The Kaijyu Comes To VCinema!

Well. Figured it was more than overdue to spill about what has been going on behind the scenes as of late. True to this (and other) blog's roots, reviews and thoughts are more than waiting in the scaly wings, as I've been hard at work fine-tuning a wholly new & challenging life schedule. But the biggest news to come out of this resides in the newest place fellow monsters can check out for my signature (read: silly) rantings and ravings. Turns out after much radio silence, I'll now be providing occasional commentary for the fantastic souls over at VCinemashow! A truly one-of-a-kind home for news and reviews spanning asian cinema of all shapes and morphology, my duty will likely mostly consist of thoughts regarding anime films/ OVAs, and various strangeness in between. I must admit to being a little nervous, but that can only better fuel the excitement. So please, add VCinema alongside everything else to get a more vivid picture of what excites us about far east visual culture & more! It's bound to be a worthwhile trip.

A Schoolyard Brawl Gone Awry: Project A-ko At 25 Years

For those looking for a barrage of words obsessing over yet another anime favorite might do well to take a peek at my last big post over at Anime Diet, where I shared some long unshared thoughts regarding a wild 80s gem!

"Project A-ko by its very nature, is anime broken down to its most base components, packed with nitro-glycerin for blood, and shamelessness on its sleeve in its wanton reverence for otaku fantasies & lack of regard toward anything resembling conventional narrative. This is a penultimate example of a medium fully at the mercy of a mad group of artists in love with their work. An animator’s anime. All the wild takes, inside-gaggery, and hyperbolic action one expects- and yet in the realm of these seemingly stock-card thin characters, there is a life that veers well beyond the borders of the screen(and possibly bounces off into another universe). We’re talking a film that does for seifuku what 2001: A Space Odyssey does for viewers as David Bowman enters Jupiter And Beyond The Infinite."

For the full review, go HERE!