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    Asian Cinema Thread

    Project A and Project A II. There's also a Sammo Hung Blu-ray of Painted Faces
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    Asian Cinema Thread

    88 Films announced one of my fave movies for release in June alongside some Jackie Chan 4Ks Fumihiko Sori's live action adaptation of Ping Pong is finally coming to Blu...
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    Just rewatched Patlabor movie 1 after not watching since 90s and tbh disappointed - perhaps a few spoilers

    The basic premise of an alien/otherworldy kaiju monster of the week is the same, but the giant robot aspects are completely different, and avoid the NGE mindfrell and psycho deep dive characterisations. The giant robot is a machine (not anthropomorphised in any way) built to fight the invaders...
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    Defective or Disappointing UK Anime Discs

    I think they gave it up pretty quick. I'm in the middle of my first rewatch of the Shippuden DVDs, and by collection 23 the song subtitles are long since history,
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    Defective or Disappointing UK Anime Discs

    The theme songs aren’t subtitled on the Manga DVDs either.
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    Just rewatched Patlabor movie 1 after not watching since 90s and tbh disappointed - perhaps a few spoilers

    I don't like giant robots as a genre per se, but there are some I have a lot of time for. Dai Guard is my go to, like Patlabor TV it's got a heavy dose of slice of life but it's more of an Evangelion clone, but here the twist is that it's the salarymen (and women) who ride the giant robot, and...
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    Asian Cinema Thread

    Third Window Films’ first 4k UHD release will be a doozy
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    Thoughts on baki?

    I wrote this about Baki when I reviewed it last year... "Baki has made me pull out the ‘if you like this sort of thing, you’ll love this’ cliché." and "Baki is the kind of show you watch if you like the idea of people flaying each other by happy slapping." and "At one point Baki hears...
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    UK Anime Distributor Anime Limited Discussion Thread

    Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack for the win (loss?)
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    UK Anime Blu-ray & DVD Bargains

    Looks like Kizumonogatari 1-3 for £7.99 each are this weeks DOTW https://www.anime-on-line.com/2964-Deal-of-the-Week
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    The Q & A Thread (for questions that do not need a thread)

    I'd go for the 47 episodes of the TV series first. then the 16 episodes of the second OVA series.
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    General anime thoughts/discussion thread.

    Yeah, Jerome worked for Manga for quite a while, but Manga went down the crapper (I seem to recall Jerome had a social media meltdown at one point too) and they parted ways. Jerome started Animatsu, and made enough of a success of it, that when Manga hit the skids, he was able to buy it and...
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    UK Anime Blu-ray & DVD Bargains

    https://www.anime-on-line.com/31501-non-non-biyori-vacation-u-blu-ray.html
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    The Q & A Thread (for questions that do not need a thread)

    A Lull in the Sea did get a UK release, although you'll have to trawl eBay looking for pre-owned at this point. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=a+lull+in+the+sea&_sacat=617&_from=R40&_trksid=p4624852.m570.l2632
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    General anime thoughts/discussion thread.

    Jerome, who owned Manga Entertainment before selling it to Funimation, who were bought out by Crunchyroll, bought out by Sony.
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    UK Anime Distributor MVM Entertainment Discussion Thread

    Is anyone else having trouble checking out at Anime On Line? I can't see any option to pay by card or Paypal, and if I get two or more items past the free shipping threshold, there's a random penny added to the total.
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    General anime thoughts/discussion thread.

    So Jerome Mazandarani now writes the Answerman column, and yesterday’s offering was about Sony/Crunchyroll’s destruction of the physical media market.. I’m impressed that he wrote all that with zero irony or self awareness. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2026-02-09/.233909
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    General anime thoughts/discussion thread.

    I imported the Region 1 DVD years ago, probably from Right Stuf. Looking on Amazon US, there is still one copy listed, but the Blu-ray seems to be a lot harder to find there. Either way it's not cheap.
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    General anime thoughts/discussion thread.

    Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 has turned up for my first rewatch. It's even harder to watch knowing what's coming. The TV equivalent of Grave of the Fireflies.
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    General Cartoons Thread

    My latest purchase is really digging into nostalgia. I watched this show as a kid, the UK's answer to Charlie Brown. I can't believe it's got a Blu-ray release.
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