After the fight, Nine finishes explaining her backstory some, only for Neo Zeon to fall into their old tricks
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With Ghuli gone, it’s time to take on Ghuli’s boss.
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In 2018, a handful of my Anime Holy Grails getting licensed and released. It’s time to replenish the list.
Ghuli tries to make one final attempt to redeem himself.
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We come to another decision point, as Nine prepares to reveal some information about her identity.
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A few weeks ago (as of when I write this in October) I came to learn that the most popular tabletop RPG in Japan right now was neither D&D nor a homegrown RPG like Sword World, but Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu. Also, I learned Dark Horse Comics had released a collection of adaptations of the works of H.P. Lovecraft by artist Gou Tanabe and had announced a planned release of Tanabe’s adaptation of At The Mountains of Madness. Thus, it seemed appropriate to read the first of Tanabe’s adaptations and get a feel for his take on Lovecraft’s work. Read more
I had previously reviewed Castlevania: Lords of Shadow on Bureau42, and I had meant to get around to the sequel for quite some time. I did do a partial play-through of the portable title, Mirror of Fate, but I ran into something of a wall over how the game handled porting 3D melee animations in a 2.5D environment. However, at long last, I have played and beaten Lords of Shadow 2, along with its DLC, and have some thoughts on the game. Read more
The EVA pilots finally start to work together again, and Brocken realizes he may have bitten off more than he can chew. Read more
A little after the last story mission, Team Nagai tries to get the EVA pilots to work together as a team. Read more
A whole bunch of licensed games (and a couple brawlers) this issue.
The Nadesico Crew, The Brave Express Corps, and Daitarn 3 team up to save Hoi Kow Low. Read more
In the next DLC mission, Maito and Banjo Haran head to a popular Ramen place for lunch, only to be surprised by the management. Read more
It’s been a while since I watched what I’d call a “Weird Japan” movie – a Japanese film with a degree of creativity and un-reality that is uncommon in Western cinema – and indeed is generally rejected outright in Western independent cinema (see Dogme ’95 and Ethan Hawke’s comments about superhero films). Instead, these films openly embrace science fiction, fantasy, and horror concepts in a way that Western independent cinema (outside of horror) fails to do.
I’m continuing to make my way through 1995 in Star Wars with the first collection of Star Wars short fiction.
We finish off Wolfgang and the DF Alliance, before dealing with the Angel. Read more
Great MightGaine finishes their fight with Joe The Ace. Read more
This week I’ve got a review of a trio of mystery novels, from a former Doctor Who writer. Read more
We continue pushing onwards, including a rematch with Joe the Ace. Read more
An Angel is on the way to Tokyo 3, but first – Interrupting Super Robot Villains! Read more
I’ve been on something of an unplanned Ken Russell kick, after going for years after not having seen any of his films – indeed, having never even heard of him until I saw Kyle Kallgren’s review of The Devils. Read more
While in the main Batman book, after Flashpoint, Scott Snyder jumped more or less straight into the Court of Owls storyline, over in Detective Comics writer Tony S. Daniel has a couple stories that fit in a little more with members of Batman’s existing rogues gallery – with a story featuring two existing members and re-interpreted versions of a couple others. Read more
Alternate title: Dragon Bar Mitzvah. Read more
We finally take down both Riddhe and Ghuli – before we get additional news – the Nadesico is returning! Read more
Continuing with Dark Horse, we have the first comic book outing of Rogue Squadron, and Mike Stackpole’s first step into the Star Wars Universe. Read more
