Ed: June 2008 Archives

Sky Blue

So, Sky blue is actually a korean film. On the box it says it is in japanese and has english subtitles. Either I am far better at Japanese than i think or the box is lying: the movie is in english and there are no subtitles. It could just be the specific copy I bought but I'm just warning you. If you choose to buy it, don't trust the box!
 

Karas: The Prophecy

Another anime i bought a little while ago was the Karas 'Double feature' 3 disk set but i'm just going to review the first movie for now which counts for two of those three disks.
There are quite a quite a few special features on this one so i'll start there. There is a small interview video with the japanese voice actors but this was kind of short and pretty boring so i didn't really pay much attention. Another of the features seems to be a bit of the behind the scenes with the sound effects team. More interesting is the short, 4 minute, 'behind the scenes montage' that briefly shows some of the designing, storyboarding and animating that went into the final movie.
There are a couple more features on this disk such as trailers but i'm not going to bother talking about them. Onto the movie!
 

Me?

Yeah, I noticed I didn't properly Introduce myself so here goes.

I'm a sixth form student in the UK and i generally enjoy watching anime and i'm interested in japanese culture. I've been learning japanese this year and probably have another year ahead of me :/
I don't really read manga or play japanese games so much so I'll mainly be focusing on anime and random news from Japan.

That'll do. Don't worry, there will likely be some reviews of games from one of my friends. He'll probably post something tomorrow. I'm not sure.

Manga is probably not going to happen anytime soon because neither one of us reads manga regularly.

Anyway, that's me... Hopefully my posts will get better but everyone has to start somewhere as they say.
 

Death Note Vol. 1 (UK)

I figured i'd start on a high so i'll begin by reviewing the UK Death Note volume 1. I say UK because i believe that in the US each volume is only 4 episodes whereas over here we get eight per volume. Unfortunately we don't seem to get a special edition version though which is a shame because some of the little statues look neat.
Anyway, I wandered into forbidden planet recently as i occasionally do to see what anime they have and i was greeted with the amazing sight of death note volume 1. Of course i've already seen every episode but i want to get the DVDs so i instantly snap it up and buy it without a second's thought. When i got home i stuck it into the DVD player and was greeted with the menu. If i had the DVD here i would grab some shots of the menus and upload them but unfortunately i've let a friend borrow it. I'll upload some pics when I get it back.
 

A Different Look at Anime

Welcome to the Anime cove!
Through this site I hope to post news and reviews relating to japanese anime and culture. There may be posts about japanese games and possibly manga although the latter is unlikely since I don't really like them myself. Unlike other anime sites on the web, there will be no mention of what I view as 'americanised' anime such as Naruto.
Unfortunately I am in the UK so, unless I import DVDs I may have problems reviewing anime in a timely manner but review it I will! I'll probably start with some of the DVDs I already have and then move onto others i have seen recently.
Anyway, without further rambling from me, enjoy!