The Old School Otaku Lounge

The "Bebop Crew" box is $500, the "Boogie Woogie Box" will be $350, and "Bounty Hunter's Steel" will be $250, according to this article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2018/04/28/funimation-has-some-great-box-sets-planned-for-the-20th-anniversary-of-cowboy-be...

I really want them to release the art books and vinyls separately but I doubt that will happen. I'm curious on the prices for these, I can do without the figure in that first set. This. That's just money they're leaving on the table. I know there's often licensing bullcrap that prevents such things...

That's Ohno, as in "Oh no, I forgot the mustard!" :) Have you seen the 'Ohno wants to be a real girl' episode yet? It's actually a decent episode (they all are) but I think the Japanese animators had them some fun with it. I can't remember if they actually defeat Shadow, but I do recall so...

Thanks for the heads up. Are these those MOD discs Warner does? If so, they are DVD-R. Only one I've bought so far is Toei's Magic Boy. Yes, Warner Archives discs are (generally) Manufacture On Demand. There have been some reported instances of titles that were stamped due to anticipated demand (as...

To play devil's advocate: I am trying to find new, good stuff that entertains me, and I fail. This is after living in Japan for 15 years until a few years ago. So lack of exposure would be ironic. It's a given there that I was inundated with the garbage on TV (as I am here, with western TV) but als...

I think I've talked about this before. I feel the difference is, back in the day animation staff were all 'just making the donuts', you know? Devilman, Cutie Honey, Mazinger Z, all that mattered was sling some paint and shoot some cels. Then comes the '80s and fanboys started entering the industry, ...

As I recall in the Mazinger graphic novel, the Earth hero is the pilot of a Mazinger combat super robot during a future world war, and he gets zapped to another dimension full of giants that are Mazinger-sized, and he helps them battle monsters and then gets zapped back to his own world. It has a l...

Another great job of course. I thought the OP and ED themes were nice, catchy and kind of mellow but yeah, not what's called for when you have a giant stone god-statue biting dinosaurs. Hey. Is it just my imagination or is the core plot of the God Mazinger manga pretty much the same as the plot for ...

Man those 'Subspace' novels. Wow. SUPER rough reading and just a little scary. I think I'll stick with the Lensman books thank you. Welcome, SD! By Asimov's Undying Mutton Chops I welcome thee! Little powdered sugar donuts optional. :) That podcast was hella fun. Thanks for allowing me to participate.

gobsmacked. Yep. I mean, glad they are doing it, the wonder is why it took so long. I wonder if they'll remaster the discs back to the original 5 episodes per DVD to drop that set count to 10 discs. I mean, if they are actually getting access to new masters, that's a no-brainer, right? Hahahaha I wo...