Taki’s father was a Sakhalin Husky, and his mother was a wolf who escaped from the circus. Severely injured as a puppy, Taki was taken in by a hunter’s daughter named Sanae (similar to …
Sep 26, 2021 • Subscribe
More like this
King Fang v2
In November of 2021, Orphan's timer ninacloud noticed that an uploader going by the handle of fabrebatalla18 had torrented a group of "rare ...


A Long Time Coming: King Fang
About four years ago, a gentle Swede who goes by the handle Go no Ken found a rare VHS tape of the 1978 TV special Daisetsuzan no Yuusha…
Botchan, King Fang, Perrine Monogatari, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Tokimeki Tonight
Yamato movie on Fuji TV, 1978
Article reproduction from Yamato Syndrome doujinshi, 2018 Space Battleship Yamato, Fuji TV August 4 Conditions on the production side Fierce competition at the top, Japan TV drops out…


PODCAST: Wonder Egg Priority TV Special
CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of suicide, bullying, rape, false rape accusations, depression, isolation, etc. A lot can happen in 3 months. Or perhaps very little at all. Join Shadon…


Korean Era Anime: Fly Wonder Princess 1978 King-Menu Subs 2024
“Run, Wonder Princess” is a 1978 bootleg anime directed by Kim Cheong-gi and featuring Wonder Princess, an alien princess who escapes from an empire chasing her across the galaxy.…
NC 1978
The 2011 anime series Tiger & Bunny takes place in NC 1977 to NC 1978. While this clearly isn’t our 1970s, there is no such place as Sternbild…
REBEL 3199 Chapter 1 Just Before Launch TV Special
As we’ve followed the remake chapters, each theatrical premiere has been preceded by a TV special featuring new footage and interviews with staff and cast members. That tradition…


Interview with Quintessential Quintuplets TV Special Staff at Otakon 2023
Veteran Shaft animator Kazuya Shiotsuki, freelance screenwriter Keiichirou Ouchi, and TBS producer Junichirou Tanaka came to Washington DC for Otakon last week – July 2023. Otakon was kind…
Inside Academy Studio, 1978
One of the most significant differences between the making of Yamato Series 1 and Series 2 was public perception. In 1974/75, there was no anime journalism to speak…


1978: Anime's Greatest Year?
Japanese animation, anime, cartoons, manga, 1960-1990, Tezuka, Miyazaki, Ishinomori, Matsumoto, Yamato, Gatchaman, Star Blazers, Captain Harlock


The Phantom Thieves Movie 1955 King-Menu Subs Holiday Special
A mysterious thief calling himself “The Devil’s Secret Agent” appears in the big city of Tokyo, and a series of incidents break out in which he steals diamonds…


Primal Playthrough: Episode 1- Spear and Fang
Greetings, fabulous people of the Internet! Hanime on Anime here, and welcome to the first post of the Primal Playthrough! And starting things off is probably the roughest…
Vintage Report 16: December 1978
Stop the presses moment: in the course of writing these vintage reports, new discoveries inevitably pop up that belonged in previous reports. Sometimes they warrant special attention, and…
Vintage Report 13: September 1978
The month following the incredible box office success of Farewell to Yamato was both a victory lap and the beginning of a marathon. As new media coverage and…


Kanada and Tomonaga, 1978-1979
This article is an annex to this piece 1979 was no doubt a busy year in the anime industry, and especially so in the careers of Yoshinori Kanada…


The Killing Game (1978) review
Murakawa delivers a satisfying sequel.
Vintage Report EXTRA, 1978-1981
It may be impossible to construct a complete timeline of Yamato history in the Vintage Report series since previously unknown artifacts can emerge at any time, and sometimes…
Vintage Report 14: October 1978
To understand how significant this month was, here’s a metaphor. Imagine that it’s July 1977, two months after Star Wars exploded into the world. Now, without buying a…
Vintage Report 12: August 1978
This was the month when all the suspense finally broke. Farewell to Yamato destroyed all previous box office records for anime films (including that of Yamato itself) with…


The Most Dangerous Game (1978)
A stylish noirish experience that offers many satisfying action moments and a chance for the male spectator to fleetingly savour an impossible fantasy of male desirability.
Vintage Report 11: July 1978
The final month before the Farewell to Yamato premiere was a steady climb of excitement and anticipation as film production plowed through its final stages and publicity ratcheted…
Vintage Report 15: November 1978
Though Farewell to Yamato was no longer in theaters in November 1978, it continued to dominate the discourse, both in media and merchandising. But it was no longer…


Kanojo mo Kanojo - Episode 4 - Rika Double Fang
Kanojo mo Kanojo - Episode 4. Rika, the next girlfriend candidate, has twin tails and twin fangs. She also has two other significant features.


Little Blue (小藍, Lee Yi Fang, 2022)
Mother and daughter find themselves in eerily similar situations when dealing with a social double standard in Lee Yi Fang’s pointed drama
Yoshinobu Nishizaki Q&A, April 1978
Originally published in issue 3 of the Yamato Fan Club magazine Q&A Series: Page of exchange between Chairman Nishizaki and fans Yamato is a roman of love and…
Vintage Report 10: 1978, Part 2
As 1978 approached its midpoint, Yamato fever was heating up. The publicity campaign was just starting to ramp up, but production was running at full speed as the…
Vintage Report 9: 1978, Part 1
As the new year began, the Yamato movie was still raking in box office profits after an incredible five months. After a slowdown in December, the New Year’s…
Yamato 2 production site report, 1978
From the January 1979 issue of Kodansha’s manga magazine Mimi comes this six-page exploration of the Yamato 2 production office at Academy Studio, filled with insider details and…


Treasure Island (1978) | Retro Anime Recommendations #animeshorts
No post summary was provided.


The Demon (鬼畜, Yoshitaro Nomura, 1978)
When his mistress abandons their three children on his doorstep, a resentful father and his enraged wife take drastic action to be free of them in Yoshitaro Nomura’s…


The Fall Of Ako Castle (1978) review
Fukasaku has crafted a period piece that, due to its impeccable dramatic pacing, has to be counted among the best
Astro TV Boy
Breaking News : Astro Boy removes own head, replaces with TV. Can now watch TV at all times, even when eyes closed. Actually, it's a custom...
Baseball on TV
Welcome to Murakami Fest 2022! This is my first Murakami Fest in Japan since 2009, which is pretty wild. I kept this ridiculous project going for 12 years…


009-1 (TV)
009-1 (2006) TV I’m a little annoyed that I’d never come across 009-1 before last year. Written by Shotaro Ishinomori as a way to tackle stories beyond the…


Gungrave (Gangureivu) TV
It’s probable that I’ve said this before but I find mafia-style stories a hard sell. And yet, I’ll usually at least try them out. Gungrave (Gangureivu) TV 2003…


Dolls’ Frontline (TV)
Oh. I see they decided to make a proper TV series out of Dolls’ Frontline. Because after the funny and light-hearted chibified ONA episodes, it is time to…
Chua Tek Ming~*Anime Power*~ !LiVe FoR AnImE, aNiMe FoR LiFe!


SPECIAL TOPIC: Kochikame’s Special Criminal Division
A handful of manga in Weekly Shonen Jump have stuck around for a long time- and then there’s Kochikame こち亀, which began serializing in 1976 from Akimoto Osamu 秋本治…


Special 19, “The Shamisen Shamismas Special”
On this special holiday episode of The One Piece Podcast we celebrate the art of the shamisen in One Piece and beyond! Joining host Zach and contributor Brodsky…


The Phoenix (火の鳥, Kon Ichikawa, 1978)
The people of early Japan contemplate different visions of immortality in Kon Ichikawa’s sprawling adaptation of the first chapter in Osamu Tezuka’s manga series.


This Week in Anime - Middle Earth, Circa 1978
Before the new The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim anime film comes out, Steve and Lucas take a trip back to 1978 to talk…


This Week in Anime - Middle Earth, Circa 1978
Before the new The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim anime film comes out, Steve and Lucas take a trip back to 1978 to talk…


(#MechaMarch2024) Fang of the Sun Dougram – As Real as Real Gets
Setting Real Robot Into Motion When giving the history of mecha anime a quick glance, it’s been a well considered idea that Mobile Suit Gundam was the first…
Special Boy
Bakugo shuts up All for One, Union meets Number 3, and One Piece breaks us down just to lift us back up again! 4:55 - My Hero Academia 409 12:23…
Cipher, Green Green, My Hero Academia, One Piece, Undead Unluck


Laughing Salesman TV Batch
Had this ready a while back, but you know, getting old here, so my apologies there, but anyway, here's the batch of Laughing Salesman tv episodes. Note, there…
Shadowhunters TV Series Review
Yo!! Sirius here. Welcome to my first ever Halloween Special. Like what I said on my announcement last week, I will be posting entries relating to the theme, Halloween, starting…


TV Talk: Severance Review
I share thoughts on the Apple TV series Severance. 9 episodes long SciFi, Drama, Thriller Timestamps (00:00) Intro and Show description (10:15) SPOILER discussion ______________________________ If you enjoy…


TV: Sherlock (Series 1)
The famous Sherlock Holmes is back at it again on your television screen! Or at least he was... Sherlock has since been completed back in 2...