Recent content by Vashdaman

The Hunted (1995) This silly and violent romp through 90s Nagoya written and directed by the writer of Pretty Woman, sees Christopher Lambert as the hapless businessman on a trip in Japan who is in the wrong place at the wrong time, or rather the right place at the right time, and after a soul...

I've got back onto GTO again after being sidetracked for a while, I'm still only maybe fifteen or so episodes in but still loving it. It is one of those shows though that when you stop and actually think about what's taking place on screen, it's err the sort of thing you'd imagine Andrew...

Genuinely awesome post there, @Rui! I think that might be my favourite anime related AUKN forum post of the year, it's deserving of professional publication! A fascinating analysis of the modern anime landscape and a great read! This morning I'm currently not feeling incredibly optimistic about...

Thanks for that really interesting charting of Isekai history, @Dai! I find the stubborn popularity of what on the surface sounds like a creatively fairly barren genre to be fascinating in a morbid kind of way, but I cannot muster the willpower to actually watch a single one of these shows...

Yeah, I'm not well versed in the subject, but it seems pretty obvious that media in China has a lot of red lines that can't be crossed, and very obviously there's little to no tolerance of openly critical political sentiment. It's a real shame the Chinese government won't relinquish its control...

Also interesting point about Chinese animation hitting the spot that Japanese anime is sometimes struggling to these days! That actually makes total sense given that Chinese creators have a big enough domestic audience not to feel the pressure to appeal to other markets, and thus ending up with...

Some really interesting answers here. I'm slightly surprised to hear all those pseudo European fantasy set isekai shows might have been targeting western audiences. My assumption has always been that a safe, tried and tested way to appeal to an audience is by giving them something "exotic"...

Those are all interesting points that are worth discussing, and just to say I have no clue as to the veracity of the figures I read (it came from an article quoting a Japanese anime organisation at the Tokyo film festival), but surely it's not controversial at this point to say that the non...

I read a statistic today that the anime industry is today worth something to the tune of 25 billion dollars, and that 80% of the industry's sales are from the international anime consuming audience as opposed to domestic. I guess this makes sense seeing how truly globally popular anime today is...

Not very unknown but I always felt the original Vampire Hunter D movie was underrated in favour of Bloodlust which gets more fanfare. I've always preferred the original and find Bloodlust a bit overrated. Speaking of vampires I've also always felt the original Blood The last Vampire was...

So with Trigun Stargaze coming along at some point, I thought I'd look at some of the promotional art and see if I could soften my heart towards it. I want to feel joy at the fact my favourite anime franchise has a second lease of life, and I hear Vash has his spikey hair back and even more...

Man what another utterly depressing miserable week for politics in this country. We got to see the whole political and royal establishment roll out the red carpet yet again for Donald Trump and try to fit their collective heads as far up his backside as possible. Starmer is no doubt delighted...

So you not only agree with this government's authoritarian crack down on free speech, but in fact you think all protest relating to cornerns and issues abroad (despite our government's involvement in such issues) should be made illegal? You don't believe in free speech then, Dave. And you are...

Recently watched 8 eps of Ikebukuro West Gate Park (the live action show from 2000) and it's so my cup of tea it's ridiculous, such great fun. This is on Netflix, so if your taste is even remotely similar to mine and you haven't already seen this, give it try!

Honestly, I don't get it, why is it so hard for people to be equally against authoritarianism regardless of who is on the receiving end? I don't think people should allowed to intimidate others and try to burn down hotels etc, but I don't have a problem with people protesting non-violently...