Takamachi Nanoha Summer Holiday Figure And Nanoha The Movie 2nd A’s Nendoroid Petit Plus
To celebrate the upcoming theatrical release of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd A’s we review the new Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Takamachi Nanoha Summer Holiday figure from Alter and have a sneak peek at the upcoming Nanoha The Movie 2nd A’s Nendoroid Petit Plus figures. Continue reading
Remembering Love: The Notions Of Reality And The Internet In Serial Experiments Lain
For the last post in the Remembering Love series we go back to the 90s to look at Serial Experiments Lain – a series that raised the intellectual bar to standards no other series quite ever managed to match. It made bold statements about religion, the way people interact with each other in postmodern society and the internet-based future we were headed to. In a way Serial Experiments Lain predicted the future with a frightening degree of accuracy. Continue reading
Exaella – An Experimental Cyberpunk OVA
Exaella was supposed to be this week’s anime review. It’s a 4 episodes OVA co-produced by Russain director Andrew Oudot and Japanese director Isakawa Denisu. Exaella uses Japanese voice actors and one of the directors is of Japanese origin, but after watching it I can confirm it doesn’t exactly fall under the (strict) definition of anime. Continue reading
The Fate/Zero Saber: Zero ver. Figma Doesn’t Look So Good
Today we take a closer look at the Fate/Zero Saber: Zero ver. Figma that Good Smile Company released last month. Continue reading
Remembering Love: Adult Themes In Digimon Adventure 02
Surprise surprise! After two entries of relatively adult oriented series we move on to a somewhat unusual children show called Digimon Adventure 02. In this third part of the Remembering Love project I recall why I was moved by such a series despite already being in high school when it aired. Confused? Get ready to discover the dark side of the Digital World. Continue reading
Regarding the rereleases of Ouran High School Host Club and Simoun
Two weeks ago, on May 15, FUNimation rereleased Ouran High School Host Club on Blu-ray. I am writing this post to let you all know that the rerelease has the exact same content found in the old Blu-ray release. The only difference is that the rerelease is a budget release and doesn’t have that shiny pink box to go along with it. In other words, if you are interested in knowing more about this anime don’t hesitate to read our blu-ray review of Ouran High School Host Club.
Additionally, on June 12 Media Blasters will be rereleasing Simoun at a really awesome price. As in the case of the Ouran Blu-ray we were also able to confirm that the Simoun rerelease is a repackage of the old DVD version. As so the product you will be getting is identical to the one we already reviewed.
If you haven’t seen any of these great series yet now will be a good time to read the reviews and “adopt an anime”.
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