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On the Malleability of H-anime: The ProxyMan Project
The handle ProxyMan has cropped up several times in this blog as a source of rare anime, both mainstream (Shibuya Honky Tonk, Dragon Slayer Eiyuu Densetsu: Ouji no Tabidachi)…
Colorful, Shin Chan, Macross, Revisions, Santa Company: Christmas no Himitsu
Ashita Genki ni Naare!
The firebombing of Japan's cities is less well-known than the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but they caused heavy loss of life and enormous property damage.…
Princess Tutu, Letter Bee, Cat's Eye, Comic Party, Dragon Fist
The Izu Dancer
Seishun Anime Zenshuu (translated as Animated Classics of Japanese Literature for its English release) is a 1986 anthology series that retold well-known stories from modern Japanese literature. It's…
TheOASG Podcast Episode 231: What’s Up With Anime Production and Manga Licenses?
Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen are back once again to discuss what they’ve been up to for…roughly a month aside from anime season watching. For Helen this…
Episode 16: The rest of Macross 7 (Macross series Retrospective Part 4 – FINAL)
Hello listeners! Life got in the way again but we’re finally back to discuss the final parts of the Macross 7 anime and to say goodbye to our…
The Iconic Gaislugger Video
Yet another video on Guyslugger...or Gaislugger. Special thanks to @HaydenTheHistorian for making those Gaislugger thumbnails. Sources: A Man Who Continues to Pursue His Dreams Takeyuki Suzuki, Kodansha, 2019, p.…
One Thing (Musical) Anime Can Learn From KPop Demon Hunters
KPop Demon Hunters is a recent example of a great animated musical that includes both diegetic AND non-diegetic musical numbers, which is something you almost never see in…
Andre's Shelf - Anime & Movies
Healer Girl, Macross, One Piece, Revue Starlight, Rose of Versailles
2025 Summer Figure Haul From Japan - Guild Receptionish, Sakamoto Days, and Golden Kamuy
Sometimes you see a figure that is beautiful or so well crafted that you really want it. These days, I can't bring myself to spend to bucks for…
I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time, Macross, Macross Frontier, The Elusive Samurai, Golden Kamuy
Shinji Aramaki on Virtual Reality and the Potential of AI
Evan Minto (Editor-in-Chief): We’ve still got a big interview backlog we’re working through here at Ani-Gamers, so here’s another treat for you all! At Otakon back in 2023,…
World Building and Future Pop: Sharon Apple and Macross Plus
Tracing the influences, ideas, and vision of Yoko Kanno's Sharon Apple and the making of a sci-fi pop idol.
The Speakeasy #172: Orb on the Movements of the Earth, Lazarus, To Be Hero X + More
This month is a catch-all of things we’ve finished and new titles: Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective Macross II documentary Lazarus Kowloon Generic Romance Anne Shirley Yaiba Samurai Legend…
Updates and Going to Japan for the Seventh Time…
Unsurprisingly I’ve had yet another long break from this blog. Now I know I have said this numerous times before and not been true to my wor...
Sanctuary, TenPuru, Once Upon A Time, Future GPX Cyber Formula, Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko
The North American theatrical premiere of Tomcat's Big Adventure!
On April 14th, 2025, the North American premiere of a rare anime film happened in the historic Texas Theatre in Dallas, Texas. While this ...
Black Jack, Macross, Serial Experiments Lain, The Golden Bird, Venus Wars
Am I Ready to Handle Macross-Level Decal Work? RG Evangelion Unit-01 (Evangelion 3.0+1.0) – Completed Build
There’s supposed to be a one week gap between W.I.P post #2 and this one, though I apparently forgot to click publish on that post. In case any…
Macross Zero (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing
Satelight’s 2002 OVA series makes its UK & US debut with a collector’s Blu-ray release.
Miscellaneous Macross Media – Spoiler Reviews for Macross OVAs and Movie Originals
Macross is a bigger franchise than just its main TV entries! While I normally don’t take on short OVAs and Movies, I wanted to address something approaching “All…
Macross, Macross 7, Macross Dynamite 7, Macross II: Lovers Again, Macross Plus
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? 4K Remaster UHD & Blu-ray Review
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? is one of the most important films in anime history, but this new 4K restoration might not be the…
Music is Macross – Macross Delta (Macross Δ) Spoiler Review
As Macross March marches on, we come to the final major series in the Macross Franchies, Macross Δ – or, to use one’s adult words, Macross Delta. And…
Space: The Awesome Frontier – Macross Frontier Spoiler Review
It’s still March, and there is still Macross. Thus, Macross March continues. This time, we’re taking a look at the franchise’s 25th Anniversary production and third full-size TV…
In Space, No One Can Hear You Sing – Macross 7 Spoiler Review
Welcome returners and newcomers, to Macross March. I’ll be going through all the main TV series of Macross this month (possibly plus a little extra), and up today…
Protoculture Shock – Super Dimension Fortress Macross Spoiler Review
I have a tradition, in the month of March, to at least approach the Mecha genre. Giant robots are cool, there are a ton of shows featuring them,…
Quarter Three QuuuuuuX: Upcoming Bandai Hobby Releases
Bandai Spirits Hobby Division was on a roll this week, having multiple rounds of announcements for upcoming products for Q3 2025 and then some. First among these was…
Macross Zero: The Start of New Macross
If there could be something to describe the differences between Gundam and Macross as two of the bigger mecha franchises, you can see it with Macross Zero. This…
Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II: Lover’s Again – The Non Canon One
Macross II is a special entry in the entire franchise. As in, Studio Nue who was behind the original Macross series weren’t involved with it. Shoji Kawamori wasn’t…
Macross 7 Episodes 27-52 Anime Streaming Review
Say what you like about Macross 7, it sticks to its guns from beginning to end with a consistency of tone and intention that’s admirable.
Pure TokyoScope Podcast 124: The Macross DYRL 5K Review! Sony Kills Blu-ray and Mini-Discs!
Patrick Macias and Matt Alt bring you pop culture from Japan!
Weekly Round-Up, 22-28 January 2024: Macross Cuts, Videogame Femininity, and Wandering Son Reaction
AniFem Round-Up Anime Feminist’s Top Picks for 2024 It’s that time again: each member of the AniFem staff has picked their top five titles of the year and…
Gakkou no Yuurei (School Ghosts), volume 4
More ghostly doings in Japanese schools. Gakkou no Yuurei ( School Ghosts) , volume 4, is much like volume 3: six segments of about the sa...
X-Men, Hand Maid May, Macross Plus, First Loves, Fruits Basket
This Week in Anime - Viewer Discretion is Advised
Recent cuts to Macross 7 Dynamite give Chris and Coop a chance to talk about trusting viewers to make their own choices about what's comfortable for them to…
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?, Time Machine Girl, Hanataba, Mothers マザーズ, Yukiko a.k.a., Japanese Film Trailers
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?, Time Machine Girl, Hanataba, Mothers マザーズ, Yukiko a.k.a., Japanese Film Trailers
Quickie! T-Spark Zone 2025: Synergenex Macross 7/Transformers Basara Prime
Transformers fans have a better tendency to appreciate and become Macross fans more than they would become Gundam fans due to the whole transformation aspect of both franchises.…
Gakkou no Yuurei (School Ghosts), volume 3
Let's start out 2025 on a scary note, 'cause it's gonna be a scary year. Gakkou no Yuurei (School Ghosts), volume 3, features more supernatu...
Monkey Magic, Iron Virgin Jun, Kujibiki Unbalance, Macross, B.B. Fish
Transformers — Scramble City: The Mobilization | KYOTO VIDEO
Because of its vast success in the West, some people have made the assumption that the Transformers owe everything to America in its success. That's completely wrong. We're…
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Macross Plus Blu-ray Movie + OVA [Ultimate Edition] Review
This isn't just a collection centerpiece for hardcore Macross Plus fans, but an incredible archival release for animation scholars.
Q1 2025 Solicitations for UK Anime Home Video Releases
2025 starts off with a lot of new releases! From To Your Eternity and Welcome to Demon-School! Iruma-kun all the way to The 100 Girlfriends, BAKI and Macross…
The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Ep 138: The 2024 Year in Review with MDi
Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! This episode is sponsored in par...
Berserk, Macross, Macross Plus, Belladonna of Sadness, Berserk
Weekly Round-Up, 18-24 December 2024: The Year in Otome Games, Crunchyroll Industry Report, and a Taisho FMV Game
AniFem Round-Up No One is Born to Be a Slave: How The Twelve Kingdoms questions social systems The Twelve Kingdoms novels have finally been (re)licensed in English–so it’s…
Macross 7 Episodes 1–26 Anime Streaming Review
This lighter, sillier tone feels like the entire series was made as a prolonged shitpost poking fun at the seriousness of the prior Macross franchise entries, and I…
So Help Me God, Lucky Star Is Actually Good
12 Days of Aniblogging 2024, Day 5 As someone who was hard-filtered by the choco cornet during my first attempt a decade ago, some part of me still finds…
Do Not Watch Stardust Memory
12 Days of Aniblogging 2024, Day 3The Universal Century Gundam OVAs are pretty well-regarded as a whole. War in the Pocket is an antiwar Christmas classic from the…
Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, Unico, Macross, Macross Plus
Gakkou no Yuurei (School Ghosts), Volume 1
Gakkou no Yuurei ( School Ghosts ) is an anthology of ghost stories, mostly set at schools. Seven volumes were released between 1995 and 19...
Dirty Pair, Gakkou no Yuurei, Macross, Milky Passion: Dougenzaka - Ai no Shiro, Orphen
Macross Plus (Ultimate Edition) Blu-ray Unboxing
Macross Plus is back after many years of being out of print in the west. Anime Limited produced an ultimate edition Blu-ray box set that includes both the…
Macross Frontier Anime Series Review
Macross Frontier is a hell of a good time and a reminder of why anime is such a fantastic storytelling medium in the first place. What other media…
Macross Plus: When Top Gun met Step Up 2: The Streets
Now this is a series I never thought I would watch. While I’ve loved Mobile Suit Gundam all my life, and have dabbled into Space Battleship Yamato, I…
Macross, Macross Plus, Mobile Suit Gundam, Space Battleship Yamato
#154 - Con-versations: Otakon 2024 feat. Coop and Maddy!
We went to our biggest anime convention yet and what better way to celebrate than having our longest Con-versations episode yet. This time, Austin and Tori review Otakon…
Mechanista in G Ep. 279: HWR-00 Monster Mk II
Download file | Play in new window | Recorded on October 2, 2024 You’ve tried the Variable Fighters- now it’s Destroid time. Heavier armor. Heavier weapons. Less… move good. The destroids many…
Mechanista in G Ep. 279: HWR-00 Monster Mk II Heavy Weight Robot
Download file | Play in new window | Recorded on October 2, 2024 You’ve tried the Variable Fighters- now it’s Destroid time. Heavier armor. Heavier weapons. Less… move good. The destroids many…
THE GREAT BRAIGER READ 1 – PROLOGUE & Merciless FLY-BYE
GALAXY CYCLONE BRAIGERPROLOGUE and PART ONE, CHAPTER 1 PUBLICATION DATE: September 29, 1984 First off, it’s now this blog’s three-year anniversary! I know it’s a cliché, but feels…
Doctorkev’s Summer 2024 Anime Postmortem Part 1
It’s that time in the season where things are starting to wind down. Although quite a few shows still have one or two episodes left, at…
Book Signing For My Tokyo Intro Storytelling Guidebook On Sept 14
For those folks in the northern Canadian city of Edmonton. There are two days till my book signing for Tokyo Intro, my storytelling guidebo...