Distant are a band that are very open about their love of all things nerdy. From video games to anime, the band will leave little hints throughout their conceptual albums that keen listeners can draw back to some of their favorite franchises. Vocalist Alan Grnja has helped to drive the anime inclusion into the band’s aesthetic since he joined. I spoke with Alan to learn more about how he is able to merge the kawaii with the 'core. Have you had any time in your busy touring schedule over the last 18 months to catch up on anime? Alan Grnja : 100 percent. Especially on the drives between states. That’s when I have time to throw things on the screen. Like I finished and caught up with the past three anime seasons on the last run. That is incredible. What was your favorite thing you watched last year? Grnja :...
- 8/13/2024
- by Alex Lebl
- Crunchyroll
The Dangers in My Heart S2 and Ova Get English Dub Release on Hidive - Main Image
Good news for Ichikawa and Yamada fans, as The Dangers in My Heart season 2’s English dub release date is now confirmed! Not only that but the anime’s beloved Ova, Twi-Yaba, will also be released in English soon.
Hidive Announces English Dub Release for The Dangers in My Heart S2 and Twi-Yaba Ova
The Dangers in My Heart season 2 ended a few months ago, and finally, its English dub is coming out soon. That is because Hidive confirmed that it will stream the anime’s English version beginning on Saturday, June 15.
The company also announced that the spin-off anime special titled Twi-Yaba will get an English dub release. However, it is not currently known whether the Twi-Yaba English dub will also premiere on the same day.
Here’s when fans may expect...
Good news for Ichikawa and Yamada fans, as The Dangers in My Heart season 2’s English dub release date is now confirmed! Not only that but the anime’s beloved Ova, Twi-Yaba, will also be released in English soon.
Hidive Announces English Dub Release for The Dangers in My Heart S2 and Twi-Yaba Ova
The Dangers in My Heart season 2 ended a few months ago, and finally, its English dub is coming out soon. That is because Hidive confirmed that it will stream the anime’s English version beginning on Saturday, June 15.
The company also announced that the spin-off anime special titled Twi-Yaba will get an English dub release. However, it is not currently known whether the Twi-Yaba English dub will also premiere on the same day.
Here’s when fans may expect...
- 6/14/2024
- EpicStream
Who Was Adv Films? Get to Know Ghost Stories’ Dub Producer - Main Image
Ghost Stories, also known as Ghosts at School, had a fascinating shift that defied convention before finding a voice with Adv Films. It is now regarded as a cult classic, but who exactly was Adv Films, Ghost Stories' English dub producer?
Who Was Adv Films? Ghost Stories’ Dub Producer
Adv Films, frequently abbreviated as A.D. Vision Films, was once a prominent American anime distribution company that held a significant position in bringing Japanese animation to Western audiences during the late 20 and early 21 centuries.
It was based in Houston, Texas, and was founded by John Ledford in 1992. Since then, it has evolved into a multidimensional company that creates dubs, acquires licenses, and distributes many anime titles across multiple genres, catering to the diverse tastes of Western audiences.
Through savvy licensing arrangements with Japanese studios, Adv Films...
Ghost Stories, also known as Ghosts at School, had a fascinating shift that defied convention before finding a voice with Adv Films. It is now regarded as a cult classic, but who exactly was Adv Films, Ghost Stories' English dub producer?
Who Was Adv Films? Ghost Stories’ Dub Producer
Adv Films, frequently abbreviated as A.D. Vision Films, was once a prominent American anime distribution company that held a significant position in bringing Japanese animation to Western audiences during the late 20 and early 21 centuries.
It was based in Houston, Texas, and was founded by John Ledford in 1992. Since then, it has evolved into a multidimensional company that creates dubs, acquires licenses, and distributes many anime titles across multiple genres, catering to the diverse tastes of Western audiences.
Through savvy licensing arrangements with Japanese studios, Adv Films...
- 5/1/2024
- EpicStream
It’s hard to not get overcome with morbid joy every October when streaming services transition over to horror-centric programming to celebrate Halloween in all of its gory glory. It’s becoming more and more common for content providers to curate a full 31 days of scary sights so that audiences don’t have to go a single hour without horror options at their hedonistic disposal. Halloween traditions tend to highlight the live-action mayhem that’s marked this holiday for years, which remain fun, but often have audiences searching for new ways to get scared. Everyone has seen the perennial holiday classics and the endless slew of slasher sequels, but there’s also a rich catalogue of alarming anime that are just as likely to creep out crowds.
There are more options than ever before when it comes to anime streaming services. Multiple channels offer thousands of hours of content that...
There are more options than ever before when it comes to anime streaming services. Multiple channels offer thousands of hours of content that...
- 10/29/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
After announcing that Tiger Lab Vinyl would be releasing the Berserk Ost for the first time on vinyl, the boutique record label is back at it with their second title for this year: Kayo Konishi and Yukio Kondō‘s score for the sci-fi/horror anime series Elfen Lied! The album will be the second of five titles […] The post Tiger Lab Vinyl Releasing Sci-Fi/Horror Anime Elfen Lied Soundtrack on Vinyl appeared first on Dread Central.
- 3/29/2019
- by Jonathan Barkan
- DreadCentral.com
The Chinese Ministry of Culture has blacklisted the following anime titles from distribution in China, online or in print:
1.Terror in Resonance
2.Blood-c
3. Highschool of the Dead
4.Ergo Proxy
5. Parasyte
6.The Skull Man
7.Another
8.Inferno Cop
9.Afro Samurai
10. Tokyo Ghoul √A
11. Sword Art Online II
12. Tokyo Esp
13.Tokyo Ravens
14. Devil May Cry
15. Rin – Daughters of Mnemosyne
16.The Testament of Sister New Devil
17. Attack on Titan
18. Corpse Party
19.Strike the Blood
20. Death Note
21. Deadman Wonderland
22. Date A Live II
23. Psycho-Pass
24. Devilman Lady
25.School Days
26. Those Who Hunt Elves
27. Elfen Lied
28.High School DxD
29.Samurai Bride
30.So, I Can’t Play H!
31.Girls Bravo: Second Season
32. Kanokon
33. Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero
34. Sakura Diaries
35.Black Butler
36. Claymore
37.Dance in the Vampire Bund
Senior Ministry official Liu Qiang stated, “The list is the result of evaluations by investigators, reviews by the ministry and the opinions of experts. It aims to guide websites...
1.Terror in Resonance
2.Blood-c
3. Highschool of the Dead
4.Ergo Proxy
5. Parasyte
6.The Skull Man
7.Another
8.Inferno Cop
9.Afro Samurai
10. Tokyo Ghoul √A
11. Sword Art Online II
12. Tokyo Esp
13.Tokyo Ravens
14. Devil May Cry
15. Rin – Daughters of Mnemosyne
16.The Testament of Sister New Devil
17. Attack on Titan
18. Corpse Party
19.Strike the Blood
20. Death Note
21. Deadman Wonderland
22. Date A Live II
23. Psycho-Pass
24. Devilman Lady
25.School Days
26. Those Who Hunt Elves
27. Elfen Lied
28.High School DxD
29.Samurai Bride
30.So, I Can’t Play H!
31.Girls Bravo: Second Season
32. Kanokon
33. Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero
34. Sakura Diaries
35.Black Butler
36. Claymore
37.Dance in the Vampire Bund
Senior Ministry official Liu Qiang stated, “The list is the result of evaluations by investigators, reviews by the ministry and the opinions of experts. It aims to guide websites...
- 4/1/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
1. Hunter x Hunter
Gon’s father, long believed to be dead, is still alive and was once one of the greatest Hunters in existence. Gon believes he will be able to meet his father once he himself becomes a Hunter. However, before he can become one, he has to pass the Hunter Exam first, an exam made of numerous tasks and dangerous trials. Persevering and refusing to give up, Gon manages to reach the Hunter Exam, all the while keeping his innocent attitude. Throughout many of the tasks and trials of the Hunter Exam, Gon manages to make many unique friends. Kurapica, a sole survivor of his clan seeking revenge, Leorio, who wants to become a doctor, and Killua, a member of an infamous assassin family, all eventually join up with Gon in hopes of passing the exam together. Each of them have their own reasons for taking the exam,...
Gon’s father, long believed to be dead, is still alive and was once one of the greatest Hunters in existence. Gon believes he will be able to meet his father once he himself becomes a Hunter. However, before he can become one, he has to pass the Hunter Exam first, an exam made of numerous tasks and dangerous trials. Persevering and refusing to give up, Gon manages to reach the Hunter Exam, all the while keeping his innocent attitude. Throughout many of the tasks and trials of the Hunter Exam, Gon manages to make many unique friends. Kurapica, a sole survivor of his clan seeking revenge, Leorio, who wants to become a doctor, and Killua, a member of an infamous assassin family, all eventually join up with Gon in hopes of passing the exam together. Each of them have their own reasons for taking the exam,...
- 3/14/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
(... and often also the insides of both...) British distributor 101 Films seems to own exactly two anime licenses, and it released one of those a few weeks ago on Blu-ray, in a beautiful shiny steelbook (seen here). I'm talking about the famous and notorious series Elfen Lied. Based on a popular manga series by Lynn Okamoto and originally aired in 2004, Elfen Lied quickly became known for its strong content. Which is not surprising, considering that the anime combines a typical harem comedy with some extremely violent science fiction, meaning you get jail-bait nudity jokes mixed with decapitation and brutal torture. Wait, what? Time to see what this is all about... The Story: In a secret research facility, a girl with horns on...
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- 8/26/2015
- Screen Anarchy
In the struggling market of DVD and Blu-ray distribution, it's always a surprise when you suddenly see a known property appear, released by an unknown company. UK distributor 101 Film has been around for a (little) while, but 101 Anime? Yet a few weeks ago, they were the ones releasing a Blu-ray boxset for Elfen Lied, a pretty well-known title from almost a decade ago. Elfen Lied is a bit of a weird series, a very exploitative telling of a sad story, with loads of torture, (other) extreme violence and nudity thrown in. It is also a brutal send-up of the many harem-comedies and dating video games which were very popular at the time, in which the male protagonist had a slew of pretty girls...
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- 8/17/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, India Eisley, Callan McAuliffe, Carl Beukes, Deon Lotz, DeVille Vannik, Zane Meas, Lionel Newton, Jaco Muller, Terence Bridgett | Written by Brian Cox | Directed by Ralph Ziman
Yasuomi Umetsu’s (chief animator for Arms Corporation who has also worked as a designer on Akira, Spriggan, Elfen Lied and Casshern) original anime Kite was, when first released in 1998, a highly controversial graphic story of hard, gory action and illicit eroticism. Banned in certain countries across the globe due to its scenes of rape and revenge, in Japan it has sold nearly a million DVD units. It has also been released in Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Russian, Czech Republic, Slovakia and the United States – where it remains popular; yet the original Ova and its sequel, have never had a UK release. In fact this Us film adaptation is the first time the franchise has been legitimately available in this country.
Yasuomi Umetsu’s (chief animator for Arms Corporation who has also worked as a designer on Akira, Spriggan, Elfen Lied and Casshern) original anime Kite was, when first released in 1998, a highly controversial graphic story of hard, gory action and illicit eroticism. Banned in certain countries across the globe due to its scenes of rape and revenge, in Japan it has sold nearly a million DVD units. It has also been released in Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Russian, Czech Republic, Slovakia and the United States – where it remains popular; yet the original Ova and its sequel, have never had a UK release. In fact this Us film adaptation is the first time the franchise has been legitimately available in this country.
- 10/27/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Anime as a sub-genre of nearly every other genre is pretty crazy in and of itself. The fact that there exists an anime somewhere covering just about every genre and subject that you can imagine is the product of a culture perhaps far more understanding and open to experimentation.
In the west we have very specific subjects for our animated films and very specific celebrity voices included in the attempt to include everyone and not offend anyone. In Japan….not so much.
The Anime market has changed a lot since the boom of the early 90s when Manga video was releasing all manner of craziness on to video and ramping up the language and the violence to generate love and word of mouth with teenage boys everywhere. At some point around 1997 however the well ran dry and all the back catalogue of crazy Japanese films from the late 80s and...
In the west we have very specific subjects for our animated films and very specific celebrity voices included in the attempt to include everyone and not offend anyone. In Japan….not so much.
The Anime market has changed a lot since the boom of the early 90s when Manga video was releasing all manner of craziness on to video and ramping up the language and the violence to generate love and word of mouth with teenage boys everywhere. At some point around 1997 however the well ran dry and all the back catalogue of crazy Japanese films from the late 80s and...
- 6/7/2013
- by Chris Holt
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Equal parts sci-fi as it is experimental film, Beyond the Black Rainbow is an odd trip down movie memory lane, taking you back to the drug fueled cinema of the 1970s that might leave you a bit hazy. The debut film from Panos Cosmatos takes place in an futuristic alternate reality 1983, crafting a unique atmosphere of paranoia, psychological experiments and meta-psychical powers. Clearly influenced by a myriad of films from the golden era of bizarre sci-fi, part of the enjoyment in experiencing BtBR is reveling in its influences. From 2001, Solaris, Scanners, Thx-1138, Tron and a slew more of old school films, Cosmatos is obviously a fan of vintage dystopia and successfully mutates somewhat stale sci-fi tropes into a surreal mind bending adventure.
Trying to decipher the story is only half of the challenge with BtBR, as Cosmatos is careful not to overly rely on the simplicity of his plot. Instead...
Trying to decipher the story is only half of the challenge with BtBR, as Cosmatos is careful not to overly rely on the simplicity of his plot. Instead...
- 4/26/2011
- by Raffi Asdourian
- The Film Stage
Directed by: Shinsuke Sato
Written by: Hiroya Oku, Yûsuke Watanabe
Cast: Kenichi Matsuyama, Kazunari Ninomiya, Yuriko Yoshitaka
Music by: Kenji Kawai
What is it about live action film adaptations that are just so inferior to their original counterpart?
Without even including anything directed by Uwe Boll, I bet you can easily name five bad live action films that were adapted from either a video game, a book, an anime, or the like. It’s not difficult, is it? I can personally name five films simply from the last few years: Hitman, Dragonball: Evolution, The Last Airbender, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and A Series of Unfortunate Events. Now, I bet you can’t do the same for good live action film adaptations, can you? Off the top of my head now, I can give small kudos to films like Harry Potter, the original Resident Evil, and the original Spiderman. The point...
Written by: Hiroya Oku, Yûsuke Watanabe
Cast: Kenichi Matsuyama, Kazunari Ninomiya, Yuriko Yoshitaka
Music by: Kenji Kawai
What is it about live action film adaptations that are just so inferior to their original counterpart?
Without even including anything directed by Uwe Boll, I bet you can easily name five bad live action films that were adapted from either a video game, a book, an anime, or the like. It’s not difficult, is it? I can personally name five films simply from the last few years: Hitman, Dragonball: Evolution, The Last Airbender, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and A Series of Unfortunate Events. Now, I bet you can’t do the same for good live action film adaptations, can you? Off the top of my head now, I can give small kudos to films like Harry Potter, the original Resident Evil, and the original Spiderman. The point...
- 1/23/2011
- by Geek With Taste
- Planet Fury
Someone once remarked that the thing about J.R.R. Tolkien fans is that they don’t want to Read about Middle Earth — they want to Go there. It was a stunningly brilliant observation, and I’m borrowing it for a moment because I think the same observation holds true for anime fans. At least, I know it does for me.
At any given time, I’ll have two or three series I’m watching or reading that I’m really hooked on. For a while it was Inuyasha, Big O, and Cowboy Bebop. Then it was Evangelion. I went through a Love Hina phase, a Negima and then a Haruhi phase. Mahoromatic was in there, too. Most recently it’s been Rozen Maiden and When They Cry. The final arc of Higurashi may not have been all that great in the way of resolving loose plot ends — heck, it left me...
At any given time, I’ll have two or three series I’m watching or reading that I’m really hooked on. For a while it was Inuyasha, Big O, and Cowboy Bebop. Then it was Evangelion. I went through a Love Hina phase, a Negima and then a Haruhi phase. Mahoromatic was in there, too. Most recently it’s been Rozen Maiden and When They Cry. The final arc of Higurashi may not have been all that great in the way of resolving loose plot ends — heck, it left me...
- 8/27/2009
- by E. Douglas
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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