazone 23, Mobile Suit Gundam, Project A-ko, Space Runaway Ideon, Urusei Yatsura
Gude Crest
Orphan's presents a new English release of the 1990 sword-and-sorcery OVA Onna Senshi Efe & Jira: Gude no Monshou ( Woman Warriors Efe & Ji...
The Fashion Boy is Cool, Twin Spica, Ai no Kusabi, All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku, Alpen Rose
Urusei Yatsura (1)
Author & Artist Rumiko TakahashiReleased February 2019 by Viz Media imprint VIZ SignatureTranslation: Camellia NiehEditor(s): Amy YuGenre: Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction
Artist spotlight: Kazuhiro Ochi
I decided to start this series on the development of the Kanada school with Urusei Yatsura, arguably the moment when its members really became prominent and their style…
Their collective masterpiece: Urusei Yatsura
How did Yoshinori Kanada go from being “merely” a very talented animator to one of the most influential members of the anime industry? That’s a fascinating question, and…
Urusei Yatsura, Magical Princess Minky Momo, OZ, Tetsujin 28
OtakuGeneration.net :: (Show #823) Urusei Yatsura Movie 1: Only You – Only You
Shownotes :: (show 823) :: () :: () :: () :: () With Urusei Yatsura Movie 1: Only You – Only You, recorded live March 14th, 2021. …
MAPS: Densetsu no Samayoeru Seijin-tachi
Here's a wonderful example of the "wide-screen baroque" school of anime science fiction, the 1987 movie MAPS: Densetsu no Samayoeru Seijin-t...
Episode 3: Mermaid Saga Vol.1
Episode 3 sees us tackle the work of the legendary manga creator Rumiko Takahashi, author of series including Inu Yasha, RIN, Ranma 1/2, Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, and…
Lunn Flies into the Wind 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…
The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - ep 96: ReView: Prefectural Earth Defense Force
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 Re...
Urusei Yatsura, Dragon Half, Elf Princess Rane, OZ, Prefectural Earth Defense Force
Mystery Box of Misery Volume 3: Ground Defense Force Mao-Chan, Mermaid Forest, Ultra Maniac
They're the Part 2 of 3 you receive when both bookends are out of print. They’re the discs marked down to $1 during clearance and holiday sales. They're fodder for…
Ultramaniac - Magical Girl, Urusei Yatsura, Love Hina, Macross, Marmalade Boy
#105 - Sonic the Hedgehog OVA (1996)
Note: This episode was recorded back in Spring/Summer of 2020. Scrape your Knuckles and catch some Tails because we're talkin' the blue blur himself! Sully, Tobias, and Ryan…
Seasonal Anime Impressions - Winter 2021 - Part 1
Seasonal Anime ImpressionsWinter 2021Part 1Hi and welcome to "this thing with the title above", the only series of blog posts where I give my impressions of the first…
The Promised Neverland Season 2, Toilet-bound Hanako-kun, The Promised Neverland, Otherside Picnic, Steins;Gate
Sunday Retrospective (2020)
Greetings all! It's hard to believe that we've made it through another year (all things considered) but here we are on the final blog entr...
Urusei Yatsura, Alice in Borderland, Maison Ikkoku, MAJOR 2nd, Needless
Urusei Yatsura - illustration by Atsuko Nakajima / Animage...
Urusei Yatsura - illustration by Atsuko Nakajima / Animage magazine (04/1987)
The Origins of Mecha: The Super Robots of the 1970s
Anime Commentary runs through the history of anime's mecha genre, taking a look at the rise of Super Robot anime like Mazinger in the 1970s.
Birth of the OAV: Talking Dallos and the Emerging Rental Market with Shigeru Watanabe
In this mid-80s Animage interview with Shigeru Watanabe, he talks about the reception of the first OAV Dallos and the emerging home video rental market.
THE MOST GANGSTER SCIENTIST ON THE ROCK: Dr. Stone (Eps. 1-5) | KHANTEHNT!
3700 years trapped in stone can really put a crick in your neck, huh? Dr. Stone is the hot new bitch on the block having become one of…
Tokyo Godfathers, Urusei Yatsura, Attack on Titan, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
THE SLIME-ORC WARS: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (S1 E11-15) | KHANTEHNT!
Launching into our first big conflict, those pesky demon boys have sicced a gigantic orc hoard on our slimy boys. With the collective power of our allied mon...
Tokyo Godfathers, Urusei Yatsura, Attack on Titan, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
INFINITY BUT NOT MUCH ELSE: Jujutsu Kaisen (Eps. 6-9) | KHANTEHNT!
THIS JUST IN: MAIN CHARACTER OF SHOUNEN NOT ACTUALLY DEAD IN FIRST FEW EPISODES! I for one, am shitting myself in awe. Our story continues awkwardly from her...
Urusei Yatsura, Attack on Titan, JUJUTSU KAISEN, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
HUMAN SLIME TUTORIAL: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (S1 E6-10) | KHANTEHNT!
It's time to say Nippon Banzai as our slime boy cozies up to fellow nihonjin-turned-magic person: Shizu. Filled with fire magic and a BIG OL' DEMON after bei...
JUJUTSU KAISEN, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Urusei Yatsura, Attack on Titan
Mermaid Saga Volume 1 Review
Story and Art by: Rumiko Takahashi Translation and English Adaptation by: Rachel Thorn Lettering by: Joanna Estep Design by: Yukiko Whitle...
THE ANGERY TITAN COMETH: Attack on Titan (S1 E6-10) | KHANTEHNT!
As our characters grapple with Eren's death, they must now turn their attention to the fact that they are currently facing obliteration in their first battle...
Attack on Titan, JUJUTSU KAISEN, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Urusei Yatsura
THE WITCH IN THE AIR WHO JUST DON'T CARE: Majo no Tabitabi (Eps. 1-7) | KHANTEHNT!
She's back and she's black-clad, unga bunga it's the Ashen Witch Elaina! Continuing on past the set up in episode 1, we're now getting a sense of what…
Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Urusei Yatsura, Attack on Titan
Cool Cool Bye
When a laserdisc of the 1986 fantasy OVA Cool Cool Bye turned up in a pile of discs the team bought in Japan, I thought it would…
Phoenix, Stop!! Hibari-kun!, Maris the Chojo, White Fang, Ai no Kusabi
THE SLIME GOD RIMURU: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (S1 E1-5) | KHANTEHNT!
Slime time, son. After a 37 year old virgin workin man dies abruptly he somehow wakes up as an OP predator isekai'd into the body of a slime…
Attack on Titan, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Urusei Yatsura
TITANS ACT A FOOL AND IT'S NOT COOL: Attack on Titan (Eps. 1-5) | KHANTEHNT!
Sie sind das Essen und wir sind die Jäger! And a guten tag to you too, gang, now time for ATTACK ON TITAN! We're going back to the…
Attack on Titan, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Urusei Yatsura
KAWAII ANIME BATMAN IS COMING FOR YOU: Talentless Nana (Eps. 2-6) | KHANTEHNT!
Hidey hoo and how do you do, Talentless Nana CHARGES ONWARD into the season in style. This sleeper hit of a show has surprised us by - brace…
Mermaid Saga Manga Collector’s Edition Volume One Advanced Review
Rumiko Takahashi is one of the most well-known and wealthiest manga artists in all of Japan. Her works are known far outside of Japan and translated into a…
WHEN GOD IS A JOKE: The Day I Became A God (Eps. 2-5) | KHANTEHNT!
Well God DAMN, here we are again becoming gods or whatever. Counting down the days until doomsday sure is a hoot as our characters are getting up to…
THERE'S ABOUT TO BE A SORCERER FIGHT!!! Jujutsu Kaisen (Eps. 2-5) | KHANTEHNT!
Sorcery. Fighting. A combo as old as time. Now gather round children cuz it's time for the hot new Shounen Jump manga adaptation. This one's a little darker…
Attack on Titan, JUJUTSU KAISEN, Talentless Nana, The Day I Became a God, Urusei Yatsura
Kyoukai No Rin-ne 3; poor man exocist returns
Rumiko Takahashi is one of the most famous and wealthy female mangaka in Japan, authoring such classic and well-known series (even to those in the west) such as…
Sensou Douwa: Tako ni Natta Okaasan
Sensou Douwa ( War Tales or War Fables ) was a series of TV specials by Shin-Ei Animation that ran annually from 2002 to 2009. In…
Sunday anime Surplus (Takahashi/Kumanomata/Hata interview pt.2)
Hi all! Been waiting long? Here's part two of the Sunday anime mangaka interview! This time we got a little more insight into how Yashahime became a thing…
Makoto-chan the Movie
Some western anime audiences are familiar with Crayon Shin-chan , a very long running Japanese anime series about a five-year-old boy with l...
Dr. Slump, Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!, Makoto-chan, Rose of Versailles, Time Bokan Series: Yatterman
Sunday anime Surplus (Takhashi/Kumanomata/Hata interview pt.1)
Hello, hello! You were expecting Marion or Jecka but instead you get me--Yeah it's Sakaki, and I'm finally posting in my own blog again. Of course if you…
Anime Photography in the Cel Era
I came across this opening by the popular indie animator Kouji Nanke while watching Maison Ikkoku (it was the 5th and last in the TV series), and it…
Eiyuu Banka Koushi-den
In these disastrous times since the 2016 US election, I've taken solace in watching (and endlessly rewatching) The Great British Baking Sho...
Akai Hayate, Elf 17, Mitsuboshi Colors, Shakugan no Shana, Black Jack
Elf 17
Orphan's projects get started for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes, a raw intrigues one of the translators. Sometimes, an orphaned series ge...