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Final Yamato (1983) - DVD Review
Posted on 12.25.05 by Dindrane @ 9:28 pm
Final Yamato DVD cover art

Film:
DVD:

Original Story and Design by Leiji Matsumoto
Directed by Tomoharu Katsumada
Screenplay by Eichi Yamamoto
Mecha Design by Yutaka Izubuchi and Katsumi Itabashi

Features:

  • Making-of featurette
  • Tribute festival featurette
  • Program booklet visual facsimile
  • Bonus footage
  • Theatrical trailer
  • Art galleries

Dindrane's Anime Warnings:

  • Noble Sacrifice (sniff)
  • Violence
  • Space opera angst
  • More Noble Sacrifices

Released by: Voyager Entertainment
Region: 1
Rating: NR
Anamorphic: N/A; appears in its original 1.33:1 format.

My Advice: Save your pennies and get it you're a fan; at least rent it if you're not.

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Categorized as: Anime and Reviews
Comments: None




E's Otherwise, Vol. 1: Operation Gald City (2003) - DVD Review
Posted on 12.03.05 by Dindrane @ 8:44 pm

Film:
DVD:

Based upon the manga by Satoru Yuiga
Directed by Masami Shimoda
Music by Hajime Hyakkoku and Kazunori Miyake

Features:

  • Clean opening and closing animation
  • Japanese TV promo spots
  • Design sketch gallery

Dindrane's Anime Warnings:

  • Evil corporate overlords
  • Sister complexes
  • Death and angst
  • Deadly misunderstandings
  • Imperiled little girl

Released by: ADV
Region: 1
Rating: TV 14
Anamorphic: N/A; appears in its original 1.33:1 format.

My Advice: Definitely check it out.

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Categorized as: Anime and Reviews
Comments: None



Gravion Zwei, Vol 1: Eye of the Storm (2004) - DVD Review
Posted on 11.17.05 by Dindrane @ 5:18 pm

Film:
DVD:

Screenplay by Fumihiko Shimo
Directed by Masami Obari
Music by Hikaru Nanase

Features:

  • Character profiles with information and art
  • Episode art gallery
  • Clean opening and closing animation
  • Original Japanese commercials
  • Cast interview

Dindrane's Anime Warnings:

  • Seriously gravity-defying boobs
  • Nekkidness
  • A whole Vicky's Secret full of panties
  • Strong language
  • Meandering plot
  • Cleavage
  • Pink ferret

Released by: ADV
Region: 1
Rating: MA
Anamorphic: N/A; appears in their original 1.33:1 format.

My Advice: Check it out if you have a sense of humor, or like maids. A lot.

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Categorized as: Anime and Reviews
Comments: None



Rumiko Takahashi Anthology, Vol. 2: Happy Disaster (2003) - DVD Review
Posted on 11.13.05 by Dindrane @ 11:43 pm

Film:
DVD:

Directed by Akira Nishimori
Based upon the work of Rumiko Takahashi
Characters designed by Ichiro Ogawa and Mari Tominaga

Features:

  • Clean closing animation
  • Production art gallery

Dindrane's Anime Warnings:

  • Scary military men working counters
  • Scary bunnies with fangs
  • Dangerous assumptions
  • Dangerous parents
  • Dangerous bratty children

Released by: Geneon
Region: 1
Rating: 7+
Anamorphic: Yes

My Advice: A must for Takahashi fans.

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Categorized as: Anime and Reviews
Comments: None



City Hunter Season 2, Collection 2 (1988) - DVD Review
Posted on 09.16.05 by Dindrane @ 1:47 am
City Hunter Season 2, Collection 2 DVD cover art

Film:
DVD:

Original story by Tsukasa Hojo (appeared in Weekly Shonen Jump)
Directed by Kanetsugu Kodama
General Animation Direction by Takeo Kitahara
Character Designs Yukiko Kamimura

Dindrane's Anime Warnings:

  • Penis power!
  • Inappropriate touching
  • Mokkori galore
  • Mallet-space galore
  • Mild violence

Released by: ADV
Region: 1
Rating: 15+ for violence and suggestive themes
Anamorphic: N/A; appears in its original 1.33:1 format.

My Advice: Get it. You know you want to.

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Categorized as: Anime and Reviews
Comments: None



Black Jack: Biohazard (2000) - DVD Review
Posted on 07.15.05 by Dindrane @ 5:23 am
Black Jack: Biohazard DVD cover art

Film:
DVD:

Written by Osamu Dezaki, based upon the manga by Osamu Tezuka
Directed by Osamu Dezaki
Music by Eiji Kawamura and Seiji Suzuki
English Adaptation by Steve Kramer

Features:

  • Clean opening and closing animation
  • Art gallery
  • Commentary with director Dezaki
  • Manga and anime previews

Dindrane's Anime Warnings:

  • Tortured love
  • Ocean pollutors
  • The immoral question the morals of others

Released by: CPM
Region: 1
Rating: 13+
Anamorphic: Yes.

My Advice: Add to your collection immediately

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Categorized as: Anime and Reviews
Comments: None



Star Ocean EX, Vol. 1: The Inception (2001) - DVD Review
Posted on 07.14.05 by Dindrane @ 8:12 pm

Film:
DVD:

Based upon the game by tri-Ace, Inc. and Square Enix
Directed by Hiroshi Watanabe
Music by Osamu Sakuraba

Features:

  • Clean opening
  • Original Japanese opening
  • Character profiles

Dindrane's Anime Warnings:

  • Cat fights and jealousy
  • Attack bats and bugs
  • Endangered bosoms and glowing thighs
  • Cold and distant fathers
  • Lying wenches
  • Possessed suitors
  • Entomophobia

Released by: Geneon
Region: 1
Rating: 13+
Anamorphic: N/A; episodes appear in their original 1.33:1 format.

My Advice: Enjoy the adventure!

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Categorized as: Anime and Reviews
Comments: None



Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, Vol. 1: Grim Reality (2002) - DVD Review
Posted on 06.16.05 by Dindrane @ 10:19 am
DVD cover art for Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, Vol. 1: Grim Reality

Film:
DVD:

Created by Hajime Yatate and Yoshiyuki Tomino
Directed by Mitsuo Fukuda

Features:

  • Textless opening #1
  • Mechanical File #1

Dindrane's Anime Warnings:

  • Mild violence
  • Mean mecha
  • Masked bad man
  • Politics and more politics
  • Us vs. them mentality

Released by: Bandai
Region: 1
Rating: 13+
Anamorphic: N/A; episodes appear in their original 1.33:1 format.

My Advice: Get it.

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Categorized as: Anime and Reviews
Comments: None



Knights of the Zodiac, Vol. 6: The Master of Sanctuary (1986) - DVD Review
Posted on 06.15.05 by Dindrane @ 3:10 am
DVD cover art for Knights of the Zodiac, Vol. 6: The Master of Sanctuary

Film:
DVD:

Written by Masami Kurumada and Takao Koyama
Directed by Kozo Morishita

Dindrane's Anime Warnings:

  • Goofy villain voices
  • No subtitles--only dub is available
  • Scary blue blood
  • Questionable mythology

Released by: ADV.
Region: 1
Rating: NR
Anamorphic: N/A; episodes appear in their original 1.33:1 format.

My Advice: Rent it if you like ensemble hero shows

The first story arc has ended, and with this new volume, we are left tying up a few loose ends and making our way into the second arc. Hyoga returns to his Siberian home, but his old master, the Crystal Knight, has been brainwashed and attacks him, demanding that Hyoga reveal the location of the Golden Helmet. Hyoga learns that the villagers he left behind are being used as slave labor to build a huge ice pyramid, but why?

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Categorized as: Anime and Reviews
Comments: None



Appleseed Contest!
Posted on 05.03.05 by Widge @ 10:12 pm

Yup, here's another contest for you. Geneon is throwing five Appleseed DVDs our way, and we're going to throw them your way...provided you we draw your name at random. And provided, obviously, that you first enter the contest.

Categorized as: Anime and Contests
Comments: 4 Comments



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