Castlevania Complete Season 1 captures the previously Netflix-only streaming series into a single release. Given the enormous depths of established lore in the Castlevania universe, it will prove interesting to see how well this recent adaptation fares in finding a balance between easing the cries of fanboys and fangirls while achieving an engaging stand-alone experience. […]
Fruits Basket triggered some sizeable waves when it hit anime fandom in Japan and then around the world in 2001. With the new adaptation hitting streaming service at the time of writing, Fruits Basket The Complete Series Blu-Ray is the perfect opportunity to revisit the adventures of the zodiac-cursed Sohma family. Tohru Honda finds herself […]
Digimon Adventure Tri Part 6 closes out a marathon run for the series. With expectations high after the dramatic end to Part 5, it will be interesting to see how the team wrap up this final theatrical release. In the aftermath of Taiichi getting swallowed up by the earth and Hikari triggering an almost Eva-like […]
When hungover office worker Kobayashi opens her door the morning after a big night on the booze she is greeted by an enormous green dragon. Which quickly transforms into an enthusiastic woman (with horns and a big green tail) in a maid outfit named who announces she’s here to be Kobayashi’s maid. Turns out while […]
In a world where Demi-humans are steadily becoming included in Japanese society, high school biology teacher Tetsuo Takahashi ends up teaching three ‘Demi-chans’ and working with a Demi teacher, and takes the opportunity to interview them to learn more about them and their unique situations. Based on the Manga of the same name by Petos […]
The Abyss – a huge, multi-level pit with the cursed power to strip away a person’s humanity as they ascend from it’s depths. Full of unimaginable monsters, impossible geography and incredible and powerful artefacts. In a town named Orth just above the edge of the Abyss, young orphan girl Riko trains to be a Cave […]
Ocean Waves marked the first time in Studio Ghibli’s history where the directorial duties were handed over to someone other than co-founders Hayao Miyazaki or Isao Takahata back in 1993. With Madman’s recent blu-ray release in hand, let’s dive into this interesting experiment in Ghibli’s back catalogue. Ocean Waves treads somewhat familiar ground by telling […]
In a world made up of a multitude of floating islands, a girl named Lyria falls from the sky above the island of Zinkenstill, fleeing the Erste Empire. In the island’s forest she is found by a boy named Gran and his small winged friend who is definitely not a lizard, Vyrn. When the Imperial […]
90s Sailor Moon excite continues with the release of Sailor Moon SuperS Part 2 to Blu-Ray, officially catching up to the previous R1 releases of this magic girl classic. Sailor Moon SuperS Part 2 continues the usual monster of the week formula from its predecessors with the Amazon Trio being reasonably useless at their job, […]
Fireworks, an animated remake of Shunji Iwai’s 1993 TV drama/1995 live action film, made a big impact for SHAFT in 2017 as their highest-grossing theatrical feature to date. With a seemingly classic premise of repeating a single day over and over in the frame of a romantic drama, it will be interesting to see how […]