Twitterer JLSkun, of anime blog The Golden Waste, tweeted some interesting news recently that was caught by Nebs. Apparently his local MovieStop shop is listing a preorder for The Girl Who Leapt Through Time director Mamoru Hosoda's latest film, Summer Wars, with a release date in August. No distributor was listed, and JLSkun reported that it and the other preorders he spotted were all removed when he checked back later.  MYSTEEEEERIOUS! The Girl Who Leapt Through Time was handled in North America by Bandai Entertainment; on the other hand Manga Entertainment has picked up Summer Wars for the UK, so we'll see who snatches it here later. (If you want my bet, I'd lean towards Manga, but on the other hand, BEI has worked with Manga Entertainment for titles like Gurren Lagann, so it could even be a combo thereof...assuming it's not some other company entirely!) MovieStop, if you're curious, is apparently an offshoot from GameStop, but not a very common one-- there aren't any in California, for example.  Also listed are Xam'd: Lost Memories, a sci-fi anime which was simulcast in the US via the PSN, for August 10th-- 13 episodes on DVD for $49.98 or Blu-Ray for $99.98 --and the anime adaptation of the movie Ultraviolet, titled Ultraviolet 044, twelve episodes for $59.98 on DVD or $99.98 on Blu-Ray, due July 13th. These two both did have distributors listed: Sony. Now,  the likelihood of Summer Wars being licensed is pretty much 100%, it's just a matter of when. And a summer release sounds about right, don't you think?    As for the rest of it, only time will tell!  How badly do you want to see Summer Wars?
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  Remember that movie Ultraviolet, with the ultra violence and the ultra Milla Jovovich, which was directed by Kurt Wimmer? Well, do you remember that it received an anime adaptation a year ago? Yes, it has been awhile since we last heard about this franchise, but it’s coming back out into the limelight, because during a press release Sony hinted that the anime will be “coming out in [the] US soon.” Ultraviolet: Code 044, I hear good things about this show, and I hear bad things. Most of it seems to be negative, but it also has lots of action, so it can’t be that bad. It also was directed by Osamu Dezaki, who also directed Ashita no Joe, Aim For The Ace!, and some Lupin III films. I’m curious, are any of you excited about this release?  [Via ANN]
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Every season has its most underrated series for me. For the past summer season, this was without a doubt Ultraviolet: Code 044. It only got one episode subbed, and that episode received masses of bad reviews. Because of all this bad publicity, this series received no chance at all to show its goods, which is [...]
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Short Synopsis: Luka tries to rescue King, and more things happen which I’m not going to spoil here. Highlights: So different from what I expected! Overall Enjoyment Value: 8.5/10 Whoa! That was actually a really good ending! This episode was among the best episodes of the entire series, and it exactly knew how to use the things it [...]
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Short Synopsis: 044 finally gets the chance to talk with Luka Highlights: They were a bit sudden, but the love-scenes worked really well. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 Okay, one episode left! This show has the potential to make for a solid ending. This episode introduced enough subplots for this series to work with to fill one episode. I [...]
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Short Synopsis: Luka (or what’s left of him) makes his re-entrance in this series. Highlights: Mostly build-up, but an episode well-spent with lots of eye-candy. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 Well.. so this week I decided to not watch the low quality raws from horribleraws (since these also mess with the video-resolution, which just doesn’t do justice to this [...]
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Short Synopsis: Zakusa and Daxus’ armies face off against each other. Highlights: An action-packed episode that works. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8,5/10 Excellent episode. The building-up of the past few episodes really paid off with a very exciting episode. I’m glad that despite the negative reactions, I kept watching this series, because even though it’s nothing deep, complex or [...]
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Short Synopsis: The scale is upped as 724 reveals an army’s worth of allies. Highlights: Mostly building up… and still no Luka? Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 Ooh, it really looks like this series is planning to go all out for its finale. This is the second building-up episode in a row, with just four episodes remaining. In this [...]
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Short Synopsis: Mainly a building-up episode where Daxus II searches 044’s location and 426’s past gets revealed. Highlights: Garcia. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 Ultraviolet is really one of those “anime as entertainment” series that does a wonderful job fulfilling its purpose. A lot of this is also thanks to Osamu Dezaki’s specific style of directing, and all the [...]
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Summary - 44 and Dr. Garcia escapes to desert planet Ginus 12 - a place that’s constantly being hit with meteors, is full of nearly unbreathable air, and a mining planet for a new source of energy. Criminals and other people with something to hide go there to earn money from hard mining. Luka Bloom is [...]
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Summary - No. 44 (add 3 to become no. 47…Claymore joke) does her very best to escape from the SS I mean SBCU and the local security force, taking out many and the leader of SBCU in the process. Luca is now in the custody of the security bureau. Both her primary physician Garcia and [...]
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Short Synopsis: 044 tries to get rid of 724 and his henchmen. Highlights: Solid action that knows when to stop. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 Here’s one thing I don’t get: why the heck is this series getting so much hate?! I mean, I can understand how people can dislike this series: the art style, dark mood and Osamu [...]
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So, I know I’m a bit behind on this one, but it snuck under my radar. Earlier this year there was a press release announcing the airing of an Ultraviolet anime based on the movie starring Milla Jovavich. I was skeptical at the time, since the Ultraviolet movie sucked pretty bad. I [...]
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Short Synopsis: An intermezzo, without much action, but much character-development and introductions. Highlights: The new characters should prove interesting for the rest of this series. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 Okay, so even though this was a quiet episode, it still delivered, as it made perfect use of the extra time for the characters to reflect upon themselves, and [...]
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It’s the cynical side of anime but not quite cyberpunk, because there isn’t enough cybernetic stuff in this one. But the future certainly is gloomy, dark and dirty in this one without the awe, the sense of parading and the overblown 80’s music score (ala Bubblegum Crisis). It’s like today’s Tokyo, only darker, edgier, grimmer. It’s [...]
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Short Synopsis: 044 betrays her organization. Highlights: Fixes the movie’s mistakes. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 I tried watching the movie Ultraviolet, to get an understanding of why everyone seemed to hate it. Well, I lasted 30 minutes until the pain made me stop watching. That was exactly what I feared that this anime-series would turn out to be, [...]
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Short Synopsis: 044 continues her hunt for the mob boss. Highlights: The subtle characterizations. Overall Enjoyment Value:8/10 While I’m waiting for Mission-E to appear (seriously, what the heck happened to it?) I might as well watch this one. Since the past Spring season featured a lot of good 13-episode series, and relatively few good 26-episode series, I can [...]
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I’m recently having a habit of watching the first episodes of anime in RAW so I only understand like, 30% of what they’re saying (I’m harnessing my Nippon-fluency…) But I soon as I get my hands on the subbed ones, I rewatch them again (and possibly blog some that may interest me)… This post is [...]
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Ultraviolet: Code 044 Short Synopsis: Our lead character is a famed and feared assassin, probably the best of her kind. In the futuristic world this series is set in, she spends the first episode on two different missions. Highlights: Excellent action; a feast for the senses; isn’t just dumb action; TOO MUCH FANSERVICE. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 Whoa, in [...]
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Oh, look, naked girl! Technically, I should not even do any review on this first episode since I did not finish it. You do know how some readers (like me when I go on other blogs) totally hate those high handed elitists who dismissed a show after one single episode. I have turned into them. I [...]
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