Assassins Pride | |||||||||
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Comments | Anime series based on a series of light novels, following a protagonist who is normally an assassin and ends up | ||||||||
Batman: The Long Halloween Part 2 | |||||||||
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Battle Beyond the Stars | |||||||||
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Belle of the Nineties | |||||||||
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Bleach | |||||||||
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Bloodlands | |||||||||
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Certain Scientific Railgun T | |||||||||
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Dear Brother | |||||||||
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Comments | Shojo anime series from the very early 90s from director Osamu Dezaki (Director of Rose of Verseilles) about plotting and machinations within an all-girls school. Very heavy on the melodrama. | ||||||||
Dororo | |||||||||
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Comments | The more recent anime adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s manga (previously available for streaming on Amazon Prime) | ||||||||
Drunk History | |||||||||
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Every Day’s a Holiday | |||||||||
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Flight of the Intruder | |||||||||
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General’s Daughter | |||||||||
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Go West Young Man | |||||||||
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Goin’ to Town | |||||||||
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Hatena Illusion | |||||||||
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Comments | Magical Girl (and Boy) anime about a young man and his childhood friend who try to round up a series of lost magical artifacts. | ||||||||
His Dark Materials | |||||||||
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I Know This Much Is True | |||||||||
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I’m No Angel | |||||||||
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In Harm’s Way | |||||||||
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Just a Gigolo | |||||||||
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Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts | |||||||||
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Comments | Animated series adapted by an American webcomic, produced by Dreamworks animation for Netflix. | ||||||||
Klondike Annie | |||||||||
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Lady Oscar: The Rose of Versailles | |||||||||
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Comments | Speaking of Dezaki, this is the second half of another of his very well known anime series, adapting a manga based around the events leading up to the French Revolution. | ||||||||
Le Man’s | |||||||||
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Leather Boys | |||||||||
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Madame Curie | |||||||||
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Major Dundee (Arrow) | |||||||||
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Memories | |||||||||
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Comments | Anthology film adapting three short stories from Katsuhiro Otomo, including the segment “Magnetic Rose” by Satoshi Kon. | ||||||||
My Little Chickadee | |||||||||
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Night After Night | |||||||||
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Night Terror | |||||||||
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Pariah (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
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Percy vs Goliath | |||||||||
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Pickup on South Street (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
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Prospect | |||||||||
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Purge | |||||||||
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She Done Him Wrong | |||||||||
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Swordgai | |||||||||
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Comments | Anime series that was previously released for streaming by Netflix that follows a young man as he tries to hunt down a variety of cursed swords, and defeat their wielders. | ||||||||
That Certain Age | |||||||||
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Toy Soldiers & December Double Feature | |||||||||
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Trail of the Lonesome Pine | |||||||||
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Us | |||||||||
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Video Warrior Laserion | |||||||||
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Comments | Super Robot anime from the mid-80s. Readers from Latin America may know the show as El Super Lasser. | ||||||||
Walking the Edge | |||||||||
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Watch | |||||||||
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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory | |||||||||
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Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “We have two incredibly good releases on the anime front this week. Dororo is an incredibly solid adaptation of Tezuka’s work, adapting some of the more wild tonal swings of the original series (which came out in the ’60s) and adapting it a modern 2D animation style, while still preserving Tezuka’s look. On the other hand, Memories is probably one of the best anthology films of all time, and “Magnetic Rose” in particular, is a pure work of beauty, both visually and narratively. I can confidently recommend both works to viewers in general – not just those who are fans of anime.” Blaine says, “I haven’t seen My Little Chickadee for about 30 years, but I remember enjoying it. That might be because I was around 10, and it pushed all sorts of limits at the time. Mae West stars in half a dozen movies that are out this week, and she was controversial for having the audacity to say women should enjoy the same sexual freedoms as men.”