The fourth part of the “Cream Lemon” series – which was the first X-rated anime in Japan – is an interesting little OVA from 1985 and still one of the very few ero-anime that are really worth watching. The lively mood and playful animation make it a real joy to watch and, fortunately, it [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Cream Lemon 4: Pop Chaser
Posted in Animation on February 25, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Noroi no Onepiece & Yoshiji Kigami
Posted in Animation, Animator, Kyoto Animation on February 20, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I finally watched this 3 episodes long TV special from 1992 which is an adaption of Shungiku Uchida‘s same-named horror manga. The story itself isn’t that remarkable even if Uchida is a talented mangaka/writer and famously associated with the avant-garde manga magazine “Garo“. Howsoever, “Noroi no Onepiece” has a very traditional approach to horror [...]
Okubyo na Venus OVA
Posted in Animation on February 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Only a quick post about a nice OVA from the 80′s I stumbled across, namely “Okubyo na Venus” by Hiroyuki Kakudou (Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, etc.) and Toei Animation. What it makes somewhat interesting is that the “plot” is solely communicated through the visuals, meaning that there’s absolutely no dialogue. It’s just images and music, so [...]
Top 10 Anime Episodes 2009
Posted in Animation on February 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A bit late, but I still want to write down my list of the most outstanding TV episodes of 2009. The reason why I make a list of single episodes and not whole anime is due to the fact that full series hardly reach the same kind of perfection because of the largely different [...]
