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Eeeper’s Choice Show 08 – The Pretty boys, Nerdy boys and Psycho boys Show

eeeper — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:47:00 +0000

This latest show has been delayed but I’ve now finished up the show notes finally!
This weeks show has Densha Otoko from CMX Manga, DNAngel from ADV and Kimagure Orange Road from Animeigo which may win this hamsters vote for the best old school anime I’ve seen this year(tying into joint first place with Giant Robo) and the dodgest dancing this side of Miami Vice…….

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News

CPM will re-release four titles with reduced prices on January 30: Black Jack DVD Collection 1 ($29.95), Ichi The Killer: Episode Zero ($14.95), Time Bokan ($9.95), and Hammerboy ($9.95).

Satoshi Kon’s next film Paprika is screening at 10 a.m. at Laemmle’s Grande 4-Plex in downtown Los Angeles through Sunday. This screening makes the film eligible to be nominated for an Oscar.I’ve checked out the ANN page on Paprika. It’s as good a synopsis as there is on the film so far.(P.S.: I know I was late with this news clip but I was too F***in’ tired to edit it out!)

ADV Films has officially announced their license to SGT Frog, which includes merchandise and gaming rights as well as other areas (everything but the manga). Separately, Diamond Distributors has relayed that ADV has announced that Volume 1, which is listed in the December Previews for a February release, has been rescheduled for later in 2007.

A new trailer for Makoto Shinkai‘s upcoming Byousoku 5 Centimeter movie trilogy is now online. The films will be released next spring in Japan.

The official site for Gonzo’s Master of Epic anime series is now online. The show premieres next January in Japan.

With grateful thanks to the ANN

Reviews

Densha Otoko

Densha Otoko or Train Man is supposedly based on a true story but with all things Internet related I’ll let you decide. I found it to be a nice read while commuting so if you like your heroes nerdy but not Harem Heroic then this could be the title for you. It doesn’t have a UK based publisher as far as I know so you’ll have order it State-Side for now.

DNAngel

DNAngel was the title I got back into Anime and Manga after an almost ten year absense. And I know what some fans and listeners will say ‘He chose That Title to come back to!?!’ but it’s the perfect title to show some who’s been away from the Crusade for a while. Not terribly bad, not great just a little bit non-engaging. The manga is longer but has way more Shoujo elements to it than the TV series.

Kimagure Orange Road

KOR is fast becoming a favourite of mine but it’s purely an acquired taste. If you can’t stand 80′s anime this may not be your bag but then if you never watch 80′s anime then you’re not being a true Otaku are you? If you don’t like it then you don’t like it. Animeigo did a fantastic job translating it but they recently lost the license by that I mean that is that the Japanese label that controls it just recently brought out their own boxset in Region 2(Japan) land with better image and sound quality. In other words We’re not letting you produce any more of this DVD while we bring out our outrageously priced version that the fans in Japan must buy rather than pick up your nice, cheap
version…..

As I said before Animeigo did a fantastic job. Here’s the web page
for their liner notes on the TV series. Animeigo regularly bleed for their customers and so many of us ignore the fact that back in the day they were the ADV and Funimation of their day. They just announced their next license here.

Eriko Hara‘s(Hikaru) ANN page

Hiromi Tsuru‘s(Madoka) ANN page

Tohru Furuya‘s(Kyosuke) ANN page

Finally here’s some images from KOR (Please note ALL images taken from Kimagure Orange Road are for review purposes only and no copyright has been taken away from the owners or implied)

Madoka. The Heroine of the story.I think..

Kyosuke. Our Hero. Poor unlucky bas*&!d

A quiet moment between Hikaru and Kyosuke. It can’t last.

Told ya.

Kyosuke getting the job at ABCD from Master. Good Times. Good Times…..

Promos This Week:

I’m going on a short break to recharge the batteries so the next show won’t be out for two weeks. But on the next show I’ll be reviewing two manga titles, Infinite Ryvius based on the series by SUNRISE and Legal Drug by CLAMP and the truly awesome OVA series Giant Robo! Chuala Boola or what!?! Eh, eh!?! Ah, I don’t know why I bother…

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Eeeper’s Choice Show 07 – The Dragon-Fighting Yakuza’s From The Edo Era Show

eeeper — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:20:00 +0000

It’s still not dead!?!..Errr…I mean, Welcome back! This weeks show has thrills, spills, chills and that weird fluff you find between your toes after you’ve put on a new pair of socks….
On this weeeks show I review the manga Basilisk by the late Futaro Yamada and art by Masaki Segawa, the Playstation 2 game Yakuza and in the Retro Choice I review the OVA series Sohryuden or Legend of The Dragon Kings.

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Basilisk is Samurai Action the way I like it. Nice Scenery, great characters and a boat-load of Ninja-action and hemoglobin. Just when Jubei thought he could retire as the baddest samurai, Gennosuke turns up looking for the toughest motherf*&^er around award.

Links:

The review of PS2 game Yakuza replaces an anime review that I started to review but realised was too thin given the size of the series. I played Yakuza for about two or three days and thought it might be worth reviewing. Let me know if I should continue to review games or not.

Sohryuden was another anime that I watched on Channel 4 back in the day. I remember it being longer but time has refreshed my memory. It’s a fairly decent anime but if I could be blunt it’s a poor man’s X. Only watch it if you’ve already seen X or you’re bored of X. Anybody got any better alternatives let me know. The link to AWO‘s review of They Were Eleven(which I mentioned in the review) can be found here

Promos This Week:

Next week I’ll be reviewing the manga Densha Otoko by Hitori Nakano, the TV series Kimagure Orange Road and the anime D.N.Angel.

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Eeeper’s Choice Show 06 – The Mild. Meek and Mental Girls Show

eeeper — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:19:00 +0000

With the dawn comes the sun! And that just slept odour. Bleuughh.This week it’s all about chicks, er, females,no, women. Yeah that’s it. This week I review High School Girls the manga, the anime Sister Princess and my Retro Choice is the OVA/OAV 3X3 Eyes. Also this week will be the last time I have to use my crappy ISP. Next week the show will be better. I promise. With Sprinkles on top. Moe flavoured.

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High School girls is any clueless male’s gateway into understanding school life for girls. Despite the fact that the characters are Japanese I’d say that there’s a universal truth for all girls who’ve ever been to high school to view here. And that frightens me. All I can say is that I always thought guys had it worse then girls in school.

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This is an old title from 1991/1995 and Eeep was incorrect when he said he saw the whole thing back in ’91. Duh, the second part wasn’t even made by then. So he probably seen it in 1996. Loser. Incidently Megumi Hayashibara was the voice of Pai in this. Eeep didn’t know that until he went researching this title. Also buried in the ANN page on the second OAV is the fact that Wendee Lee was a voice on the show.

Sister Princess was one of those titles that Eeep wishes he’d rented rather than bought. If you’ve put off by the Moe-like leanings of this show don’t be. Wataru never so much as showed planning permission let alone an erection around his ‘sisters’. And a good thing to or Eeeper would have run a mile. It’s not a harem show nor slice-of-life. The game apparently allowed you to score with one of your sisters. But I think the producers wanted to make this title more main-stream but just couldn’t decide on the format and so you got a mish-mash of things. Not great nor bad, merely functional.

Promos This Week:

Nest week I’ll be reviewing the manga Basilisk by Futaro Yamada, the OVA series Sohryuden – Legend of the Dragon Kings and a secret title(read in this: Eeep hasn’t yet figured out what title he’s reviewing)
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