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That's the strongest lineup AL have had in a single month for quite a while. Call of the Night is a definite, and I'll probably get Komada. I should really get around to trying Carole and Tuesday on Netflix.

There's currently an open beta available for Sonic Racing Crossworlds. It started today and I think it runs until Monday.

The movie sequel to the excellent Senpai is an Otokonoko romance series has been added to Crunchyroll. It's split into four episodes, surprisingly. Maybe it had a Japanese broadcast in that format.

Osomatsu-san season 4 Each season of Osomatsu-san changes the formula of the franchise. This can be disorienting at first as viewer expectations need to be recalibrated each time. The first season was a radical reinvention of the 60s and 80s Osomatsu-kun shows, ageing up the titular sextuplets...

After checking every day for a month, Windows 10 finally let me enrol for the extra year of security updates. It's had a staggered rollout, so even with the right update installed there was no telling if/when it would actually enable the option. With the standard security updates ending in...

It's hard to think of another director who has such a massive gulf in quality between their best and worst work. Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Signs are great. Split and The Visit are solid. But Glass and The Happening are among the worst movies I've ever seen.

This video provides a clear explanation of how long different media formats last and why. You may want to crank up the playback speed though; dude talks pretty slowly. 😅

A demo has been released for the remake of Trails in the Sky.

The original versions of Resident Evil 2 and 3 will be shuffling onto PSN on 19th August. It's unbelievable how long it's taking for some of the PS1's best games to reach modern consoles.

Don't AL usually have a summer sale in mid-August? 🤔 Have they ever skipped that in previous years?

The DualSense has pretty bad battery life in general. It's not much better than the DualShock 4; about 5-7 hours, I think.

I didn't realise that Otaku Elf is getting a UK release. Has that been announced yet?

Yes, that was the first thing that made me wonder. It's such an odd idea to pin a collection on.

It's good to see that Discotek haven't given up on Aim for the Ace, though I was hoping for the next OAV series, not yet another remake of the original series. Maybe in another year or two...? Do Animeigo need a hug or something? The way the bulk of their recent licences are focusing on...

Did I mishear or did they say that Zone of the Enders is native HD? I'll probably upgrade from my DVDs if so. It's a better series than you would expect from a 00s game spin-off, and a rare case of an anime where all the characters are adults. The Yello version of Cobra was conspicuously absent...

Here's hoping Discotek plan to announce a decent amount of anime this time. Their slate has been looking pretty weak on that front this year due to their increasing focus on live-action.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2025-08-06/complete-teekyu-blu-ray-set-comes-with-underpants-shaped-caps/.227407 Obi evolves into Pantsu. How did it take Japan so long to try this?

One of my personal grail items, the soundtrack for Godzilla: Tokyo SOS. This was the third, and IMO the best, Godzilla score by Michiru Oshima (Bloom Into You, Fullmetal Alchemist) and has been OOP for over a decade. Frustratingly, it did have a rerelease a few years ago... but only on vinyl...

Hand Maid May This short series makes some baffling creative decisions. It starts off well enough. Despite being made at a time when 'robot maid' wasn't yet an overdone concept, it adds a unique twist by making the titular cyberdoll 1/6 scale. Seeing May attempt to perform her duties as a maid...

Fantastic Four: First Steps Fourth time's the charm. After two underwhelming attempts and a flat-out box office disaster, these characters finally have a movie that's worth watching. I've never been much of an F4 fan, so I was mostly seeing this in the hope that Galactus would go on a...