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Photon: The Idiot Adventures
Welcome, all, again. As I mentioned yesterday, I’ve been sidelined this past week with an injury, and have been binging anime. Well, one of the series that I…
Dirty Pair (OVA): More Lovely Angel Adventures
Following the Dirty Pair television series, there was still more access to some good Dirty Pair episodes out there. Especially on Nozomi’s YouTube channel for free. All of…
RED PHOTON ZILLION (1987)
I look at an old school gem that has long been kept from the west with an interesting history.....
Even Older Canadian Idiot
Nineteen years seems like a pretty long time to finally get a proper animated series based on the Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series, but now is as good…
Episode 595: Photon Scramble
Returning to Anime Pulse this week with his job intact is Joseph, and speaking of jobs, Andrew is working on creating a potential for all the AP shows…
Photon: The Idiot Adventures, Mardock Scramble: The Third Exhaust
The Idiot and Slam Dunk Part 4
As they say, all good things come to an end eventually after literal years of coordination and (mostly) procrastination. But we are finally here at the end of…
The Idiot and Slam Dunk Part 4
As they say, all good things come to an end eventually after literal years of coordination and...
The Idiot (白痴, Akira Kurosawa, 1951)
A pure soul is destroyed by the selfishness and duplicity of the post-war society in Kurosawa’s snowbound adaptation of the Dostoyevsky novel.
Infinite Stratos: On the Wings of an Idiot
I’ve watched many harems, and what I’ve noticed throughout all the good, the bad, the great and the bleh, is that at their heart. Harems are absurdist comedies.…
Review: Fire Force Episode 13: The Good Idiot and Infernals, Infernals Everywhere
Quick Summary In Fire Force episode 13, “The Trap is Set,” Benimaru Shinmon leaves the members of the 8th Special Fire Company to investigate their claims. Sagamiya Konro, injured…
#66 - Devilman OVA Review
We're diving back into the Go Nagai-iverse with a review of the 80s/90s Devilman OVA! Sully, Ryan, Tobias, and returning good boi Jon give you the rundown on this…
Sorairo Utility – OVA Review
Before the start of the new year, the first of the of the winter anime began airing. Sorairo Utility, while I thought was a TV series is just…
Talentless Nana – 04 – A Useful Idiot
Nana contemplates her next target when the two class Gals pick on Inukai Michiru, the meekest, most guileless member of the class, with a love letter Nana knows…
Review: The Irresponsible Captain Tylor (OVA) DVD
Following their triumphant halting to the conflict between the United Planets Space Force (UPSF) and the Holy Raalgon Empire, the crew of the Soyokaze has been grounded (they’re…
The nascent OVA
Over at Heisei Etranger, Austin’s posted a new interview translation which deserves a read. It covers a short mid-eighties conversation in Animage with Shigeru Watanabe, planner of Dallos (19…
D4DJ First Mix Episode 11: The Way of The Photon
When we last left our heroines they beat Photon Maiden in a battle of the bands to secure their spot in the Sunset Stage. Photon Maiden meanwhile reflected…
Pirate Adventures
Shiguma falls in Akane-Banashi, the Witch Council are glimpsed in Ichi, and Hyuse absolutely annihilates poor Rokuro for two straight chapters!11:47 - My Hero Academia Special One-Shot 14:01 -…
My Hero Academia, One Piece, Undead Unluck, World Trigger, Blue Box
Anime Review: Battle Athletes OVA
Year: 1997 – 1998 Length: 6 Episodes Genre: Action, Comedy, Ecchi, Sci-Fi, Space, Sports Studio: AIC Synopsis: It is the year 4999 – mankind has long abandoned war…
Review: Magic Users Club (OVA)
This is a neat little OVA directed by Junichi Sato (SatoJun) that was pretty enjoyable, with some great character designs and good direction. Magic Users Club is an…
AD Police Files [OVA Review]
A D Police Files; or, Stop! An officer will shoot At least she died as a woman. The weather outside is as beautiful as ever this…
D4DJ First Mix Episode 9: Photon Boogie
Wasn’t in the mood to post a detailed discussion about a melodramatic episode last time, especially not after the fantastic Assault Lily finale. This next episode I can…
Back to the Vaults: Gunsmith Cats OVA Review
AstroNerdBoy saw some memes featuring the Gunsmith Cats OVA. As such, he decided to go back to the vaults and rewatch this 3 episode series.
Back to the Vaults: Armitage III OVA Review
AstroNerdBoy reviews the 4-part OVA series, Armitage III. A murdered, popular country singer on Mars turns out to be a Third bioroid.
J-Music Exchange/Rate ー 4 phenomena by Photon Maiden (Album Review)
We were bound to do one of these at some point (lol)
Kindle Unlimited Adventures
I got another Kindle Unlimited trial, so that can only mean one thing: read all the manga! Well, maybe not all of them. But a bunch of them.
Review: Giant Robo OVA: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Giant Robo, the iconic and simply defined mechanical god from the iconic manga and tokusatsu series makes its anime debut in this gorgeously animated dark sci-fi OVA series.…
OVA/spinoff review: Girls und Panzer
How many new post features can I cram onto the site? As many as it will take. Several of the anime series I’ve watched so far have come…
OVA review: Azur Lane: Queen’s Orders
I’m on an OVA kick right now so here’s one that most readers definitely will not be interested in: an anime adaptation of a spinoff of a manga…
OVA review: Tenkuu Danzai Skelter Heaven
Or the latest in my unofficial “is it really that bad?” review series of anime. I sought out Pupa exactly because it was so poorly rated and watched…
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[Review] Kuroshitsuji OVA: Book of Murder
I should be sleeping because I have to go to work tomorrow but you know what the problem is with turning nocturnal? It’s HARD getting back to a…
Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun – 08 – Number One Idiot
When Mimimi nods off while studying at home, she dreams of a middle school basketball match in which her team lost to Aoi’s. At school, Mimimi nods off…
Transformative Adventures Through the Soulof Japan
Travel has changed. Nowadays, people no longer want to be mere passive sightseers but active participants inforeign cultures who contribute positively to the development of local communities. Adventure…
Adventures in Japan – The preps deculture!
With the plan in place, it was time to put it all into action. It was a bumpy ride to say the least!
The King of Kindle Unlimited Adventures
So I read a bunch of manga on Kindle Unlimited! Didn’t mean for Kindle Unlimited Adventures to run for so long, but blame life. Anyway, out of all…
The Whimsical Adventures of Inanimate Objects
Plus: news and Studio Ghibli commercials.
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...
Twilight of the Dark Master, Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge, Vampire Hunter D, Devilman
Mikasa the Butterfly Goddess Theory – Lost Girls OVA Review
Did the 2018 Attack on Titan Lost Girls OVA actually predict and spoil the manga series 2021 ending? This is a review and discussion for the AoT Lost…
The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - ep 106: ReView: BASTARD!! OVA
Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! I’m finally back after my brief hi...
The Heroic Legend of Arslan, Berserk, Berserk, Gokudo, Sorcerer Hunters
Teekyuu S5-S8 OVA + Usakame OVA
HOLY SH*T!!! HOW THE F*CK DID I FORGET ABOUT THIS???!!! I guess it was not subbed at that time but I suppose it is now. Long ago, I…
Anime Review #45: Little Nemo’s Adventures In Slumberland
To be honest, as a child I enjoyed Little Nemo’s Adventures In Slumberland. It was effectively the first anime movie I watched as a kid, which would soon…
Digimon: The Movie, Digimon: The Movie, Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Adventures in Glass – Den-noh Coil Spoiler Review
Den-noh Coil (or Dennou Coil; it’s been inconsistently romanized over the years) is a science fiction (one might even call it cyberpunk) show that features a future deeply…
My Adventures With Superman Season 1 SPOILER REVIEW
If there’s any singular post I want you guys to see that opens like this– I want it to be this one. Because this series is- from all the iterations…
Gunbuster (The OVA): Timeline Peril
Thank You Discotek!!! For the longest time, Gunbuster the movie was the only portion of Gunbuster that was legally available for anyone to watch. I say legally because…
BOCCHI THE ROCK! – “OVA 1”
A very fishy episode.
Oh Me, Oh My, OVA! α: The Forefathers of the Short-Form OVA
On December 26, 1983, Bandai (though its newly-launched Emotion label) released Episode 2 of Dallos in Japan, becoming the first anime ever...
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Black Magic M-66 (1987) [OVA Review]
Black Magic M-66; or, Do Androids Dream of Electric Granddaughters? In all honesty, I don't know if any of this really happened. It's...
January 2021 Review (Nuku Nuku Dash OVA)
Well, the new year is at hand, and thus here I am back at the grind of writing up about anime. I figure this year to be going…
Anime OVA review: Tenkuu Danzai Skelter Heaven
Or the latest in my unofficial “is it really that bad?” review series of anime. I sought out Pupa exactly because it was so poorly rated and watched…
Adventures in Japan – The Promised Land deculture!
After nearly four years of silence, I think it’s time to kick start deculture again!
Annoying Adventures With The Tape Trading Taskforce
Japanese animation, anime, cartoons, manga, 1960-1990, Tezuka, Miyazaki, Ishinomori, Matsumoto, Yamato, Gatchaman, Star Blazers, Captain Harlock
