Masato Nakamura’s J-pop inspired soundtracks for Sonic 1 and 2 are amazing pieces of music on the Mega Drive’s oft-abused audio hardware that revels in 80s synth awesomeness. While reflecting on how amazing Japanese synth pop is a topic for another time, YouTube user Rush Coil has put up a technicolour dreamworld of keytar goodness […]
Month: September 2015
Review – Gangsta Vol. 1 (Manga)
Opening the manga, you’re presented with a rather basic rendering of a town, then thrown right into the middle of a pimp beating his prostitute for not gaining enough clientele. This is the start of Gangsta, an on-going manga series written and drawn by Konske, which started publishing in 2011. This volume packs in five […]
Bandai Star Wars Model Kits Blocked From Sale Outside Japan
As of the 20th of September, Hobbylink Japan have announced international sales of Bandai’s Star Wars plastic model kits will no longer be allowed. This affects all retailers – not just HLJ – since this is a licensing issue unfortunately all retailer’s hands are tied here. While they don’t lay out any specifics, presumably this is […]
Review: Ping Pong The Animation (Blu-Ray)
Ping Pong The Animation has to be one of the most exciting, enthralling anime I’ve seen in recent times. I’ll be the first to admit, I’m not a huge sports fan in any shape or form – and in anime they tend to be a bit over the top in nature – surrounded by special […]
Review: Food Wars! Vol. 1 (Manga)
First off, I will admit that I watched the show first before delving into the source material. I thoroughly enjoy the show for what it offers, and wanted to see if it held up to the manga, or simply took the premise and ran something completely different. Happy to see that the anime stayed truthful […]
Review: Ninja Scroll (Blu-Ray)
Ninja Scroll achieved a cult following in the formative stages of anime fandom in Australia, becoming what could arguably be part of a holy trinity of genre-breaking Japanese animation alongside Akira and Ghost in the Shell in the early 90s. It was also infamous for being the first of many anime appearances on the legendary […]
Review: The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Blu-Ray)
With Studio Ghibli’s steady rise over the past few decades as a powerhouse in animation, everyone (including myself) had high expectations of their releases. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya surpasses all those expectations, and raised the bar to higher levels in terms of animations and storytelling. Directed, and co-written by Isao Takahata, whom you may have heard the […]
Grand Theft… – A Fury Fingers Film
Check out Fury Fingers having a crack at Grand Theft Auto. You’ll get into gear with this one! 🙂 Check out the video below: Source: Fury Fingers
Mario Warfare: Part 2 – A Beat Down Boogie Film
As promised – here is the next episode of Mario Warfare. Mario kicks total arse in this one! Check out the episode below: Source: Beat Down Boogie You Tube Channel
because.moe – The Little Anime Streaming Search Engine (that could).
With legal anime streaming sites growing (especially in Western countries), it’s starting to become a hassle – having to search for them, and sign up to each site just to see and view a particular title. A couple of days ago @mczub, released a search engine site that cuts out that little annoyance in your anime viewing […]