In a somewhat more content-heavy change from what I normally post here, today I went to see the English dub theatrical release of the recent film Dragon Ball Z: Battle Of Gods, so I figured I’d write about my thoughts on it here. I’ve talked at length about Dragon Ball Z and English adaptations thereof previously here, but this is… Read more →
Month: August 2014
I was in a podcast
So a few weeks ago I made a guest appearance on a podcast that my old friend Evan does with other nerdy people, and now it’s up so you can all listen to it! CLICK THIS TO GET TO IT! Read more →
Kill La Kill Nendoroids: I have entered the realm of anime figures
It’s finally happened. After years of buying shiny discs containing video data of anime, I have progressed to buying plastic representations of characters from anime. Or, as some might describe them, “toys”. Except that according to the box: “WARNING: This is not a toy”. And I’m not going to argue with the packaging. Read more →
Revolutionary Girl Utena: More photos of cool looking home video releases in lieu of actual content
Since I lack the energy to put actual content up here, let’s keep going with the whole “pictures of cool things” thing. This week, it’s the RightStuf/Nozomi release of Revolutionary Girl Utena. Which you may also know as Ursula’s Kiss, as it was apparently broadcast under that title more than a decade ago on a former digital subchannel of the… Read more →
Irresponsible yet awesome imports: Macross Frontier Movie Boxset
It finally arrived! My English subtitled Macross Frontier 30th Anniversary Blu-ray Movie set. Or to give it its full original title, “Macross Frontier The Movie 30th d Shooting Star b BOX”. No I don’t know why the title has a stray lowercase ‘d’ and ‘b’, but look they’re right there on the box art. Maybe they’re decorative? But in any… Read more →
From awesome to embarrassing: DBZ Rock The Dragon Edition
After last week’s look at one of the genuinely cool things I’ve got, this week I thought I’d show off one of the dorkier ones (yeah I’m gonna try and do this every weekend). So here it is: the Dragon Ball Z Rock The Dragon Edition. Gaze upon it in wonder and despair. Read more →