Film Review: To Live & Die In LA
https://countzeroor.com/2025/08/13/film-review-to-live-die-in-la-2/
Haven’t done a live-action film review in a while – time to take a look at To Live & Die In LA, another crime thriller from the director of The French Connection. To Live & Die In LA is property of MGM, footage used under fair use. The film is available from (Affiliate Links):
Anime Explorations Episode 23: Bubblegum Crisis
https://countzeroor.com/2024/08/25/anime-explorations-episode-23-bubblegum-crisis/
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Blaine joins us again for a discussion of Bubblegum Crisis, along with the tabletop RPG. Bubblegum Crisis is available for Streaming on Plex, Retrocrush, Pluto.Tv, and PeacockThe series is also available on physical media through the Crunchyroll Store (Affiliate Link): https://crunchyrollstore.sjv.io/c/1395613/1941463/20100 Next month we are discussing MoyashimonMoyashimon is available for streaming on Crunchyroll.
Anime Explorations Episode 22: My Neighbor Totoro & Akira
https://countzeroor.com/2024/07/28/anime-explorations-episode-22-my-neighbor-totoro-akira/
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This month I’m joined by Blaine of the Babylon 5 30 Years Later and 99 Years 100 Films Podcasts (at Bureau42.com) to discuss My Neighbor Totoro & Akira. Referenced Links:Akira Production Report Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcY248hbwwUMythology Behind My Neighbor Totoro: https://www.followthemoonrabbit.com/totoro-mythology/ My Neighbor Totoro is available for streaming on Max in the US and on Netflix internationally.Akira […]
Anime Explorations Episode 15: Anime Music Videos & Arcadia of My Youth
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This month we memorialize Leiji Matsumoto and the creator of the Anime Music Video (not necessarily in that order). We also talked about the Macross II Kickstarter, which can be found here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/madoverlord/macross-ii-lovers-again-alus-edition Arcadia of My Youth is available for streaming on: The AMV playlist I used as reference for the discussion can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqVvoLyAj9RFULBnYI2S7f3Coc7TvKYXo […]
Episode 13: Vampire Hunter D (1985)
https://countzeroor.com/2023/10/29/episode-13-vampire-hunter-d-1985/
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For the first episode of our 2nd year, and for the spooky season, we take a look at the 1985 adaptation of Hideyuki Kikuchi’s first novel in the Vampire Hunter D series. Also discussed this episode: Vampire Hunter D is available physically (Affiliate Links): Next month we are watching Tsukihime, which can be watched:
Anime Review: Aura Battler Dunbine
https://countzeroor.com/2023/09/23/anime-review-aura-battler-dunbine/
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It feels weird to call Byston Well, the setting Yoshiyuki Tomino created for Aura Battler Dunbine – a series that many Isekai novels draw their lineage from – as a “joke”. However, arguably no creator has so desperately tried to “make fetch happen” with a setting that Tomino has done with Dunbine – not only […]
Anime Review: The Hollywood Theater OVA Film Festival (2023)
https://countzeroor.com/2023/05/31/anime-review-the-hollywood-theater-ova-film-festival-2023/
This past weekend, the Hollywood theater did a film festival of OVAs, featuring Neo-Tokyo, Baoh: The Visitor, Dragon’s Heaven, and Project A-Ko. As I haven’t seen the first three, I’ll give my thoughts on those (and I’ll be doing a podcast episode on A-Ko later for the Anime Explorations Podcast). Keep up on the Hollywood
My Neighbor Totoro: Anime Review
My Neighbor Totoro is, undoubtedly, one of Studio Ghibli’s (in general) and Hayao Miyazaki’s (in particular) most beloved films. IF there was a film that established, clearly, Miyazaki as the “Japanese Walt Disney” to international audiences outside of anime fandom, this was it, whether Miyazaki wanted the title or not.
https://countzeroor.com/2022/02/26/my-neighbor-totoro-anime-review/
My Neighbor Totoro is, undoubtedly, one of Studio Ghibli’s (in general) and Hayao Miyazaki’s (in particular) most beloved films. IF there was a film that established, clearly, Miyazaki as the “Japanese Walt Disney” to international audiences outside of anime fandom, this was it, whether Miyazaki wanted the title or not. My Neighbor Totor’s strengths are its tremendous naturalism – both in characters & environments, and …
Anime Video Review: Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Well, I've reviewed all of the Legend of the Galactic Heroes novels, so now it's time to review the OVA series.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes is available for streaming on HiDive: https://www.hidive.com/tv/legend-of-the-ga
https://countzeroor.com/2022/02/02/anime-video-review-legend-of-the-galactic-heroes/
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Wicked City: Anime Review
I guess I’m doing an unintentional theme week, when it comes to hard-boiled urban fantasy, as this time I’m taking a look at the anime film Wicked City, based on a novel by Hideyuki Kukichi, and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri.
Wicked City follows Taki Renzaburou, an agent for the Black Guard, an organization that helps keep the
https://countzeroor.com/2021/10/30/wicked-city-anime-review/
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I guess I’m doing an unintentional theme week, when it comes to hard-boiled urban fantasy, as this time I’m taking a look at the anime film Wicked City, based on a novel by Hideyuki Kukichi, and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri. Wicked City follows Taki Renzaburou, an agent for the Black Guard, an organization that helps keep the peace between the Demon World and the Human …
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