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My Anime Collection

COMPLETE ANIME TV SERIES AND OVAs I HAVE:

Cowboy Bebop (TV) (Blu-Ray/DVD)
Fullmetal Alchemist (TV) (2003) (DVD)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (TV) (Blu-Ray)
Mobile Suit Gundam (TV) (DVD)
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (TV) (DVD)
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (OVA) (DVD)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (OVA) (DVD)
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (OVA) (Blu-Ray)
Patlabor: The Mobile Police (OVA) (Blu-Ray)
Patlabor: The TV Series (TV) (Blu-Ray)
(The) Vision of Escaflowne (TV) (Blu-Ray)
Baccano! (TV) (DVD)
Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV) (DVD)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (both seasons) (TV) (DVD)
Black Lagoon (both seasons) (TV) (DVD)
Black Lagoon: Roberta’s Blood Trail (OVA) (Blu-Ray/DVD)
Eden of the East (TV) (Blu-Ray/DVD)
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (TV) (DVD)
Iria: Zeiram the Animation (OVA) (DVD)
Now and Then, Here and There (TV) (DVD)
Bubblegum Crisis (OVA) (Blu-Ray)
Bubblegum Crash (OVA) (DVD)
Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 (TV) (DVD)
Super Dimensional Fortress Macross (TV) (DVD)
Lupin III (Part I) (TV) (DVD)
Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (TV) (Blu-Ray/DVD)
Lupin III (Part IV) (TV) (Blu-Ray)
Area 88 (OVA) (DVD)
Excel Saga (TV) (DVD)
Ronin Warriors (TV) (DVD)
Read or Die (OVA) (DVD)
Cyber City Oedo (OVA) (DVD)
Big O/Big O II (TV) (DVD)
Tenchi Muyo! (OVAs 1 & 2) (DVD)
Blue Seed (TV) (DVD)
Penguindrum (TV) (Blu-Ray)
Dragon Ball Z (TV) (DVD)
Death Note (TV) (DVD)
Michiko and Hatchin (TV) (Blu-Ray/DVD)
Ghost in the Shell Arise (OVA) (Blu-ray/DVD)
Turn A Gundam (TV) (Blu-Ray)
Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (TV) (Blu-Ray/DVD)
Space Battleship Yamato 2202 (TV) (Blu-Ray/DVD)
The Gokusen (TV) (DVD)
Giant Robo The Animation (OVA) (Blu-Ray)
Tetsujin 28 (2004) (TV) (Blu-Ray)
Mazinger: Edition Z: The Impact (Shin Mazinger) (TV) (Blu-Ray)
Violet Evergarden (TV) (Blu-Ray) read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 194 – Iria: Zeiram the Animation

I have to admit, I did not watch the two live-action Zeiram movies. I saw a clip or two (I used one of them) and read a summary on Wikipedia. Because of this, I approached Iria: Zeiram the Animation not as a prequel to the movies, but as a distillation of elements from the movies, an anime that stands on its own. But it’s not a great anime on its own, or at all, really. It’s not truly awful, but there are so many other anime out there worth your time more than this one. Some of the plot beats are head scratching, to say the least. read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 193 – Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus

I love the Lupin III franchise, but there is a lot of crap in it. And the crappy parts range from dull and lifeless to actively painful, and all shades in between. Legend of the Gold of Babylon was interestingly bad, which may or may not fall on the spectrum of crap (it may just be an exception). Farewell to Nostradamus, on the other hand, is the kind of terrible that you can’t really say that much about. It’s just a very dull, inert movie that feels like Lupin III in automatic mode. There’s nothing special about it whatsoever, aside from being a theatrical feature. read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 192 – Excel Saga

Excel Saga is the anime that I immediately think of when somebody says “anime comedy”. It could’ve been FLCL, which I think is better, but FLCL isn’t as gut-bustingly hilarious, so much as it is contemplative with a little zaniness baked in. Excel Saga is pure comedy, through and through, and I recall the hype around it on the original Otaku Revolution message board. I didn’t see it until ADV licensed it, and I still have the DVD singles that I collected over time. Excel Saga may not be up there among my top 20 anime, but it’s always a treat to revisit. read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 191 – Black Jack OVA (Eps 7-8)

Black Jack is glorious bullshit. It’s like watching the medical version of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure sometimes. You think you have a good grasp of the real life medical information being relayed, everything seems pretty grounded, if not always believable (just look at Pinoko), but then some wild nonsense like a talking thousands year old tree and a leaf boy are thrown at you and you’re left wondering what Osamu Tezuka, or Osamu Dezaki, were smoking that lead them to these plot beats. This is why I watch two episodes at a time, to get a decent sampling of both the realistic and fanciful, and still have episodes left for later. read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 190 – Silent Möbius 2

In case you were wondering, my review of the first movie is here

You know, the premise of Silent Möbius– a police force using a mix of magic and technology battles interdimensional monsters- lends itself to interesting story possibilities. But the Silent Möbius movies just don’t live up to the potential. Perhaps because it’s too busy being an origin story. But they could have done so much better at getting me interested in whether or not (and how) Katsumi joins the AMP, an already forgone conclusion given the bookends in the first movie. This movie, like the first, just feels like completely empty calories. But at least this one was a minor improvement on the first, because it wasn’t quite as dull. read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 189 – Trigun

While not holding up entirely, Trigun is, overall, a pretty fun television series that can proudly stand apart from the manga. There are definitely episodes that are significantly better than others, but you can find that in even the best anime. What I think I like the most about Trigun is that it’s a unique experience. I mean, name another anime that’s even somewhat like it. I mean, aside from (vaguely) Kenshin, but Trigun is more than just “Kenshin with guns” or “space western Kenshin“. I was happy to revisit it. read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 188 – Cyborg 009 (Part 2)

 

Part two of my look at 2001’s Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier involves looking at some of the non-Black Ghost related storylines in the series. There’s the mythology arc with the cyborgs fashioned after Greek gods, the two parter with the extraterrestrials/otherdimensionals, and there’s the unfinished final arc where the cyborgs get an upgrade. But there are also one-off episodes that I thought were worth highlighting here, like the one where 009 experiences time different because his Accelerator Mode is stuck (that might be my favorite episode). read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 187 – Cyborg 009 (Part 1)

It’s been a while, huh? We’re all still feeling the hurt from last year, aren’t we, and yet here we are? As usual, I took January off to cool my jets, but I’m back for another year of the plucky little anime review show that can… well, can’t, really, but tries anyway.

First up? A look at the 2001 anime TV series Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier. It’s a 51 episode series about cyborgs with different abilities fighting… well, mostly other cyborgs with different abilities. It’s like Kakaider, but a little less up its own ass. read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 186 – Year End English Dub Review VII

 

2020 was a horrific year. The year saw a pandemic, social strife, and an election that seems to still linger (for some reason). We lost Kobe Bryant and Alex Trebek, and many of us lost people even closer. So it feels a bit frivolous to care so much about a silly little anime review show that few people even watch to begin with. The weight of this year is heavy. But maybe that’s why we need some lighthearted frivolity now and then.

I’m moving along in the Lithos storyline, which will carry over into the new year, with some more bits about the Penguinopolis Mk. II. I have a general idea where I want the story to go, but don’t get hung up on direction, because there are elements where I’m just winging it. read more

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