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Gallery Fake #1 – The Man from Gallery Fake

Gallery Fake is a 2005 anime that started airing January 8th that year. Based on a manga by Fujihiko Hosono (Gu Gu Ganmo, Judge, Bio Hunter), it follows…

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The Top One Comic Of The Decade That Was The 2010s

It’s still One Piece. The post The Top One Comic Of The Decade That Was The 2010s appeared first on AWESOME ENGINE.

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The Top One TV Show Of The Decade That Was The 2010s

It’s Twin Peaks Season 3 of course. The post The Top One TV Show Of The Decade That Was The 2010s appeared first on AWESOME ENGINE.

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Poyopoyo (2012)

I’m back again with more winter anime for human beings. Poyopoyo is about a nearly perfectly spherical cat. It ran the entirety of 2012 for 52 episodes. Each episode…

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Sekko Boys (2016)

A lot of good anime aired in 2016, more than I am used to. In comparison, it feels like 2017’s new launches are underwhelming. However, when I go back…

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The Feline Fifty – Anime’s Top Cats

One month ago at Amecon, I ran the third of my anime animal events, this time about cats. If you missed it, or if you want to check…

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Wolverine – Episode 3

Once again very little happens, but it’s a breezy ride. The first half of the episode deals with the duel between Wolverine and Kikyo Mikage. Kikyo as you…

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Detective Conan – Episode 2 – President’s Daughter Kidnapping Case (1996)

In re-watching this, I wasn’t sure if it felt familiar because I’d seen the episode seventeen years ago, or because the mystery of the episode is cliché? Not that…

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Wolverine – Episode 2 – Yukio (2011)

For a near half hour of television, very little happens in “Yukio”. The duel I thought was about to kick off last episode ends with a whimper when…

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Detective Conan – Episode 1 – Roller Coaster Murder Case (1996)

Twenty years of murder! Twenty years of never growing up! That’s right, it’s been 20 years since the anime adaptation of Gosho Aoyama’s detective manga, Detective Conan, started. So it…

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Wolverine – Episode 1 (2011)

This is the first episode of the second of the four Marvel anime TV series (Iron Man, Wolverine, X-Men, Blade). Directed by Hiroshi Aoyama (Top Secret ~The Revelation~), story by…

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Anmitsu Hime From Amakara Castle – Episode 1 (1986)

Funny and charming Studio Pierrot adaptation of the 1949 manga Anmitsu Hime by Shosuke Kurakane. Directed by Masami Anno (Wonderful Adventures of Nils) and written by Yoshio Urasawa (Nintama Rantaro).…

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Anime Openings Of Interest

Anmitsu Hime It’s a Koji Nanke animated OP (and ED) that I hadn’t seen before. Which is always nice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWmvLoC77PM Araiguma Rascal When we did a Dynamite In…

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What if I started a Linkin Park AMV tumblr?

Who likes AMVs? Do you like them enough to follow a tumblr that only posts Linkin Park AMVs featuring Linkin Park’s “In The End” regardless of quality? Then…

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Alphabet Stew

Welcome to Alphabet Stew, the wordsearch podcast for people on the go! Do you not have time to sit down with a wordsearch and ring the words on the…

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The Top 10 Anime of 2014 That I Will Never Find The Time To Finish Watching

10) Rowdy Sumo Matsutaro I managed to watch 6 episodes of this story of a jerk becoming a sumo wrestler. Only 17 more to go! 9) Hozuki no Reitetsu 4.5…

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Marvel Two-In-One #4: Doomsday 3014

Cover date: July 1974 Writer: Steve Gerber Penciller: Sal Buscema Inker: F. Giaoia Letter: C. Jetter Colorist: P. Goldberg Editor: Roy Thomas Continues from: Marvel Two-In-One #1,#2 and #3, Fantastic Four #5 (sorta, Doom’s time…

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Marvel Two-In-One #3: Inside Black Spectre

Cover date: May 1974 Writer: Steve Gerber Penciller: Sal Buscema Inker: Joe Sinnott Letter: Dave Hunt Colorist: P. Goldberg Editor: Roy Thomas Continues from: Marvel Two-In-One #2, Daredevil #109, Shanna The She Devil #4, Ka-Zar…

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Marvel Two-In-One #2: Manhunters From The Stars

Cover date: March 1974 Writer: Steve Gerber Penciller: Gil Kane Inker: Joe Sinnott Letter: Artie Simek Colorist: Glynis Wein Editor: Roy Thomas Continues from: Marvel Two-In-One #1, Sub-Mariner #68 & #69, Fear #17. Remember how last…

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Marvel Two-In-One #1 : Vengeance of the Molecule Man

Cover date: January 1974 Writer: Steve Gerber Penciller: Gil Kane Inker: Joe Sinnott Letter: Jean Izzo Colorist: G  Roussos Editor: Roy Thomas Continues from: Marvel Feature 11, Marvel Feature 12, Monsters Unleashed #3, Fear #13,  Following…

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Log Horizon Episode 1

Kill la Kill Episode 1 and Kyousougiga Episode 00 are great, but I don’t have much to say about them other than that. A middling adaptation of a…

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An Illustrated History of Anime Penguins

Here is a video of the panel I ran at Ayacon this year based on these posts from this very website. Eventually there will be a third post…

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Ayacon Events

Here are the events that I am running at Ayacon this year. Friday 16th, 6PM to 7PM in the Conference room. AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF ANIME PENGUINS An…

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Gatchaman In Gatchaman Crowds

While Gatchaman Crowds episode 1 is unmistakably a Kenji Nakamura directed show, there was more of the original Gatchaman in there than I was expecting, even if it…

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1990’s TV Anime – What Anime Looked Like In 1993

Shows starting in 1993: Miracle Girls, Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Little Women II: Jo’s Boys, The Brave Express Might Gaine, Sailor Moon R, Gosaurer Mobile Suit V Gundam, Ghost…

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1990’s TV Anime – Hime-chan’s Ribbon Episode 1 (1992)

In writing my 1994 for the Golden Ani-versary blog, I noticed that Studio Gallop had a group of creative talent running through their shoujo anime similar to Sailor…

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1990’s TV Anime – Tekkaman Blade Episode 1 (1992)

Humanity is trapped on Earth by the alien Radam who have taken over the Orbital Ring System space station that surrounds it. A chance for hope arrives in…

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1990s TV Anime – Yu Yu Hakusho Episode 1 (1992)

The other big new show of 1992. Or at least the one I am able to see the first episode of (sorry Crayon Shin-chan). Based on the manga…

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1990’s TV Anime – Sailor Moon Episode 1 (1992)

OK folks, the deadline for my 1994 post on the Golden Ani-Versary Blog is fast approaching, and here I am still talking about 1992 on this blog. It’s time…

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You’ll Never Guess My Secret Identity

Because I am going to tell you. I am now watching three of the four TV Asahi Sunday morning kids shows on a weekly basis, Kamen Rider Wizard,…

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Initial Doki Doki! Pretty Cure Thoughts

For a while I’ve been thinking about trying to watch as much current “mainstream” anime as I can. You know, the sort of stuff that charts and appears…

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Busy watching Golgo 13 for the podcast…

So instead of a proper post, here’s a picture of the mum from Meg The Witch Girl with a vase in her face. The post Busy watching Golgo 13…

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Manga Mania #29 (December 1995)

Complete with the tape that held the badge onto the cover. Ghost In The Shell was about to debut in the cinema, and so it gets the cover…

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Dynamite In The Brain – Episode 77 – Emergency Podcast

Over at the podcast we have a new episode up, about a variety of topics including Ghost In The Shell Arise, Moomins and Cats. Subscribe on iTunes RSS…

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Urusei Yatsura Episode 139 – Tomobiki High School Survival! Who Are the Survivors! (1985)

Long time readers may remember when I attempted to do daily reviews of each and every episode of the television series Urusei Yatsura. I failed, due to some…

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That time Captain Britain and Shadowcat turned into poorly drawn anime characters.

I remember hating Excalibur #18 when it came out in 1989. In general I wasn’t well disposed to any non-Alan Davis issue of the comic anyway, but the…

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eBay Bargain Hunting Report 2012

It’s been a while since I talked about my eBay escapades. The hike in postage in the UK put a damper on things, and I kind of had…

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1990’s TV Anime – Floral Magician Mary Bell Episode 1 (1992)

When Yuri and Ken wish that Mary Bell, the flower fairy from their storybook, could help their parents’ florist shop, their wish comes true. Mary Bell and her…

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Manga Mania #28 (November 1995)

(cover art by Wil Overton) While Babel II is the cover story, and there’s a pretty good article on the OAV series, the big thing here is a…

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Another Sunday Blog Post

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure 15 – This contained an early contender for line reading of the year, as Joseph loudly “AHEMS” off screen to get Wham’s attention. On top…

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Dynamite In The Brain – Episode 76 – JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure

Over at the podcast we have a new episode up, all about the first nine episodes of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure TV Subscribe on iTunes RSS Feed Facebook Page The…

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DITB on A3000

Anthony and myself appear on the new episode of one of Anime 3000’s many podcasts (A3K Panel) to scratch the surface of UK anime fandom with host Sean…

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The most Chris Claremonty Chris Claremont comic in the career of Chris Claremont?

I really like Marvel’s Excalibur. Well, I really like bits of Marvel’s Excalibur. Namely any issues that have the involvement of either Alan Davis or Warren Ellis. There’s…

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1990’s TV Anime – Cooking Papa Episode 1 (1992)

Cooking Papa had been running in Weekly Morning for seven years at this point, and this first episode does feel a little like you are meant to have…

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1990’s TV Anime – The Brave Fighter of Legend Da Garn Episode 1 (1992)

Well, this was a really well made first episode of a kids TV action anime. Lots of unsupervised adventure, comedy, mystery and a police car that turns into…

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Manga Mania Mondays Returns

There was a much longer version of this post but my blog ate it. Here’s what was going on in Issue 27 of Manga Mania, cover date October…

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It is Sunday and I am need of a blog post

Cuticle Detective Inaba Episodes 1 & 2 – Director Susumu Nitsukawa had worked on Squid Girl and Azazel-san, and has described Tsutomu Mizushima as his teacher. It definitely…

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Dynamite In The Brain – Episode 75 – Gag Manga Biyori 2

Over at the podcast we have a new episode up, all about Gag Manga Biyori 2 and the Jump Festa OAV that preceded the TV adaptation.  Subscribe on…

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ANIME’S GREATEST CHARACTERS – RENGE INUI

“I would seriously of given Renge either a different voice or give her a permanent mouth gag” “out of all the characters Renge is my least favorite “…

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THE E-D-O TEAM

In the 19th century a brother & sister stole massive amounts of gold from the magistrate. This pair promptly escaped from the magistrate’s palace to the Edo underground.…

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