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Monday, Mar 23
Book Review: Schoolgirl Milky Crisis: Adventures in the Anime and ...
OH Clements' appreciations of major manga figures like Keiji Nakasawa (author of the Hiroshimo memoir Barefoot Gen, one of the first manga series to get published in the US), Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira), Miyazaki and more are also really fine, displaying both ...
Friday, Mar 6
Manga Review: Oishinbo A la Carte by Tetsu Kariya and Hanasaki Akira
OH Told in the manga style of graphic novels, the artwork by Akira Hanasaki lets the reader savor each chapter step by step. The main character, Yamaoka Shiro, is on a quest for items to be part of the "ultimate menu." Although hardly what one would ...
Wednesday, Oct 15
Music Review: Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffalo - Uganda -- Dawn of African Rock
Akira Ishikawa had a mission. He wanted to find the eternal now of rhythm. After a mind-blowing trip to Africa in 1970, the Japanese percussionist had a goal -- true Afro-delic Acid Rock. He hooked up with composer Muroaka Takeru and this album was born in 1971. Awash in minimalist percussion -...
Wednesday, Aug 1
DVD Review: Frankenstein Conquers the World
Spread across two discs, the American and Japanese versions are widely varied in their video quality. The original language cut is faded, tinted an odd red color, and damaged quite heavily in spots. It’s fuzzy and worn, and doesn’t look like anything was done to fix it.
Wednesday, Jul 4
Region 2 DVD Review: Terror of Mechagodzilla
Akira Ifukube’s pounding themes are the final piece of this classic Godzilla film. This is a definite fan favorite in its original Japanese incarnation, and a fine send-off to the original set of inconsistent Toho monster epics. It’s worth tracking down.
Monday, Jun 25
DVD Review: Invasion of Astro-Monster
Starring American actor Nick Adams (who'd previously appeared in Toho's Frankenstein Conquers the World) with his voice dubbed into Japanese on the subtitled version (as with the Ghidorah DVD, Classic Media provides both English and Japanese versions of the flick), Astro-Monster t...
Thursday, Mar 1
Retro Corner: Virtua Fighter
Facts and notables Released at launch for the Sega Saturn, the buggy graphics and game play were quickly fixed by a mail-in update, called Virtua Fighter Remix. This new version added textures to the characters, and was also an arcade release.
