DVD Review: Mushi-Shi: The Complete Series, Veridian Collection
Mushi-Shi: The Complete Series, Viridian Collection
Ginko is a traveling Mushi master, who tries his best to help people who have been afflicted by these creatures, invisible to most humans. Going from village to village, he not only makes new friends, but encounters some rare Mushi.
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DVD Review: Legend of the Seeker Season 1
The Legend of the Seekerseries is based on the Sword of Truth books by Terry Goodkind, which so far consists of 12 novels starting with Wizards First Rule in 1994, and going to the most recent publication of The Law of Nines in 2009.
DVD Review: Wrong Turn 3: Left For Dead
“What you don’t see will kill you” could not be more true when you’re in the cannibalistic mutants butcher shop. At night. So goes Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead, the third in the Wrong Turn franchise.
DVD Review: Ruby-Spears Superman
Man… cartoons used to really suck. Joe Ruby and Ken Spears were a pair of animators for Hanna-Barbera (they worked together on developing Scooby-Doo) who decided to spin off and found their own studio in the 70s. Their business plan (a sound one, and oft repeated) was to identify anything that kids were interested in and rush an animated take on it to TV quickly and for as little money as possible. This approach kept the company in steady business and gifted the world with such Saturday morning classics as Turbo Teen (hello, Knight Rider) and Rubik the Amazing Cube as well as the slightly more regarded Conan/Star Wars pastiche Thundarr the Barbarian among many, many others. The shows generally only lasted a season or two, which was fine since by then the catalyzing fad had died out anyway and it was time to find a new way to capture the attention of the elementary-school set.
DVD Review: Red Dwarf: Back to Earth
Nine years later… Later than what, we don’t know… but Red Dwarf is back and it is as good as ever. I first watched the series in the early 90’s and I have loved it ever since. Red Dwarf is a rare case in which a synthesis of Sci-fi and sitcom actually worked, and actually survived for as long as it did. Many other shows that tried to do what Red Dwarf did came and went during the run of the show, including an American version of the show. They even tried to bring over Kryten. Seeing as this show had lasted for so long, and the fans are clamoring for new Dwarf this seemed like the perfect opportunity to put out a new set of episodes, since the Red Dwarf movie had fallen into development hell so long ago.
DVD Review: Claymore: The Complete Series
Sexy women who are half-beast or demons, fight other demons with really big swords in order to protect humans. Claymore covers the life of these women who have been trained to be cold blooded killing machines that only want to die as a human rather than as a monster. The catch is that for them to be able to fight these demons, they must use their demon powers and the more they do that, the more they become the very demons they want to destroy. What a dilemma!
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DVD Review: Comic Party Revolution, The Complete series
“A man made island, located on the edge of Tokyo, well off the beaten path, but now the time is drawing near, when this island of cold concrete will be set afire with passion. People will gather here to draw manga, search for manga and get passionate about manga! A joyous celebration of individuals who have staked their entire youth on dÅjinshi. I’m speaking of COMIC PARTY!!!”
DVD Review: Desert Punk: The Complete Series, Viridian Collection
He is only 17, known as the Demon of the Desert and trying to deal with being sex starved at the same time. Desert Punk is a hilarious romp through a futuristic desert of bad guys and stupid villagers. Desert Punk is a legendary mercenary who always completes his job, at least in his own mind.
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DVD Review: Tokyo Majin: The Complete Series
Tokyo Majin
It's Zombie TIME! Zombies are being controlled and forced to attack the diverse and dark city of Tokyo. Oh, did I mention there are demons and ogres? Well, I am mentioning it now, and who do you think will challenge these threats? That's easy, five high school students will!
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DVD Review: One Piece Season 2 Third Voyage
I have been waiting for this volume of One Piece for some time now. Not only because we are back to what had been aired on television, but because I really wanted to see how well the voices of the characters introduced would be done. I was happy with the change.