From the tip of his pompadour to the heels of his boots there is no mistaking Dandy for a serious man. His adventures include hunting for galactic ramen, brokering peace between clothing-obsessed aliens and participating in a high school musical. So it comes as a surprise that the eleventh episode of Space Dandy , the show that bears his name, is quite serious indeed. It begins with Dandy holding a box he can’t remember acquiring. When his boss Scarlet opens it by mistake, the world turns red and then monochrome. Inside the box is a mysterious book. That’s just the start. “I’m Never Remembering You, Baby” is one of the most unsettling episodes in the series. It portrays Dandy as not foolish but unreliable and vulnerable as well. He travels to a planet that substitutes the show’s typical bright colors for crumbling charcoal architecture. Meanwhile, Dandy’s archnemesis,...
- 4/9/2024
- by Adam Wescott
- Crunchyroll
Following the November 2021 announcement of upcoming releases from Yen Audio at Anime NYC, Yen Press, LLC has announced the narrators for these new audiobook adaptations of beloved light novel series.
Spice and Wolf Vol. 1 will be narrated by J. Michael Tatum. J. Michael Tatum is an actor, writer, Adr director, and adaptive scriptwriter. Nurtured by anime classics, Tatum has lent his voice to several popular anime franchises over the years. After being cast as Rikichi in 2005’s Samurai 7, Tatum was able to attain a slew of dream roles, most notably Kyoya Ootori in Ouran High School Host Club, suave, demonic Sebastian Michaelis in Black Butler, France in the Hetalia franchise, Tomoe in Kamisama Kiss, and the equal parts maniacal and vulnerable Rintarou Okabe from Steins;Gate. Recently, he can be heard in the epic My Hero Academia as Tenya Iida. Most relevantly, he also played Kraft Lawrence in the 2009 anime adaptation of Spice and Wolf.
Spice and Wolf Vol. 1 will be narrated by J. Michael Tatum. J. Michael Tatum is an actor, writer, Adr director, and adaptive scriptwriter. Nurtured by anime classics, Tatum has lent his voice to several popular anime franchises over the years. After being cast as Rikichi in 2005’s Samurai 7, Tatum was able to attain a slew of dream roles, most notably Kyoya Ootori in Ouran High School Host Club, suave, demonic Sebastian Michaelis in Black Butler, France in the Hetalia franchise, Tomoe in Kamisama Kiss, and the equal parts maniacal and vulnerable Rintarou Okabe from Steins;Gate. Recently, he can be heard in the epic My Hero Academia as Tenya Iida. Most relevantly, he also played Kraft Lawrence in the 2009 anime adaptation of Spice and Wolf.
- 3/5/2022
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
In this episode of Off The Shelf, Ryan and Brian take a look at the new DVD and Blu-ray releases for the week August 2nd, 2016.
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Follow-up Dead Ringers Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Dated Scream Factory: Rabid Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Dated News Lionsgate bows new Vestron Bd series, plus BFI’s Napoleon, Peter Gabriel, Da Vinci Code 4K, Phantasm & more Warcraft official for Bd, BD3D & 4K on 9/27, plus Everest 4K, Bates Motel: S4, Arrow’s Dark Water & more Vestron Video – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vestron Video VHS Covers Vestron Video – Clg Wiki Scorpion Releasing: Joseph Losey’s Steaming Heading to Blu-ray Glengarry Glen Ross Blu-ray Upcoming Eureka Entertainment Blu-ray Releases The Lodger Blu-ray Detailed First Look at New 4K Remaster of Paul Verhoeven’s Showgirls Kino: New 2K Restoration of Night People Coming to Blu-ray The Almodóvar Blu-ray Collection Babyface (1977) Blu-ray...
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Follow-up Dead Ringers Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Dated Scream Factory: Rabid Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Dated News Lionsgate bows new Vestron Bd series, plus BFI’s Napoleon, Peter Gabriel, Da Vinci Code 4K, Phantasm & more Warcraft official for Bd, BD3D & 4K on 9/27, plus Everest 4K, Bates Motel: S4, Arrow’s Dark Water & more Vestron Video – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vestron Video VHS Covers Vestron Video – Clg Wiki Scorpion Releasing: Joseph Losey’s Steaming Heading to Blu-ray Glengarry Glen Ross Blu-ray Upcoming Eureka Entertainment Blu-ray Releases The Lodger Blu-ray Detailed First Look at New 4K Remaster of Paul Verhoeven’s Showgirls Kino: New 2K Restoration of Night People Coming to Blu-ray The Almodóvar Blu-ray Collection Babyface (1977) Blu-ray...
- 8/3/2016
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
Japanese animation or “anime” as it is commonly known, has been a major part of the mainstream entertainment since the 80s, when they experienced a boom in production. In the following decades, anime became a global phenomenon, and currently over 430 production companies are involved in an industry that has a total market value of $13.5 billion.
Almost exclusively based on manga, their print equivalent, anime stretch in a plethora of genres, address audiences of all age, sex, and preferences, and entail elaborate animation, despite being in their majority, at least partially hand-drawn. Here is a list with some of the best series in the category.
Just a few notes though. Each title represents the whole franchise, for example, the Monogatari title, includes Bakemonogatari, Nisemonogatari, the Evangelion one the remake etc. The descriptions and videos of those titles will be paradigms of the whole franchise. The list does not include films, just series.
Almost exclusively based on manga, their print equivalent, anime stretch in a plethora of genres, address audiences of all age, sex, and preferences, and entail elaborate animation, despite being in their majority, at least partially hand-drawn. Here is a list with some of the best series in the category.
Just a few notes though. Each title represents the whole franchise, for example, the Monogatari title, includes Bakemonogatari, Nisemonogatari, the Evangelion one the remake etc. The descriptions and videos of those titles will be paradigms of the whole franchise. The list does not include films, just series.
- 2/19/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The Writers Guild of America West (Wgaw) announced on Thursday that it is honoring Japanese filmmakers Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Ryuzo Kikushima, and Hideo Oguni with its Jean Renoir Award for Screenwriting Achievement.
The Jean Renoir Award, which is the Wgaw’s lifetime achievement international screenwriting award, is given to international writers who have “advanced the literature of motion pictures through the years and who [have] made outstanding contributions to the profession of screenwriter.”
Kurosawa (1910-1998) directed more than 30 films and wrote or contributed to more than 70 titles, including many classic films such as Seven Samurai, Rashomon, Ikiru, Yojimbo, Kagemusha, Ran, Red Beard, and High and Low.
Kikushima (1914-1989) contributed to more than 60 films and collaborated with Kurosawa on Stray Dog, Scandal, The Last Fortress, High and Low, Yojimbo, The Bad Sleep Well, and Red Beard. He also worked on Tora! Tora! Tora! with Oguni, and Willful Murder, the latter of...
The Jean Renoir Award, which is the Wgaw’s lifetime achievement international screenwriting award, is given to international writers who have “advanced the literature of motion pictures through the years and who [have] made outstanding contributions to the profession of screenwriter.”
Kurosawa (1910-1998) directed more than 30 films and wrote or contributed to more than 70 titles, including many classic films such as Seven Samurai, Rashomon, Ikiru, Yojimbo, Kagemusha, Ran, Red Beard, and High and Low.
Kikushima (1914-1989) contributed to more than 60 films and collaborated with Kurosawa on Stray Dog, Scandal, The Last Fortress, High and Low, Yojimbo, The Bad Sleep Well, and Red Beard. He also worked on Tora! Tora! Tora! with Oguni, and Willful Murder, the latter of...
- 1/30/2013
- by Vesna Sunrider
- Filmofilia
Anime. It’s the one medium that I know that can flawlessly integrate genres to create some of the most original and entertaining films and shows I’ve ever seen. “Cowboy Bebop” and “Trigun” can be called sci-fi or space westerns, “Samurai 7” is a steampunk Samurai series, and the list goes on. Sci-fi romance is one of the newest to show up and heading the charge is Mamoru Hosoda. Hosoda burst on the scene with “The Girl Who Leapt Through Time,” which got rave reviews, unfortunately I haven’t seen it. But after reading up on it and the director I was intrigued. Hosoda is currently being hailed as the successor to Hayao Miyazaki, he of “Princess Mononoke,” “Spirited Away,” and “Ponyo” fame. That’s a lot of pressure to stand up to and after seeing Hosoda’s latest release I can say wholeheartedly he does so with vigor and flair.
- 3/8/2011
- by Dedpool
- Beyond Hollywood
Christmas is almost upon us, so what DVD and Blu-rays are out to buy in time for the festive season? Let’s just say this – it’s definitely an action-packed week!
The Expendables
Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) is a man with nothing to lose. Fearless and void of emotion, he is the leader, the sage and the strategist of this tight-knit band of men who live on the fringe. The team behind him is made up of Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), former Sas and a savant with anything that has a blade; Yin Yang (Jet Li), a master at close-quarter combat; Hale Caesar (Terry Crews), who has known Barney for ten years and is a long-barrel weapons specialist; Toll Road (Randy Couture), a skilled demolitions expert and considered the intellect of the group; and Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), a combat veteran and an expert in precision sniping who struggles with his own demons.
The Expendables
Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) is a man with nothing to lose. Fearless and void of emotion, he is the leader, the sage and the strategist of this tight-knit band of men who live on the fringe. The team behind him is made up of Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), former Sas and a savant with anything that has a blade; Yin Yang (Jet Li), a master at close-quarter combat; Hale Caesar (Terry Crews), who has known Barney for ten years and is a long-barrel weapons specialist; Toll Road (Randy Couture), a skilled demolitions expert and considered the intellect of the group; and Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), a combat veteran and an expert in precision sniping who struggles with his own demons.
- 12/13/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Online retailer Amazon.com has reduced the price for several anime series and movies. Most of them are from FUNimation, so check the disc detail page (using the disc icon) first to see if these are HD upscales and if they will play on your non-Region A player.
The Sky Crawlers – $12.99
Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa – $10.99
Paprika – $14.99
Blood: The Last Vampire – $9.99
Witchblade: The Complete Series – $22.99
Gunslinger Girl: The Complete First Season – $21.49
Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino – $21.49
Tekkonkinkreet – $13.49
Samurai 7: The Complete Series – $29.99
Vexille – $15.99
Burst Angel: The Complete Collection – $32.99
Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone – $16.49
Basilisk: The Complete Series – $28.99
Heroic Age: The Complete Series – $24.99
D. Gray-Man: Season One, Part One – $26.49
Claymore: Complete Series Box Set – $29.49
Trinity Blood: Complete Series Box Set- $29.99
Clamp Double Feature: Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and xxxHOLiC – $14.99
Big thanks to Jeremy for the heads up!
The Sky Crawlers – $12.99
Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa – $10.99
Paprika – $14.99
Blood: The Last Vampire – $9.99
Witchblade: The Complete Series – $22.99
Gunslinger Girl: The Complete First Season – $21.49
Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino – $21.49
Tekkonkinkreet – $13.49
Samurai 7: The Complete Series – $29.99
Vexille – $15.99
Burst Angel: The Complete Collection – $32.99
Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone – $16.49
Basilisk: The Complete Series – $28.99
Heroic Age: The Complete Series – $24.99
D. Gray-Man: Season One, Part One – $26.49
Claymore: Complete Series Box Set – $29.49
Trinity Blood: Complete Series Box Set- $29.99
Clamp Double Feature: Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and xxxHOLiC – $14.99
Big thanks to Jeremy for the heads up!
- 7/7/2010
- by Ulrik
- Affenheimtheater
Samurai 7: The Complete Series
Box Set [Blu-ray] (FUNimation)
It’s interesting how a good idea can be interpreted in many different ways. Take the premise behind Akira Kurosawa’s classic movie The Seven Samurai. Since being released in 1954, this film’s simple story — about a small village whose residents hire a rag-tag group of samurai to defend them from bandits — has inspired a virtual film festival of variations on the theme. Besides such classic reinterpretations as the 1960 Western The Magnificent Seven and the 1998 Pixar animated insect movie A Bug’s Life, Samurai has also inspired the 1975 Indian film Sholay and the 1980 sci-fi movie Battle Beyond the Stars.
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Box Set [Blu-ray] (FUNimation)
It’s interesting how a good idea can be interpreted in many different ways. Take the premise behind Akira Kurosawa’s classic movie The Seven Samurai. Since being released in 1954, this film’s simple story — about a small village whose residents hire a rag-tag group of samurai to defend them from bandits — has inspired a virtual film festival of variations on the theme. Besides such classic reinterpretations as the 1960 Western The Magnificent Seven and the 1998 Pixar animated insect movie A Bug’s Life, Samurai has also inspired the 1975 Indian film Sholay and the 1980 sci-fi movie Battle Beyond the Stars.
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- 2/17/2009
- by Paul Semel
- www.culturecatch.com
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