The universe is out to get him. But the universe didn’t count on her.
Current planned release date for JAKE AND THE DYNAMO Volume 1: The Wattage of Justice is June 15th! I’m still waiting for the cover art, and you will be the first to know as soon as I’ve seen it.
Meanwhile, Roffles Lowell, the creator of the interior art, has given us this spectacular picture of Pretty Dynamo carrying Jake through her battle with the kaiju Bigassica.
I managed to finish all of Saint Tail
I’ve moved from there to some other mid-9os magical girl titles. I’m right now watching Magic User’s Club, which Nozomi Entertainment has kindly added to its YouTube channel. I am also reading the manga version of Wedding Peach
Wedding Peach is a title that a lot of magical girl fans love to hate, mostly because it appeared a mere three years after Sailor Moon and closely resembles it. Its creator, Sukehiro Tomita, was in fact a writer on the Sailor Moon anime. Wedding Peach has the same relation to Sailor Moon that Day Break Illusion has to Puella Magi Madoka Magica: it’s a little too obvious in its coattail-riding, so it provokes some ire.
That being said, I like what I’ve seen of it so far. The manga, at least, one-ups Sailor Moon in its art quality (not that that’s hard). The characters are likable, and the action is a tad gritty, with an unexpected amount of blood and bruising. Continue reading “Initial Notes on ‘Wedding Peach’”
I got word that the release date has been pushed back to June 15th. The cover artist was swamped with work and wasn’t able to produce the cover in time.
This isn’t really a bad thing as it gives us time to make sure the book is in good shape before it goes out. We were earlier making sure the illustrations would display in the best possible way in the ebook, and I yet again added some last-minute edits to correct a few lingering typos (there are always typos).
Pushing the date back should also give us time to have it on pre-order.
I may have some sneak peak preview art in the near future.
The bird is fighting its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Whoever wishes to be born must destroy a world. The bird is flying to God. The god is named Abraxas.
—Herman Hesse, Demian
Revolutionary Girl Utena, episode 13: “Tracing a Path.” Directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara. Character designs by Chiho Saito. Be-Papas, 1997 (Nozomi Entertainment, 2011). Approx. 24 minutes. Rated “16+.”
Watch for free here.
This technically begins the second story arc, the “Black Rose Saga,” though that story won’t really get started until episode 14. This arc is perhaps the most intriguing in the show, as it has a clever mind-screw plot, and it’s the one that most impressed me when I first watched the series in spite of some clumsy editing and a lot of recycled animation. But it’s also the most frustrating arc, since the elaborate storyline it develops never gets mentioned again afterwards and the apparent revelations it delivers turn out to be mostly misdirection. It’s like twelve episodes of tease.
Every once in a while, Utena does a recap episode. This is common in anime, but Utena is screwy with recaps just as it is with everything else: it embeds important plot developments in the recap episodes to prevent you from skipping over them. Continue reading “The Recap Episode of Doom: The ‘Revolutionary Girl Utena’ Rewatch, Part 13”
Mary and The Witch’s Flower
This 2017 film is the first from Studio Ponoc, founded by Yoshiaki Nishimura, formerly of Studio Ghibli. Much of the crew of this new studio is from Ghibli, including director Hiromasa Yonebayashi, who previously directed When Marnie Was There and was lead animator on Spirited Away. Unsurprisingly, with this kind of pedigree, Mary and the Witch’s Flower could easily pass for a Studio Ghibli film. From the looks of things, Hayao Miyazaki’s legacy is in good hands. Ponoc has comes strong out of the gate.
Continue reading “Movie Review: ‘Mary and the Witch’s Flower’”
Roffles Lowell, the interior illustrator of the upcoming Jake and the Dynamo, Book 1: The Wattage of Justice has kindly sent along this exploitable image of Miss Percy, Jake and Dana’s hot but desperate schoolteacher.
Currently doing last-minute touch-ups to the manuscript dealing with a few pesky remaining formatting issues and typos. Should be finished today!
Recently got the previews of the book from the publisher. I’ve looked them over, made comments, and it looks like we’re on track (as far as I know) for the June 1 release date. It looks like we’re still waiting on cover art.
Working now to fix some of the last-minute issues, but from what I’ve seen of it, I think the book is going to look really good.
And it’s illustrated.
The bird is fighting its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Whoever wishes to be born must destroy a world. The bird is flying to God. The god is named Abraxas.
—Herman Hesse, Demian
Revolutionary Girl Utena, episode 12: “For Friendship, Perhaps.” Directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara. Character designs by Chiho Saito. Be-Papas, 1997 (Nozomi Entertainment, 2011). Approx. 24 minutes. Rated “16+.”
Watch for free here.
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We have now reached, at long last, the final episode of the “Student Council Saga.” We’ve had a complete story arc and an introduction to most of the major players, though exactly what’s going on remains a mystery (and will until the very end).
Having lost to Touga, Utena is feeling low. We already saw her questioning her goal in life, and now she’s considering giving up entirely. She changes into a girl’s uniform and acts generally mopy.
Oh, and for this essay, I am once again going to steal images from Utena: Texts from Last Night. I’m struggling against the temptation to post some of the NSFW ones.
Continue reading “Oh the Irony: The ‘Revolutionary Girl Utena’ Rewatch, Part 12”
