Weary and overworked, middle-aged office worker Ryoma Takebayashi dies in his sleep of a brain haemorrhage, only to find himself face to face with three gods. Acknowledging the hardships he faced in his previous life, the gods offer Ryoma the opportunity to be reincarnated in another world where he can be happy. Familiar with the […]
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Review: Wonder Egg Priority – The Complete Season (DVD/Blu-Ray)
Wonder Egg Priority’s jubilant packaging proves to be a challenging and engaging bait and switch for a production that explores the impacts of mental health on young women in contemporary Japanese society. Wonder Egg Priority focuses on the experiences of Ai Ohto, a high school student completely disengaged with her school over the impacts of […]
Review: Demon Slayer – Kimetsu No Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train (Blu-Ray)
Having recovered from their ordeal on Mount Natagumo and survived their encounter with the Hashira, the strongest members the Demon Slayer Corps has to offer, Tanjiro, Nezuko, Inosuke and Zenitsu are sent out on their next mission. This particular mission involves the mysterious Mugen Train, which has recently seen over forty passengers who have boarded […]
Review: Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (Dvd/Blu-Ray Combo)
In the year 2071, the bounty hunter crew of the spaceship Bebop, comprising former syndicate member Spike Spiegel, ex-cop Jet Black, con-artist Faye Valentine, hacker extraordinaire Radical Edward, and the hyper-intelligent corgi Ein, are pursuing a bounty on Mars. Faye is in the middle of tracking the bounty when a mysterious figure triggers a tanker […]
Review: Otherside Picnic – The Complete Season (Blu-Ray)
Otherside Picnic posits the question – what would you do if you accidentally stumbled across a doorway to another dimension that wasn’t dominated by JRPG tropes and otaku power fantasies? Sorawo unwittingly finds herself travelling back and forth to a bizarre parallel dimension contemplating the value of her own existance when she crosses paths with […]
Review: Akudama Drive – The Complete Season (Blu-Ray)
An ordinary citizen becomes involved in a prison break when she unwittingly finds herself in the path of several Akudama – wanted criminals with particular skillsets and massive bounties on their heads. With nowhere to run, she pretends to be one of them to protect herself, donning the moniker Swindler. But “Swindler’s” quick thinking causes […]
Review: In/Spectre The Complete Season (Blu-Ray)
In/Spectre The Complete Season promises a combination of supernatural thriller smashed together with amateur detectives and a fair whack of bloody violence. All of which sounds delightfully entertaining, but with a lot out there to compete against it will be a challenge to stand out from the crowd. Set in modern day Japan, In/Spectre The […]
Review: Akira (4k Ultra HD / Blu-Ray Combo) Standard Edition
Akira‘s reputation is perhaps best illustrated by the lack of synopsis on the back of this 4k Ultra HD/Blu-Ray Combo Standard Edition release. For many it doesn’t need one – the image of Kaneda in his red jacket standing before his iconic motorbike being featured on the cover works as effective shorthand to recall images […]
Review: Neon Genesis Evangelion The Complete Series (Blu-Ray)
Neon Genesis Evangelion The Complete Series has arrived on Blu-Ray in Australia. And my god, it is just as amazing now as it was when it first released locally on VHS back in 1998. I’ll be honest – I’ve been wrestling with how to even approach this review for a while now. Watching Neon Genesis […]
Review: Robotech Part 3 – The New Generation (Blu-Ray)
Robotech Part 3 – The New Generation brings together the third and final arc of this legendary series. Nearly 40 years on though, how does it hold up? For Robotech Part 3 – The New Generation (which, in my head, I believe should be called The Invid Saga) we skip ahead a number of years […]