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May
01
2005

May 2005. This Month : Hiruko, Appleseed, Rahxephon, Giallos, Kurosawa.

Posted by logboy at 3:53am.

Posted in Film News .

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Some stuff that continues from previous volumes pops up as always this month. Firstly, the final volume (no.4) of ‘Paranoia Agent’ from Satoshi Kon is May 10th - the show got off to a great start but has cruised somewhat, and i fear the end because of the rumblings of disappointment i’ve read. Another Tsukamoto movie, another I haven’t previously seen is ‘Hiruko The Goblin’, also on the 10th; this is Tsukamotos early major studio movie, made between the two Tetsuo films in the beginning of the 1990s. The other two releases on the 10th are the second volume of Production I.Gs ‘Otogi Zoshi’ TV series that’s a gentle-ish historical epic (at this point), and ‘Appleseed’ - the 2004 CGI movie that i had hoped would be subbed in Japan. It wasn’t long to wait in the end.

Slap bang in the middle of the month is ‘House Of Fury’. Not a huge fan of HK movies, but recent advance in relatively cheap CGI seem to offer the chance for more dynamic and unreal action movies; I hope this is one of them. A few days later is the R1 boxset of the 2001 ‘Bones’ anime series ‘Rahxephon’ which i’ve been drifting between a decision on for a while… I will give it a try. Then the last but one volume of ‘Stand Alone Complex’ arrives the same day, the 17th, along with Kiyoshi Kurosawas’ superb ‘Charisma’ and ‘Seance’ courtesy of Homevision. Finally, will try out NoShames discs of Sergio Martinos giallo classics ‘Case of the Scorpions Tale’ and ‘The Strange Vice of Mrs.Wardh’ out May 31st.

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Reader Comments

  1. Big Kahuna 05/01/2005 @ 2:41pm

    Wonder where some of this news comes from?? LOL

  2. logboy 05/02/2005 @ 3:11am

    what news?

  3. Big Kahuna 05/02/2005 @ 9:45am

    Please disregard my first post it was in error, thanks so much Big K

  4. LT Roberts 05/02/2005 @ 9:06pm

    Just to warn you, Raxephone has a strong beginning and a rather weak ending. It’s an intersting concept that begins with promise, but just never really delivers. Many were hailing it the next Evangelion, but it lacks the depth of that series and it just never gets down to business. It ends up in a rather muddled, supernatural/metaphysical gobbleygook ending that will make you roll your eyes and then it just sort of fizzles. The animation is alright, but nothing special. Just be warned that it may disappoint. There are far better series out there in this same vein and even better ones that are not.

  5. logboy 05/03/2005 @ 2:27am

    thanks for the input. i think there numerous problems with just about every anime series. but i do enjoy the animation, and the 30 minute format ... its a great end to a day and a lot of the problems are to be expected…

    theres a thread in the forum (please join...!) to suggest anime and manga of substance… love to hear your suggestions.

  6. LT Roberts 05/03/2005 @ 2:06pm

    I browsed through your forum, but didn’t see the section you were talking about.  What is the title of the thread? I’d be happy to suggest a few great titles to watch - one’s which won’t leave you with as bad a taste in your mouth as Raxephone.

  7. LT Roberts 05/03/2005 @ 3:00pm

    Never mind. Found it. I just posted some stuff for you.

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