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June 7, 2015 · 0 comments
Perfect Blue and Social Acting
By Raz Greenberg When Perfect Blue debuted in English-speaking territories in 1999, it was hyped for the “adult” elements that most people associated with anime (and, I suspect, also appealed to at least some part of the anime fandom at the time), at least superficially. It was a thriller about a girl stalked by a […]
June 4, 2015 · 0 comments
Running Through Beijing
By Jonathan Clements. Fresh out of prison after serving three months for a fake diploma scam, wide-boy Dunhuang falls in with the lonely, sex-starved Xiaorong, a girl who sells pirate DVDs. Unable to trace his old colleagues, off the radar among millions of illegal Beijing residents, he starts selling films on the streets, just another […]
June 3, 2015 · 0 comments
Newswire #22 – 3rd June 2015
Can you believe it’s June already? We sure can’t but it stop us from kickstarting the month with a packed Newswire for you. NEWS/GENERAL UPDATES ~ First of all, Kill la Kill Part 3. Following our news from last week [see this] we can confirm that the new release date for this will be 29th […]
June 3, 2015 · 0 comments
Kill la Kill Part 3 – Replacement Scheme
NOTE: This replacement scheme only applies to those who purchased Kill la Kill Part 3 from our stand at MCM London Comic Con May 2015. As detailed in our Newswire last week, it became apparent to us by the conclusion of MCM London Comic Con weekend that there was a problem with the rigid case […]
June 2, 2015 · 1 comment
Perfect Blue & Horror
By Andrew Osmond. Five years ago, I wrote the saddest article of my career, an obituary of the great Japanese director Satoshi Kon. Naturally, I mentioned his slasher-film debut Perfect Blue, and said it was “perhaps the only effective horror film in animation.” It was a generalised, rash claim to make; yet Perfect Blue is […]
May 30, 2015 · 0 comments
Outlaw Star music: Kazuhiro Hara
By Anthony Thomas I’ll always remember Outlaw Star as one of the essential anime to watch from my youth – I’d argue it’s essential now too, but you might think I’m being paid to say that. It was pre-Y2K and my main source of anime knowledge came directly from message boards courtesy of the one […]