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Virgin Fleet: Oji Hiroi's Creepy Cringe-fest | KYOTO VIDEO

Unearthed from the hellyear of 1998 to present to the hellyear of 2024, we have the ill-reputed Virgin Fleet. Bafflingly born from the minds of two of the hottest creators of the 90s, Virgin Fleet ...

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KYOTO VIDEO 2024 Quarterly Report (Nov - Jan)

Virgin Fleet – November 16th

I feel like I’ve been a little too accommodating to some of the anime I’ve been watching lately. Therefore, in the interest of balancing th...

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Lily C.A.T. | KYOTO VIDEO

The 80s saw numerous examples of anime creators cribbing from their favorite Hollywood movies, notably Ridley Scott's Alien. But out of all of them, it is 1987's Lily C.A.T. that stand tri...

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Bio Hunter | KYOTO VIDEO

Gorey special effects and other production materials have become intertwined with horror movies since time immemorial and people have given praise to their craft. So, it should make sense that we m...

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The Beautiful World of Kino's Journey | KYOTO VIDEO

The early 00s saw the emergence of the light novel adaptation. And one of the early success stories was an episodic, philosophical romp done by the Serial Experiments Lain director. This is Kino's ...

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Slayers Gorgeous | KYOTO VIDEO

Back from my little vacay. Now it is time to get back to work. How about we start things off with our annual Slayers video. The final entry of Slayers movie quadrilogy, we'll see how it tries to ke...

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KYOTO VIDEO Fall Preview... plus A Merrie History of Looney Tunes Update

stretches Welp, summer vacation time is over! Let’s get back in the swing of things by posting what we having coming up until the end of October.

 

But before I do,...

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Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer: Masami Obari's Blank Check | KYOTO VIDEO

Before I head off on vacation, let's back in the glory of forgotten age. An age called the mid-90s where Masami Obari had unprecedented sway in both the games and anime industry. Voltage Fighter Go...

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KYOTO VIDEO is gong on vacation!... soon.

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You heard the title correctly. KYOTO VIDEO the series is taking a brief hiatus for the rest of the month of August! Once I release the long-awaited Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer View Post

Battle Athletes: A Retro Anime Retrospective | KYOTO VIDEO

Since the Olympics are around the corner, let's take a look back at a sports anime that I can tangentially relate it to. One with lots of wack-a-doo 90s anime hair and steamy yuri subtext.

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Kimera: Taking the Boy Out of Boys' Love | KYOTO VIDEO

Boy's love widespread popularity in the States is more recent than you think. For this reason, one company decided to try to turn a boy's love anime straight in order to sell more units. Not helped...

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Fake: The Gay Cop Anime | KYOTO VIDEO

In honor of Pride Month, we're doing a first KYOTO VIDEO! We're doing a video on a boy's love anime finally! One of the first boy's love titles to ever come to America as a matter of fact, a buddy ...

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Battle Royal High School | KYOTO VIDEO

Ichirō Itano is a a true talent in his field of animation. But his directorial work has always been divisive due to it proclivity towards hardcore violence, even by 80s OVA standards. Today, we lo...

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The Kawaii Counterculture of Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space | KYOTO VIDEO

What happens when two musicians make an independent anime film about cute, rebellious kitty cat in space? You get 2002's Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space, a truly punk rock avant-garde film that se...

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KYOTO VIDEO Quarterly Report 2024 (May - Jul.)

Apologies for the VERY late posting of the schedule. Here’s what is coming up for the next series of KYOTO VIDEO

 

May 19th: Tamala2010: A Punk Cat in Space

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Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01: How It Changed Anime History | KYOTO VIDEO

This is a story about how a popular video game designer took an anime made by an up-and-coming mechanical designer and helped create the anime boom of the 90s. This is the story of Metal Skin Panic...

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Labyrinth of Flames | KYOTO VIDEO

Fifteen years after Project A-ko, creator Katsuhiko Nishijima wishes to get back to his gag-driven roots by turning a pitch for a samurai drama into something more his speed. But can a story about ...

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Space Family Carlvinson: The Forgotten Family Comedy | KYOTO VIDEO

Nestled within the "hyper-violence" era of the OVA age was this weird cute little comedy about six aliens trying to raise a little girl. It was released soon and forgotten. But now that other anime...

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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: Miyazaki's First Masterpiece | KYOTO VIDEO

40 years ago, animator Hayao Miyazaki was asked permission for his hit manga to be adapted to a film. He agreed, but only if her would be the one to direct it. This is the story of Nausicaä of the...

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Horus, Prince of the Sun: The Film That Made Anime | KYOTO VIDEO

Today, we go back to the first true decade of anime to look at a film that helped make the artform truly unique. In a class struggle of Walt Disney-wannabes, union politics and one passionately Mar...

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Wild Cardz: When Good Animation Can't Save You | KYOTO VIDEO

Good animation counts for a lot in the anime world, but what happens  when that isn't enough? 1997's WILD CARDZ is here to lay its cards out  on the table and tell you man cannot live on ...

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KYOTO VIDEO Quarterly Report (Feb. - Apr.)

February 14th: Wild Cardz

We’ve given plenty of anime passes on this show for having stellar animation holding up less-than-stellar plot. But what happens when sakuga isn...

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Otaku no Video & the History of Otaku | KYOTO VIDEO

For my 6th anniversary, I wanted to take a look back at an anime that's  more of a historical document than an actual anime. Through a  combination self-effacing humor and true love for t...

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Crystal Triangle | KYOTO VIDEO

What initially begins as a rip-off of Indiana Jones transforms into something truly mad. But is it enough to make an forgotten OVA movie like Crystal Triangle watchable? 

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Tokyo Godfathers: An Anime Christmas Classic | KYOTO VIDEO

The ultimate anime Christmas movie has turned 20 this year. Here's why you should care!

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Outlanders: A Divided History | KYOTO VIDEO

In 1986, an anime flopped in its home country. Years later, it became a  big-selling title off the momentum of being one of the first official  manga releases in America. This is the stor...

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The Animatrix: A Retrospective | KYOTO VIDEO

2003: The Year of the Matrix. As part of a hype cycle mean to promote the two sequels to the 1999 blockbuster that year, the Wachowski Sisters released an anime anthology film that they themselves ...

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KYOTO VIDEO Quarterly Report (Nov - Jan)

November 19th: The Animatrix

It’s been 20 year since the Year of the Matrix. A year where Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revoloution were filmed back to back ...

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Pet Shop of Horrors | KYOTO VIDEO

In 1999, the nascent genre of "josei horror" finally got its moment in  the sun. And while it was brief, it's certainly good enough to look back  on all these years later. This is Pet Sho...

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Dark Cat: The Worst Horror OVA Ever? | KYOTO VIDEO

Shoujo horror was big in the 80s and early 90s, but that was not  reflective by the OVA market. Especially not indicative by a  past-its-prime movie studio choosing to do a cheap-o adapta...

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