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OVA Week 4: Day 7 – Sol Bianca
The final entry 🙂 As ever, I start these posts with a brief overview focused on the OVA form itself, before jumping into the actual review (and will…
OVA Week 4: Day 6 – Cybernetics Guardian
Day 6 brings some more sci-fi – but this time cyberpunk more than dystopia. As you know, I start these posts with a brief overview focused on the…
OVA Week 4: Day 5 – Grey: Digital Target
Day 5 already! Today, sci-fi and dystopia with Grey: Digital Target. As ever, I start these posts with a brief overview focused on the OVA form itself, before…
OVA Week 4: Day 4 – Laughing Target
On to a bit of a classic – well, maybe more of an good overlooked OVA, this time from Rumiko Takahashi. As ever, I start these posts with…
OVA Week 4: Day 3 – Long Distance Call
Okay, it’s another short OVA for Day 3! I start these posts with a brief overview focused on the OVA form itself, before jumping into the actual review…
OVA Week 4: Day 2 – Spirit of Wonder: Miss China’s Ring
Day 2 – this time it’s a shorter OVA. But first, I always start these posts with a brief overview focused on the OVA form itself, before jumping…
OVA Week 4: Day 1 – Genesis Survivor Gaiarth
Here we go again – another OVA Week has arrived! Seven days of OVA reviews start here – and if you’d like to see previous OVA Weeks, past entries…
(Still) Coming Soon
OVA Week 4 Straight ahead! Well, probably sometime next week – I’m just scrambling to get hold of a few more screencaps 🙂
Guessing Game (31)
Here’s game 31. No theme to these ones – just six images to guess 😀 (But I do have a few vague clues below) Okay:
Undead Girl Murder Farce (Andeddo Gāru Mādā Farusu)
Undead Girl Murder Farce (2023) First off, I thought I’d mention that Undead Girl Murder Farce suffers a little due to its large cast. Equally, I think that…
The Glassworker (Sheesha Gar) 2024
If you’ve been craving another feature film that feels like Studio Ghibli (especially something that mixes Howl’s Moving Castle and The Wind Rises) then The Glassworker has just…
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)
For the most part The War of the Rohirrim was very satisfying and it (again, mostly) looked stunning. Glad I finally got to see the film! On the…
Devil May Cry (2025) – Mini Review
Action, supernatural, humour and political commentary all mix in this adaptation of the famous video game franchise – which means, of course, that there are plenty of upset…
Outlaw Star (Repost)
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Jin-Roh (Jinrō) (Repost)
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Updated Ultimate Undefeated Guessing Game – Results (I win XD)
Okay, so I fear that I made some of these too difficult and/or the clues too vague – but I’m still calling it a win for me, lol.…
Updated Ultimate Undefeated Guessing Game (now with clues :D)
Following on from the last version of this post – I’ve just updated the gallery so that it’s only the undefeated images remaining, and have also placed a…
Ultimate Undefeated Guessing Game (24)
Okay, I’ve gone back through the previous 5 or so years and 23 previous Guessing Game posts to come up with the following stack of images for a…
Wonder Egg Priority (Repost)
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Mini Review – Twilight Q
Twilight Q (1987) This was an interesting double OVA from 1987, featuring two unconnected stories, each 30 minutes or so. Both held my interest for different reasons and…
Guessing Game (23)
Another guessing game! Time to test your knowledge against these 6 images :D Once again, I’ve tried to go for a mix of old and new stuff. (For…
Mini Review – Spriggan (2022)
The Spriggan series differs from the film in plenty of ways – expanding storylines and cast, adding fun new settings, adding humour and including a bit more depth…
Mini Review – Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (1998) The main thing that sticks in my memory with Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou are the lovely colours and contemplative pacing. On the surface, it’s about…
300th Review – Winner
Okay, the results are in! It was a close race for most of the films I had in mind, but there is a clear winner: The pressure is…
They Were Eleven (Jūichinin Iru!)
They Were Eleven (1986) This is one of my favourite anime works from a very noticeably bygone era – as in, a 1980s film adaptation of a 1970s…
Reminder – Vote for My 300th Review :D
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Mini Review – Battle of the Great Demon Beasts: Demon of Steel
Battle of the Great Demon Beasts: Demon of Steel (1987) I became aware of this OVA thanks to Scott’s review and it’s another one that lingers in my…
Neo Tokyo
Neo Tokyo (1987) I think I’ve mentioned this before – but when I see Technique sneaking out ahead of Narrative in short films, I sometimes end up a…
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham
Alternate 1920s Batman hooked me the second I read the description – along with the Lovecraftian aspects of dread and menace. Here’s a short note on that from…
Vote for My 300th Review
I need your vote :D As of today, I’m about twenty or so reviews away from writing my 300th! While I have a fair few reviews waiting in…
Mini Review – Darkstalker’s Revenge
Darkstalkers (1997) Adaptations of fighting games are by definition light on story. Of course, they’re built that way. It’s a way to get from fight A to fight…
Bayonetta: Bloody Fate
Bayonetta: Bloody Fate (2013) This film adaptation precedes Gonzo’s bizarre decision to focus on NFTs by a few years – and despite that choice dampening my esteem for…
Guessing Game (22)
I’m creeping closing to 300 reviews! Currently sitting at 277 – and so for a bit of a pre-celebration before reaching that milestone, here’s another Guessing Game. So,…
Mini Review – Natsuyuki Rendezvous
Natsuyuki Rendezvous (2012) As I’m sure I’ve said many, many times – supernatural stories are among my favourites, and this love-triangle romance has the tweak (and hook) of…
Parasite Dolls (Parasaito Dōruzu)
I like the Bubblegum Crisis setting and so I was keen to see what this early 2000s OVA would be like – and how it might compare to…
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft (2024) I know comparisons with Indy are inevitable and so I’ll start with one – this is a Tomb Raider story…
Mini Review – Terminator Zero
Terminator Zero (2024) I will definitely watch another season if it gets made – who knows, considering the absolute clowns in charge of Netflix. Anyway, Terminator Zero feels…
Mini Review – Trigun Stampede
My hopes were sky-high for this alternate take on Trigun – especially with Yashiro Nightow on board, and I’m relieved to say that I definitely enjoyed the mix…
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Blue Gender [Boxing Day Review]
If you’re familiar with the 1997 adaptation of Heinlein’s Starship Troopers, then you’ll know what to expect in terms of key aspects that appear in Blue Gender. For…
Mini Review – Suzume (Suzume no Tojimari)
Suzume (2022) Part of me worried that I wouldn’t buy a footstool as a second main character – but I quickly got used to it – and ultimately,…
Mini Review – Sabikui Bisco
Sabikui Bisco (2022) Sabikui Bisco is one reason I love anime: giant mushrooms, a panda doctor, hippo-style armed forces + giant crabs, slugs and bunny-helmet wearing enforcers –…
Mini Review – Hell’s Paradise
Hell’s Paradise (2023) Amongst the lineup from 2023, Hell’s Paradise had some key visuals that absolutely screamed out for me to pay attention. Very happy that I did!…
Mini Reviews (Forthcoming)
Time for some mini-reviews! The deal I’ve made with myself is that I have to try to use only 3 paragraphs and 6 pictures per review, so here…
Canaan
Girls-with-guns – only with some fictionalised Synesthesia thrown into the mix, along with a nasty virus too. No doubt like a lot of people, I’ve had my fill…
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit – Fight to the Death
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Guessing Game (21)
Well… I was supposed to reach a total of 30 of these posts by the end of the year – whoops XD Nevertheless, here’s 6 more images to…