Buried Treasure makes a special return appearance! This time, a little-known 90s OAV about a new transfer student and his terrifying, awful, no-good face.
Its Justins last Buried Treasure for a while, and hes going out with style. Gleefully outdated, 80s chicks-with-guns-and-bikinis style.
This 80s ESPer space opera could have been one of the seminal works of 80s anime. It's not. In fact, it's pretty flawed. But that doesn't mean there's nothing here to enjoy.
A perverted, though not pornographic, dark satire of 80s tentacle porn, Call Me Tonight has a lot to say, and is pretty funny at the same time.
This early 80s French/Japanese co-production delighted kids in the 80s, but does it hold up to an adult's scrutiny today?
Rintaro directs what is easily the most popular story in Tezuka's life's work. Possibly the best Tezuka anime ever made, and yet nobody here knows it even exists.
In a rare Buried Garbage, Justin delves into the world of bad Japanese direct-to-video live action movies and emerges... with an anime featuring celibate tentacled monsters.
Alien Nine works both as shocking amusement and as art. It's merciless in its treatment of its characters, and though it's not substantially more horrifying than other anime, something about it cuts ...
As someone who enjoys food way too much, Justin can totally relate to the main character of One Pound Gospel.
For all of its escapist fantasy and girly surrealism, Hana Yori Dango is a reminder of the pull of tradition, and a reminder of how hard it is to stand up and truly change things. Warning: spoilers w...
Barefoot Gen is horrifying. It's incredibly hard to watch, and possibly impossible to watch without being deeply affected.
A profoundly honest, if over-the-top, examination of puberty and sexual awakening, this relic of shoujo past knows teenagers better than nearly any other anime set in a schoolyard.
One boy's oceanic flight of fantasy becomes an incredible journey over an ocean of glass.
Why, yes, that IS Dracula eating a hamburger. It's actually one of the more normal things about this little-seen made-for-TV movie.
Only Yesterday is a delicate piece that seems more like an art house film than something one would expect to be animated. It's deeply personal and undeniably moving, despite (or perhaps because of) i...
It's time to bust out the big one: the most notorious buried treasure out there, and the one that changed anime forever.
For the adult who has learned patience, and the child in us who might still be able to experience wonder, however, Fairy Florence is indeed a rare treat.
A 4-episode punch-to-the-soul that not only drained me of my zest for my job but life in general.
Assemble Insert feels like Project A-ko by way of Patlabor, a mix of cute destruction-causing anime hyperactivity and Simpsons-esque "everything sucks" societal humor. And it doesn't try to do much b...
This week, a little known detective story from the early 90s, now forgotten by even Japanese fans. It's not the prettiest thing in the world, but it's sure fun to watch.
Best known as the Masters section of Robotech, Southern Cross is a fun little diversion of a giant robot show that doesn't get quite the amount of love it deserves.
According to this OAV, vampires are really aliens, lived amongst unicorns and dragons in a generic fantasy kingdom, have tentacles and reproduce like bees. Needless to say, it's not that smart.
Justin goes a little nostalgic this week as he remembers the first anime that made him really want to see more anime, Project A-ko.
Who knew that a sequel to an ambitious-but-dumb giant robot/motorcycle OAV could speak so much about the way the world is today?
Like Bambi by way of No Country for Old Men, Ringing Bell is probably the most angst-drenched film ever to star a baby lamb and a wolf.
Rintaro's epic disaster is something akin to listening to an aging hippie burnout: tedious rambling punctuated by bits of well-meaning racism.
Justin is sleep deprived and has pretty much lost his mind, but he has one more column to do this year. So he digs into his collection and pulls out a handful of nifty things you probably haven't see...
It's got some truly interesting things to say and moments of sheer brilliance, albeit ones encased in old and fragrant cheese.
Lain was once the darling of the anime world, but it's all but forgotten today. Does it stand up to the test of time, now that most of us really do live in the wired?
You can't get much older school than Ashita no Joe and still call it anime. And yet, it's referenced by so many different titles out there, it's astounding that more people haven't actually seen it.
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