ダーティペア (Features Movie & OVAs Anime) Dirty Pair Features DVD Collection –> Purchase from Amazon.com! There’s a certain level of sadness for me as I write this post, seeing as how this is the last of the original Dirty Pair set of anime titles to be created in Japan, and now released in the U.S.
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Lupin III: A Woman Called MINE Fujiko — Final Thoughts
July 10th, 2012 
AstroNerdBoy LUPIN the Third ～峰不二子という女～ LUPIN the Third – MINE Fujiko to Iu Onna Ever since I watched the raw version of Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro when I lived in Japan, I have held a fondness for the franchise, enough so that I have watched a great deal of it. While Castle of Cagliostro is
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Dirty Pair OVA Series DVD Review (Rightstuf)
July 4th, 2012 AstroNerdBoy ダーティペア (OVA Anime) Dirty Pair OVA Series DVD Collection –> Purchase from Amazon.com! As I’ve said before, Dirty Pair is a franchise that I was introduced to when I lived in Japan, and the OVA series was how I was introduced to it. Years later, when ADV had the OVA series as a 2-disc set,
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Fate/Zero (Anime) — Final Thoughts
July 1st, 2012 AstroNerdBoy フェイト/ゼロ Fate/Zero anime Having become a fan of the Fate/* franchise after watching Fate/stay night, I was pleased to hear that a prequel anime series would be based off of the 4-volume light novel series of the same name, entitled Fate/Zero. Although my viewing was based off of the TV version, which is edited for
First Look: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 – A Must See for 2013!
June 23rd, 2012 AstroNerdBoy 宇宙戦艦ヤマト２１９９/Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 Nearly four years ago, I decided to expand my classic anime education by watching the original 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato (not to be confused with the American rewrite using the same animation known as Star Blazers). Despite some weaknesses in some of the episode stories and some deus ex
"A Certain Magical Index" TV Anime Review
March 5th, 2012 AstroNerdBoy Toaru Majutsu no Index/とある魔術の禁書目録（インデックス） A Certain Magical Index *SPOILERS BELOW!* Normally, one would start a franchise from its beginnings, then work one’s way down through the sequels and spinoffs until one reached the end of the line (or lines). In this case, I started with the canon, spinoff manga, A Certain Scientific Railgun (which I’m
Space Battleship Yamato (Live-Action Movie) Review
September 2nd, 2011 AstroNerdBoy SPACE BATTLESHIP ヤマト SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: A fleet from Earth goes out to meet the fleet from Gamilus, but are easily defeated. Captain Kodai, of the warship Yukikaze, tells Captain Okita to get out lest they all be destroyed and provides cover for Okita’s ship to escape. On the now poisoned and irradiated Earth, Captain Kodai’s
Dirty Pair TV Series Part 2 DVD Review
July 9th, 2011 AstroNerdBoy ダーティペア (TV Anime) Dirty Pair TV Series DVD Collection 2 –> Purchase from Amazon.com (Original box set) –> Purchase from Amazon.com (Litebox set) As I’ve said before, Dirty Pair is a franchise that I was introduced to when I lived in Japan. As such, it has long held a soft spot with me to remind
