The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - ep 116: ReView: Urusei Yatsura Movie 1 - Only You

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This month’s episode is another short ReView! What is a “ReView” episode, you might ask? Well, it’s my highly-clever (ok not really) name for episodes where I go back and revisit an older title I haven’t seen in a long time, and see if what I remember (and what my opinions on it) are still the same now that some time’s gone by. This month, to celebrate not only the new Urusei Yatsura TV anime and the month of Valentine’s Day, let’s revisit the very first Urusei Yatsura: Only You--the series’ first theatrical film! The whole Tomobiki gang makes the show a lot of fun, but can they satisfyingly fill a nearly 2 hour long movie? Let’s see what’s to love about it in this month’s rewatch!

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Relevant links:

• Buy Urusei Yatsura: Only You at Rightstuf or Amazon
• Other anime mentioned in this episode: the Ranma 1/2 films, Arcadia of My Youth
  
• Read Animeigo’s liner notes for the film at their archive here!

My theme song music was done by Kerobit! You can find more about them on their website!

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As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening!

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Ep 36

 

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In this episode, I’m joined by Brian Ruh, author of Stray Dog of Anime: The Films of Mamoru Oshii to talk about...Basset Hounds! err, the works of prolific creator Mamoru Oshii, of course! Join us as we give a brief overview on Oshii’s career, the many “creative differences” Oshii’s encountered over the years, and what it was liking writing an academic book on anime.


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Mentioned in this ep:

Buy Stray Dog of Anime from:

• Palgrave Macmillan
• The Rightstuf
• Barnes & Noble
• Amazon: First Edition, Second Edition, eBook

Buy Mamoru Oshii’s anime (& manga!) in English:

• Urusei Yatsura Movie 1: Only You
• Urusei Yatsura Movie 2: Beautiful Dreamer
• Dallos
• Patlabor Movie 1
• Patlabor Movie 2
• Patlabor OAV, TV, New Files
• Seraphim: 266613336 Wings
• Ghost in the Shell
• Jin-Roh

And the manga Brian mentioned is called “Wanwan Meiji Ishin” (which translates to something like “Doggie Meiji Restoration”). You can find it in Japanese on Amazon.jp, or in Italian at Amazon.it!

As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com! Thanks for listening!

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast ep 07

 

Just in time for Halloween, this episode is all about Ghost in the Shell!...ok, so Ghost in the Shell has little to do with Ghosts (or Shells!) But in this episode, returning guest NewtypeLady (who you might remember from my Gundam episode not too long ago) & I talk about the legacy of Masamune Shirow's 80s cyberpunk classic, and the many incarnations of it and The Major. Listen as we talk about philosophy, Mamoru Oshii's dog, and what a surprisingly great role-model Major Motoko Kusanagi is for women & cyborgs everywhere.


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Some links we mentioned in the podcast:
☆ Buy Masamune Shirow's original manga:
The 1995 Edited version / The 2004 Unedited version

☆ Buy the Mamoru Oshii films:
The original DVD / The Special Edition DVD / The "2.0" re-release blu-ray / "Innocence" DVD

☆ Read the entire "A Cyborg Manifesto" by Donna Haraway

☆ Read the article "Hollywood is Haunted by Ghost in the Shell" by Steve Rose, 2009

☆ Watch Ghost in the Shell (the 2.0 re-release) free & legally!
On Hulu here

As always, feel free to give me your thoughts and comments on this and for future episodes! Thanks for listening!