You know, instead of teasing fans with a project that’ll never happen, ADV should just take the 50 million or so they’ve raised for their hypothetical live action Evangelion and just put it to licensing the new Rebuild of Evangelion movies and promoting the everloving shit out of them. Get those into mainstream theaters, because not only has Anno soundly beat them to the punch at getting a cinematic Eva remake out there, but his is so well done that there’s really no way ADV could top it.
Continue reading ‘Rebuild of Evangelion: Parentheses in (THE) Title’
Back in 2006 I was rather scathing of xxxHolic when it came out. I decided to give it another go recently and finished watching it last week. Once I got past the jarring art that pops up every now and then I found I quite enjoyed it. Interesting how perceptions can change over time. 
I’m a bit late with this entry, but it’s become a bit of a tradition for me so I felt like doing this again. Next season starts in April, and it looks reasonable. There are a few that stand out as being must-watch and then quite a few that have piqued my interest.
Continue reading ‘April 2008 Anime’
MAL says that I have wasted 100 days of my life as of today. I’m not sure if I’m proud of this achievement or not.
If I’m getting a reputation for angry rantage, then I wouldn’t be surprised. Today’s subject of my ire: The Rightstuf, International. The ‘International’ part being a joke if you actually buy from them internationally. I’ve purchased stuff from them five or six times now, always large packages with a pile of stuff in them. They charge absolutely insane prices for shipping - roughly double what my usual retailer does - so I usually only bother when they’re having clearance sales.
So, what does that super-expensive shipping get you? Well, what generally happens is that they fuck around with your order for two weeks or so, then finally ship it. About ten days later you’ll get an invoice in the mail. 2-3 weeks down the track you get your box of goodies. Despite TRSI being based in Iowa or something, the box will be postmarked Malmo, Sweden. And the box will be really, really badly damaged. I don’t know what’s going on, but every box I’ve gotten from TRSI has been in an extremely poor state. The corners bashed in, the cardboard ripped… But usually they have structural integrity so I don’t really care (except for the fact I’m paying double the price for shipping that takes twice as long and apparently has handlers that play rugby with my packages).
Continue reading ‘TRSI: Fix your fucking shipping’
