Final Yamato Meta There are some interesting bits of meta this time. The first little bit is this film is almost immediately after the third Space Battleship Yamato season, Bolar Wars. That is a pr…
Sep 25, 2024 • Subscribe
More like this
School Day’s Kotonoha Katsura: The Ticking Time Bomb
We still have a bit of School Days left to talk about folks! We’ve discussed the series as a whole, given some bite sized opinions, and even talked…
Final Yamato novelization, 1982/83
The last movie of the original production years was released in March 1983, accompanied by no fewer than four different novelizations from three different publishers. Over time, the…
Pick of the Week: Ticking a Box
SEAN: There are a lot of debuts I’m interested in this week, but I think I will go with the one with the coolest cover, the first volume…
DALLOS (1983)
I take a look back at the dawn of the OVA.
Memories: Stink Bomb
By Jonathan Clements. Hapless lab assistant Nobuo Tanaka is working on a new ‘miracle drug’ at a research institute. Unfortunately for him, his harmless project turns out to…
Bomb the Con
Truth behind the Comiket bomb threat of '98.
Devil de Story (1983)
https://nyaa.si/view/1763447 Fansub credits can be found in the link above. Our first 2024 upload! A mysterious—and possibly lost—film fro...
School Babysitters – Sugar Bomb!
School Babysitters was not on my radar at all until a few fellow bloggers started raving about how sweet it was. I have a sweet tooth!
Sincere makes a splash with Water.
A splash of funk that Sincere slips into this track will have you getting your sway on. Effortless switches between English and Japanese lyrics mid-flow are delivered with…
Don Matsugorou no Seikatsu (1983)
https://nyaa.si/view/1553981 Fansub credits can be found in the link above. Another collaboration with Kineko Video! This time it's an Eng...
A Time Slip Of Forty Years: 1983 In Anime Film
Japanese animation, anime, cartoons, manga, 1960-1990, Tezuka, Miyazaki, Ishinomori, Matsumoto, Yamato, Gatchaman, Star Blazers, Captain Harlock
Paintings in Movies: PILLOW TALK (1959) and PROJECT A (1983)
I’m always intrigued when I notice background details involving artwork in various films and TV shows, especially paintings on the walls of the various interiors used in the…
A Story Written With Water (1965) review
An exquisitely layered psychological drama that unveils how a subject’s fixation on a phantasmatic image disrupts his ability to commit himself romantically to the female other
Episode 37: Atomic Bomb Literature
Listen to Episode 37 of the Read Literature podcast. Transcript available. In this episode, we take a look at Japanese writing about the American bombings of Hiroshima and…
Memories – Part 2: Stink Bomb
Here is the second short film in Katsuhiro Otomo’s short collection of films, Memories. There is not as much staff to highlight in this short film other then…
Drinking Bomb and Shooting Meth
Alexander, Jeffrey Drinking Bomb and Shooting Meth: Alcohol and Drug Use in Japan Ann Arbor: Association for Asian Studies, 2018 https://w...
Diva Wisteria, 9for, and TEITO drop a Jaeger bomb remix!
Diva Wisteria, 9for, and TEITO drop you into this new remix for Jaeger and go full tilt from tip off. This song hits the ground running and does…
![Featured image for The Family Game (1983) [Film Review]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20210705/1625516597.16656.41938.jpg)
The Family Game (1983) [Film Review]
The Family Game; or, Keeping Up with the Numatas Why do we have to sacrifice so much for the sake of our children? Yoshimitsu Morita’s...
Nase Yamato
Nase Yamato is one of my favorite mangaka! I have almost her manga books. I got 'Dekiru Otoko no Sodatekata' recently. The story outline i...
Thicker Than Water
detective fiction, 推理小説、games, mystery, murder, locked room, Japanese, translations,
Be Like Water
Akane "shares" a drink with her father, Cipher Academy has a dance battle, and we recap 17 or so chapters of Edens Zero. 4:36 - My Hero Academia 388 12:24…
A Water Mill (물레방아, Lee Man-hee, 1966)
A wandering soul stumbles on a death rite that may in some senses be his own in Lee Man-hee’s haunting feudal drama.
Elemental: A Romance that Sizzles Like Boiling Water
Okay, look… I gotta be transparent with you. It’s most definitely to do with our society, but I had convinced myself of the subtext of Pixar’s new movie…
Spy×Family 14 (Terrorist Bomb! #Spy_Family)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Spy×Family 14. Anya gets a glimpse of the future from the dog and sees her papa die. As such, she goes to save him.
The Bomb That Is 'The Bath'
Plus: international animation news.
A Couple of Cuckoos – 18 – Somebody Set Up Us the Bomb
When Sachi’s fever doesn’t go down, her mom takes her to the hospital, but Sachi insists they don’t tell Onii. When Erika hesitates to tell Nagi what she…
Crusher Joe (1983) | Retro Anime Recommendations #animeshorts
No post summary was provided.
Classic Shounen Jump Anime | Cats Eye (1983)
You can also check out the article we wrote on Cat's Eye here: https://www.retroverse.net/2022/05/16/cats-eye-1983-1985/ We're back! Today we're taking a look at the 80s Lupin-esque anime, by the creator…
A Final Update (Probably)
Some of you may have noticed that I have written one post since August 31st. For those who have not, let the records show that I have written…
Space Battleship Yamato (1977) – A Trip of Destiny
When A Recap Movie Changes Everything Is it a crazy thing to think about how some of the most legendary anime start at failures. Lupin III’s anime side…
Yamato 2205 Timeline
About this list: this is a work-in-progress with the goal of assembling as complete a timeline as possible of the entire Yamato/Star Blazers phenomenon. Data will be added…
Yamato Year 2022
What happened with the classic Yamato saga during the year 2205 reached its finale and 3199 quietly went into production? Here’s where we round it all up for…
Yamato Year 2021
The year 2021 will be remembered as our bridge from one reboot to the next when Age of Yamato took us from 2202 to 2205. If not for…
Goddesses of Yamato
From issue 14 of the Star Blazers/Yamato Fan Club magazine (April 2022): very rare interviews with Sasha’s voice actor Keiko Han and singer Mitsuko Horie. Both cite their…
Yamato Year 2023
If for some reason you were trying to avoid hearing about the classic Yamato saga in 2023, your work got harder as the 49th anniversary approached. The passing…
Dead in the Water
detective fiction, 推理小説、games, mystery, murder, locked room, Japanese, translations,
Episode #57 – Dark Water
The host of the Scared Sheep YouTube channel brings her knowledge of Japanese horror and culture to a discussion of Dark Water. Although not as popular as other…
Review: Water Boys (2021)
Water Boys 五个扑水的少年 China, 2021, colour, 2.35:1, 110 mins. Director: Song Haolin 宋灏霖. Rating: 7/10. Very free re-make of the 2001 Japanese hit comedy about a male synchro…
Transcript of Episode 37: Atomic Bomb Literature
Find out more about Episode 37of the Read Literature podcast on the episode page. Link to listen Notes and sources Ways to support the podcast This is Read…
The Geisha (陽暉楼, Hideo Gosha, 1983)
The coming of the railroad spells doom for one of the most prestigious geisha houses in Japan in Hideo Gosha’s adaptation of the Tomiko Miyao novel.
Golgo 13 The Professional (1983) | Retro Anime Recommendation
Anime in the 80s was a time of badass manly-man characters like Cobra, Kenshiro, and many more. And today we're gonna be taking a look at the poster…
The Girl Who Leaped Through Time (1983) review
The film does not merely celebrate the beauty of the transiency of being-in-love, but also powerfully stages the tragedy of the missed encounter.
Barefoot Gen (1983) | Retro Anime Recommendations #animeshorts #retroanime
No post summary was provided.
Space Battleship Yamato: Resurrection (2009): Always count on the Yamato
The Usual Yamato Meta Talk The last post was the big franchise goodbye to the Yamato franchise. The year was 1983 and it was time to end it…
Space Battleship Yamato, Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection
Final Thoughts: A Silent Voice
"Throughout the film, Shoya and Shoko approach their friendship from two very different places."
Yamato music talk, 2023
Showa 40 Otoko is a bimonthly magazine published by Crete Planning Box with a very specific target audience: Japanese men born in 1965. It’s actually a bit broader…
Yamato 2202 Mechanic Encyclopedia
Starting in January 2019, Hachette Collections Japan embarked on a monumental project: a weekly 1/350 Yamato “Diecast Gimmick Model.” Its huge assortment of parts was sold week by…
Yamato 3199 Report 2
After a long period of silence, new information about Yamato 3199 finally trickled out during the months of October and November 2023. Thanks to a live talkshow, the…
Yamato 2205 media catalog
Chapter 1 Limited Edition Blu-ray October 8, 2021 The theater-exclusive Blu-ray for 2205 was a hot seller with many theaters running out of copies in the first week.…
Review – Space Battleship Yamato
Although I’ve never seen the original Space Battleship Yamato anime, nor it’s American incarnation Star Blazers, I’m always a sucker for a good sci-fi action flick. My particular…
