There’s something beautiful about the OVAs produced in the 1980s and early 1990s. Buoyed by a bubble economy, the OVA scene produced some truly stunning pieces of direct-to-video animation that we don’t see any more. Headgear’s production of the original OVA for Patlabor falls in this camp, and my god it embodies how the anime […]
Ghost in the Shell was a tour de force when it hit international markets in 1996 following a domestic release the year prior. Mamoru Oshii’s adaptation of Shirow Masamune’s manga has become a legendary part of global anime fandom, with influence extending not only to other anime and manga but also to Hollywood, most famously […]