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Never let the truth get in the way of the utterly tiresome manufactured war on Christmas/Easter/western democratic values etc etc... brought to us by right wing (mostly) Christian conservatives; "The National Trust denied it was downplaying Easter and claimed Cadbury was responsible for the...

I was referring to Mary Norton's "The Borrowers". Forgot about the adaptation of Earthesa. I think the decision to adapt this book (which seems a little obscure) probably lies with the production committee, not the director. Japanese production committees are notoriously conservative and risk...

Mary and the Witch's Flower Saw this in the cinema today (original Japanese dialogue with English subtitles). Well, the film just felt really derivative I'm afraid. Like a pastiche of every Ghibli film of the last 15 years. Studio Ponoc seems to be trying fill the void Studio Ghibli left with...

From the All the Anime webstore, "Genius Party/Genius Party Beyond" BD/DVD set which I "frankensteined" with my Siren Visual DVD sets (took out the DVDs and replaced them with the special features DVDs from the Siren Visual releases) Also a long delayed order from the Right Stuf came in...

Accidentally discovered an obscure record label in the US is re-issuing an album from one of my favourite bands; eX-Girl. They were a quite unusual three piece from Tokyo who began in the late 1990's and lasted about a decade. They were this odd mix of punk, noise and psychedelia with weird...

Space Brothers This has taken a little while to watch. For such a long anime (which isn’t adapted from a shonen manga) the animation and story remains consistently great. It’s a nice blend of humour and drama. The long length of the show also allows charcter and situation to develop naturally...

The Disaster Artist Based on the book by actor Greg Sestero who played Mark in the infamously bad movie "The Room", this film is essentially about how that film was made. It doesn't really give you any more insight into the production compared to what is already in the public domain (such as who...

From Amazon.co.jp today; Gals Paradise 2017 DVD Special mook (San-ei Shobo) Gundam Thunderbolt Bandit Flower Blu-ray (Bandai Visual) Little Witch Academia Volume 9 Blu-ray (Toho) I've had a ton of issues getting volumes 6 to 8 of Little Witch Academia. I was waiting until two volumes were...

From YesAsia; "Ultraman X" part 1 and 2 blu-ray (Panorama, Hong Kong), from the All the Anime webshop; "A Silent Voice" Collector's Edition blu-ray

Back of the box; Box spine; Spec sheet; BD cases front; BD cases rear; Art on reverse side of BD slicks; Booklet cover; Sample pages of booklet; Sample of disc art; Also for any Americans reading, discs are definitely set to region B.

From the All the Anime webshop, "Hyouka" part 1 blu-ray; From JB Hi-Fi Belconnen this morning, "Sailor Moon" blu-ray from Madman Entertainment; For those interested, yes the video is about a thousand times better than the murky, smeary mess that is Viz Media's BD sets. Some of the "stock...

I'm surprised no one has brought this one up; from the very first episode of "Macross", look at the nameplate on the tram in the bottom right corner. In part I have made it a little bit hard to read due to the foul language. Note that this scene was in "Robotech" completely unedited. Yes...

From Amazon.co.jp today; Gals Paradise 2017 Top Race Queen Edition mook (San-ei Shobo) Perfume - "Perfume Clips 2" Limited Edition Blu-ray (Universal Music) Gundam the Origin V: Clash at Loum Blu-ray (Bandai Visual)

Seeing as all of the shorts were English subbed, including the BD and DVD versions of "Patlabor Reboot", it seems likely they'll include English subs, I hope...

Actually child porn was banned in Japan in 1999, which is quite shocking as most countries had banned it by the 1970's. Bizarrely possession of child pornography wasn't banned in Japan until 2014 (which is the law you're referring to), however the law wasn't enacted until the following year...

Don't usually buy figures, but decided to collect Bandai's Robot Spirits <Side Labor> series. Already have Ingram Unit 1, so I decided to get the two rarer figures; Ingram Unit 2 and the Tyrant 2000 & Construction Scene Set. Both were originally only sold via the Premium Bandai website. I got...

Listening a couple of favorite albums from a couple of years ago. Wednesday Campanella's "Zipang" album is one of my recent favourites. I think it's far better than the material they've released so far through their major label deal. Unsure why Warner Bros hasn't decided to try to break this...

I recall Jonathan Clements recounting the story that supposedly the BBFC went to Island Records (who owned Manga Entertainment at the time) to confirm that the sub masters they had for "La Blue Girl" they had were securely locked away lest they somehow escape and do untold damage to the British...

Sometime ago I read an article on Shibuya Kei, an extremely broad genre of Japanese music which began in the mid 1990's. I started searching up on the music and didn't like a great deal of it until I came across Kahimi Karie who is more style than substance (she seems to got her career kick...

I commented on a couple of your articles on your blog, but for some reason they disappeared in the the ether...