Here’s yesterday’s shuffled playlist. Like the title says, it was rainy, but the snowdrift in my driveway still hasn’t melted.
This represents titles I either watched for the first time ever or the first time in a long time.
Titles with an asterisk(*) are ones that are in progress.
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Bones, Season 3 (TV)
Burn Notice, Season 3 (TV)
Castle, Season 2 (TV)*
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
Enchanted
Hana
Hero
Hidalgo
Honey and Clover
In Bruges
KinKi Kids: KinKi You (2008-2009 Concert)
Kisarazu Cat’s Eye: The Movie
Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge (Preview of Well Go’s R1 release)
Ninja Assassin
One Tree Hill, Season 7 (TV)*
Palace (Goong) (TV/K-Drama)
The Proposal
Psych, Season 3 (TV)
Psych, Season 4 (TV)
Smallville, Season 8 (TV)
Star Trek (Movie 2009)
Supernatural, Season 4 (TV)*
Supernatural, Season 5 (TV)*
V6: Live Tour 2008 Vibes
V6: 2oth Century LIVE TOUR 2009 – Honey Honey Honey / We Are Coming Century Boys LIVE Tour 2009
This list details the anime I’ve been watching for recreational purposes.
Titles with an asterisk (*) are in either progress or ones I plan to finish at some point.
Honey and Clover – Season 1
Rental Magica*
The Wallflower (Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge)
This represents titles I either read for the first time or the first time in a long time (that aren’t marketing and/or PR books).
Titles with an asterisk (*) are in progress or ones I plan to finish at some point.
The Otaku Encyclopedia by Patrick W. Galbraith
Like a lot of other people, I’m fascinated with the shuffle mode on my iPod. This playlist, as I was running errands, was a pretty good one, so I’m recording it here.
[March 3, 2010]
RIGHT STUF’S NOZOMI ENTERTAINMENT Announces the
NINJA NONSENSE DVD Collection for June 1, 2010
Complete series, plus video extras & booklet,
in a Thinpak-style art box.
GRIMES, IA, March 3, 2010 – Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and Nozomi Entertainment are pleased to announce the NINJA NONSENSE: THE LEGEND OF SHINOBU DVD Collection will be released on June 1, 2010.
The Ninja Nonsense DVD Collection includes the complete, 12-episode anime adaption of Ryoichi Koga’s Ninin ga Shinobuden (2 x 2 = Shinobuden) manga – plus video extras and a 32-page booklet with production journals, “Happy Doodles” from the Japanese staff, liner notes and more – housed in a colorful, Thinpak-style art box.
Animated by ufotable (Coyote Ragtime Show, Tales of Symphonia OAV), the Ninja Nonsense series was recognized as a “top 10 anime DVD” of 2006 (DVD Talk’s Anime Talk), and actor Sean Schemmel’s comedic performance as over-the-top, ninja master “Onsokumaru” has been praised as deserving “to be considered among the all-time great anime performances.” (Anime News Network).
About NINJA NONSENSE
Take one totally cute (and naive) ninja-girl trainee, add a ninja horde under the tutelage of the weirdest headmaster ever – a strange, yellow, spherical, pudgy… creature… named Onsokumaru – and you get the kind of “super-explosive ninja insanity” that can only be found in what’s been called “the runaway nuclear reactor” of anime comedies! Contains the complete series.
Visit ninja.rightstuf.com for more information about the NINJA NONSENSE anime, plus trailers, audio and artwork downloads, and more.
Ninja Nonsense DVD Collection
NINJA NONSENSE DVD Collection (Thinpak)
Pre-Book: 5/4/2010
Street Date: 6/1/2010
Runtime: Approximately 320 minutes, Dolby Digital Stereo, Color
Genre: Comedy
Suggested Rating: 15+
Format: DVD (Japanese Audio, English Audio, English Subtitles, English On-Screen Translations)
Catalog #: RSDVD1025
ISBN: 1-57032-700-9
UPC: 7-42617-1025-2-3
SRP: $49.99
Discs/Set: 4
Case Qty: 9 / case
DVD Features:
Scene access, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo audio for Japanese and English dialogue, English subtitles and English on-screen translations. PLUS: Character bios, interviews with the Japanese cast, TV spots 1-18, textless openings and closings, “Kurukururin” (closing) full-size video, original U.S. trailer, and Nozomi Entertainment trailers. AND: A 32-page booklet featuring production journals, “Happy Doodles” from the Japanese staff, liner notes and more!
* Cover Art: http://outgoing.rightstuf.com/sleeves/rsdvd1025.jpg
NINJA NONSENSE: THE LEGEND OF SHINOBU (Ninin ga Shinobuden) © 2004 Ryoichi Koga / MediaWorks / Ninin ga Shinobuden Production Committee.
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** Product specifications and content may be subject to change.
ABOUT RIGHT STUF, INC.
Currently celebrating its 23rd year in business, Right Stuf, Inc. was one of the first players in the U.S. Japanese Animation (“anime”) industry, as both an anime producer/distributor and a retailer. Right Stuf works to promote knowledge of its own products, as well as the anime and manga industry, in general, through its online storefront at RightStuf.com and a variety of media including podcasts and special publications.
Nozomi Entertainment, Right Stuf’s production division, is dedicated to the highest quality releases. True to the Japanese word that inspired its name, Nozomi’s focus is on “what fans want.” By focusing on a limited number of anime properties each year, the Nozomi production team ensures each release receives the care and attention to detail it deserves.
From anime classics like Astro Boy, Kimba and Gigantor to modern comedies, dramas and favorites such as The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, His and Her Circumstances, Gravitation, Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars, Ninja Nonsense, The Third: The Girl With the Blue Eye, Emma: A Victorian Romance, Maria Watches Over Us, ARIA, Gakuen Alice and Rental Magica, Right Stuf and Nozomi Entertainment produce quality programming for fans of all ages and interests. For more information, visit www.rightstuf.com and www.nozomient.com.
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[February 24, 2010]
RIGHT STUF & NOZOMI ENTERTAINMENT Announce
New Street Date of March 16, 2010 for
ARIA The ORIGINATION DVD Collection
Set to include series’ third (and final) TV season, plus OVA.
GRIMES, IA, February 24, 2010 – Anime producer and online retailer Right Stuf, Inc. and its Nozomi Entertainment division have rescheduled the release of the ARIA The ORIGINATION DVD Collection to March 16, 2010.
The two-week shift was caused by manufacturing delays, said Right Stuf President and C.E.O. Shawne Kleckner. He continued, “We know ARIA fans have been waiting patiently for the series’ concluding OVA and third season, and we look forward to bringing it to you, albeit slightly later than we originally intended.”
The ARIA The ORIGINATION DVD Collection will contain the 13 episodes and the DVD-only bonus episode that comprise the ARIA anime’s third and final television season, plus The OVA ~ARIETTA~. ARIA The ANIMATION (Season 1) and ARIA The NATURAL (Season 2) are currently available on DVD from Right Stuf’s Nozomi Entertainment.
“anime’s answer to poetry” – DVD Talk
“a whimsical ride” – Active Anime
“simply magical” – Protoculture Addicts
“the latest crown jewel in [Nozomi and Right Stuf’s] catalog and deservedly so.”
– AnimeOnDVD at Mania.com
“a major phenomenon among fans attendant to slice-of-life series.”
– Otaku USA
ARIA The ANIMATION DVD Collection – “Best DVD Release of 2008”
Anime on DVD at Mania.com
Based on Kozue Amano’s best-selling ARIA manga, the ARIA anime consists of three television seasons – ARIA The ANIMATION, ARIA The NATURAL and ARIA The ORIGINATION – plus an OVA (original video animation). The entire anime adaptation features direction by Junichi Sato (Princess Tutu, Sgt. Frog, Sailor Moon/Sailor Moon R) and animation by Hal Film Maker (Boys Be…, Pretear, Slayers Premium, Sketchbook ~full color’S~).
Amano’s 12-volume ARIA manga and its two-volume prequel, AQUA, are both published in North America by TOKYOPOP. In Japan, the ARIA manga was originally serialized in MAG Garden’s Comic Blade magazine.
Visit aria.rightstuf.com more information about the ARIA anime, merchandise and fine art, plus trailers, downloads and more.
About ARIA The ORIGINATION + The OVA ~ARIETTA~
(TV Season 3 + OVA)
As winter melts into spring, Akari, Aika and Alice continue to work hard to become Neo-Venezia’s top gondoliers. Aika starts to take on more responsibility around Himeya; Alice travels up the challenging canal near Hope Hill; even Akari spends a day working on a huge gondola called a traghetto! But there’s still so much to learn… and the final test to become a Prima, which once seemed so far off in the future, might not be so far off anymore. Contains the complete ARIA The ORIGINATION TV series (episodes 1-13, plus Episode 5.5) and ARIA The OVA ~ARIETTA~.
ARIA The Origination DVD Collection
ARIA The ORIGINATION DVD Collection (TV Season 3 with The OVA ~ARIETTA~) Pre-Book: 2/2/2010
Street Date: 3/2/2010
NEW Street Date: 3/16/2010
Runtime: Approximately 430 minutes, Dolby Digital Stereo, Color
Genre: Science Fiction / Drama
Suggested Rating: 13+
Format: DVD (Japanese Audio, English Subtitles, English On-Screen Translations)
Catalog #: RSDVD1011
ISBN: 1-57032-777-7
UPC: 7-42617-1011-2-0
SRP: $49.99
Discs/Set: 5
Case Qty: 10
DVD Features:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo audio for Japanese dialogue, English subtitles and English on-screen translations. PLUS: Picture dramas 1-7, clean opening, clean closing, U.S. trailer, cast discussion on ARIA, director discussion on ARIA, SATOJUN’s “Venice, I’m Sorry!” Returns parts 1 and 2, and Nozomi trailers. AND: A 48-page episode guidebook.
* Cover Art: http://outgoing.rightstuf.com/sleeves/rsdvd1011.jpg
ARIA The OVA ~ARIETTA~ © 2007 Kozue Amano / MAG Garden – ARIA Company.
ARIA The ORIGINATION © 2008 Kozue Amano / MAG Garden – ARIA Company.
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** Product specifications and content may be subject to change.
ABOUT RIGHT STUF, INC.
Currently celebrating its 23rd year in business, Right Stuf, Inc. was one of the first players in the U.S. Japanese Animation (“anime”) industry, as both an anime producer/distributor and a retailer. Right Stuf works to promote knowledge of its own products, as well as the anime and manga industry, in general, through its online storefront at RightStuf.com and a variety of media including podcasts and special publications.
Nozomi Entertainment, Right Stuf’s production division, is dedicated to the highest quality releases. True to the Japanese word that inspired its name, Nozomi’s focus is on “what fans want.” By focusing on a limited number of anime properties each year, the Nozomi production team ensures each release receives the care and attention to detail it deserves.
From anime classics like Astro Boy, Kimba and Gigantor to modern comedies, dramas and favorites such as The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, His and Her Circumstances, Gravitation, Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars, Ninja Nonsense, To Heart, The Third: The Girl With the Blue Eye, Emma: A Victorian Romance, Maria Watches Over Us, ARIA, Gakuen Alice and Rental Magica, Right Stuf and Nozomi Entertainment produce quality programming for fans of all ages and interests. For more information, visit www.rightstuf.com and www.nozomient.com.
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[February 23, 2010]
RIGHT STUF & NOZOMI ENTERTAINMENT Announce the
Limited-Edition CLANNAD Lithograph
Fan-selected artwork to be released on April 6, 2010
GRIMES, IA, February 23, 2010 – Right Stuf, Inc. and its Nozomi Entertainment division are pleased to announce a new lithograph, featuring art from the anime series CLANNAD, will be available on April 6, 2010.
CLANNAD Lithograph
The artwork depicts the characters of Nagisa, Fuko, Tomoyo, Kotomi and Kyou and was selected by fans via a public vote held earlier this year.
The full-color, limited-edition print will be produced as a lithograph on high-quality paper, which has archival properties and is specifically for the reproduction of artwork. Each print will be priced at $49.99, measure 16 by 20 inches, and include a certificate of authenticity. Only 250 total prints of the Clannad Lithograph will be made.
Clannad and its sequel series After Story are anime adaptations of Key’s Clannad interactive visual novel and feature production by Kyoto Animation (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) and direction by Tatsuyu Ishihara (Air, Kanon). Both Clannad and Clannad After Story are available as DVD sets from Sentai Filmworks, which is distributed by Section23 Films.
CLANNAD Lithograph (Limited Edition)
Pre-Book: March 2, 2010
Street Date: April 6, 2010
Format: 16” x 20”, full-color lithograph print.
Edition Size: 250 prints total
Catalog #: RSM8096
UPC: 7-42617-8096-5-1
SRP: $49.99
Additional information: Each print is numbered and includes a certificate of authenticity. Prints will be shipped flat.
* Cover Art: http://outgoing.rightstuf.com/sleeves/rsm8096.jpg
CLANNAD © VisualArt’s / Key / Hikarisaka High School Drama Club.
* To view this image, cut and paste the URL into your Web browser.
** Product specifications and content may be subject to change.
ABOUT RIGHT STUF, INC.
Currently celebrating its 23rd year in business, Right Stuf, Inc. was one of the first players in the U.S. Japanese Animation (“anime”) industry, as both an anime producer/distributor and a retailer. Right Stuf works to promote knowledge of its own products, as well as the anime and manga industry, in general, through its online storefront at RightStuf.com and a variety of media including podcasts and special publications.
Nozomi Entertainment, Right Stuf’s production division, is dedicated to the highest quality releases. True to the Japanese word that inspired its name, Nozomi’s focus is on “what fans want.” By focusing on a limited number of anime properties each year, the Nozomi production team ensures each release receives the care and attention to detail it deserves.
From anime classics like Astro Boy, Kimba and Gigantor to modern comedies, dramas and favorites such as The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, His and Her Circumstances, Gravitation, Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars, Ninja Nonsense, To Heart, The Third: The Girl With the Blue Eye, Emma: A Victorian Romance, Maria Watches Over Us, ARIA, Gakuen Alice and Rental Magica, Right Stuf and Nozomi Entertainment produce quality programming for fans of all ages and interests. For more information, visit www.rightstuf.com and www.nozomient.com.
ABOUT SECTION23 FILMS
Section23 Films provides home video marketing and distribution services for a variety of companies, including Sentai Filmworks, Switchblade Pictures, and AEsir Holdings. With its special focus on genre entertainment, Section23 Films distributes some of the very best anime, martial arts, and horror titles on the market today.
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Our guest, Patrick Galbraith, is an exceedingly good sport: He had to get up early (Tokyo time) to talk with us after catching a late-night screening of the Haruhi Suzumiya movie! This interview was a fun one, and after it, I’m just a bit jealous of the lucky fans who have the chance to tag along on his Akihabara walking tours.
Right Stuf’s ANIME TODAY Interviews
OTAKU ENCYCLOPEDIA Author Patrick W. Galbraith
Big Windup! Oofuri, reviews, contests & more in episode 110!
GRIMES, IA, February 18, 2010 – Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer Right Stuf, Inc. is pleased to welcome Patrick W. Galbraith – the author of the Otaku Encyclopedia – to episode 110 of ANIME TODAY.
In this new, three-segment interview, Galbraith discusses how he got into anime and manga and came to study in Japan, the ever-changing definition of the word “otaku,” Japan’s shifting perceptions of hardcore anime and manga fans, his interview with anime director Yutaka Yamamoto (Kannagi, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya), how the Otaku Encyclopedia came into being, and what fans can expect to find in its pages.
(Two additional segments – focusing on his interview with Gainax co-founder and otaku authority Toshio Okada, the emergence of moé, and a comparison of fan mania for 2-D characters versus that for live-action idols – will be included in an upcoming bonus podcast.)
Galbraith is a Tokyo-based journalist and a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Tokyo, where his research focuses on Japanese otaku and their culture. His work has appeared in Akiba Today and Akibanana, as well as Metropolis, Otaku USA and Otaku2.com. A frequent guest lecturer and panelist, he also gives weekly guided tours of Akihabara and will soon serve as a member of the faculty for “Studies in Japanese Popular Culture,” an academic program of the Temple University Japan Summer Institute.
Listen to it NOW!
- With show notes;
- Enhanced version; or
- Audio-only version
Guest Links:
- Otaku2.com
[February 10, 2010]
RIGHT STUF & NOZOMI ENTERTAINMENT Re-Launch Series Site for
ARIA The ORIGINATION at aria.rightstuf.com
ARIA The ORIGINATION DVD Collection – with series’ third TV season, plus OVA – to be released on March 2, 2010
GRIMES, IA, February 10, 2010 – Anime producer and online retailer Right Stuf, Inc. and its Nozomi Entertainment division are gearing up for the March 2 release of the ARIA The ORIGINATION DVD Collection with the addition of new content – including new “virtual postcards from Neo-Venezia” and a trailer, plus wallpapers and avatars – at the series’ official site, aria.rightstuf.com ( http://aria.rightstuf.com ).
At aria.rightstuf.com, visitors can:
While supplies last, customers who pre-order the ARIA The ORIGINATION DVD Collection from RightStuf.com will receive an exclusive set of bookmarks featuring the undines (and undines-in-training) of the Aria Company, Himeya Company and Orange Planet.
The ARIA The ORIGINATION DVD Collection will contain the 13 episodes and the DVD-only bonus episode that comprise the ARIA anime’s third and final television season, plus The OVA ~ARIETTA~. ARIA The ANIMATION (Season 1) and ARIA The NATURAL (Season 2) are currently available on DVD from Right Stuf’s Nozomi Entertainment.
“anime’s answer to poetry” – DVD Talk
“a whimsical ride” – Active Anime
“simply magical” – Protoculture Addicts
“the latest crown jewel in [Nozomi and Right Stuf’s] catalog and deservedly so.”
– AnimeOnDVD at Mania.com
“a major phenomenon among fans attendant to slice-of-life series.”
– Otaku USA
ARIA The ANIMATION DVD Collection – “Best DVD Release of 2008”
Anime on DVD at Mania.com
Based on Kozue Amano’s best-selling ARIA manga, the ARIA anime consists of three television seasons – ARIA The ANIMATION, ARIA The NATURAL and ARIA The ORIGINATION – plus an OVA (original video animation). The entire anime adaptation features direction by Junichi Sato (Princess Tutu, Sgt. Frog, Sailor Moon/Sailor Moon R) and animation by Hal Film Maker (Boys Be…, Pretear, Slayers Premium, Sketchbook ~full color’S~).
Amano’s 12-volume ARIA manga and its two-volume prequel, AQUA, are both published in North America by TOKYOPOP. In Japan, the ARIA manga was originally serialized in MAG Garden’s Comic Blade magazine.
Visit aria.rightstuf.com more information about the ARIA anime, merchandise and fine art, plus trailers, downloads and more.
About ARIA The ORIGINATION + The OVA ~ARIETTA~
(TV Season 3 + OVA)
As winter melts into spring, Akari, Aika and Alice continue to work hard to become Neo-Venezia’s top gondoliers. Aika starts to take on more responsibility around Himeya; Alice travels up the challenging canal near Hope Hill; even Akari spends a day working on a huge gondola called a traghetto! But there’s still so much to learn… and the final test to become a Prima, which once seemed so far off in the future, might not be so far off anymore. Contains the complete ARIA The ORIGINATION TV series (episodes 1-13, plus Episode 5.5) and ARIA The OVA ~ARIETTA~.
ARIA The ORIGINATION DVD Collection (TV Season 3 with The OVA ~ARIETTA~)
Pre-Book: 2/2/2010
Street Date: 3/2/2010
Runtime: Approximately 430 minutes, Dolby Digital Stereo, Color
Genre: Science Fiction / Drama
Suggested Rating: 13+
Format: DVD (Japanese Audio, English Subtitles, English On-Screen Translations)
Catalog #: RSDVD1011
ISBN: 1-57032-777-7
UPC: 7-42617-1011-2-0
SRP: $49.99
Discs/Set: 5
Case Qty: 10
DVD Features:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo audio for Japanese dialogue, English subtitles and English on-screen translations. PLUS: Picture dramas 1-7, clean opening, clean closing, U.S. trailer, cast discussion on ARIA, director discussion on ARIA, SATOJUN’s “Venice, I’m Sorry!” Returns parts 1 and 2, Nozomi trailers, and a 48-page episode guidebook.
* Cover Art: http://outgoing.rightstuf.com/sleeves/rsdvd1011.jpg
ARIA The OVA ~ARIETTA~ © 2007 Kozue Amano / MAG Garden – ARIA Company.
ARIA The ORIGINATION © 2008 Kozue Amano / MAG Garden – ARIA Company.
* To view this image, cut and paste the URL into your Web browser.
** Product specifications and content may be subject to change.
ABOUT RIGHT STUF, INC.
Currently celebrating its 21st year in business, Right Stuf, Inc. was one of the first players in the U.S. Japanese Animation (“anime”) industry, as both an anime producer/distributor and a retailer. Right Stuf works to promote knowledge of its own products, as well as the anime and manga industry, in general, through its online storefront at RightStuf.com and a variety of media including podcasts and special publications.
Nozomi Entertainment, Right Stuf’s production division, is dedicated to the highest quality releases. True to the Japanese word that inspired its name, Nozomi’s focus is on “what fans want.” By focusing on a limited number of anime properties each year, the Nozomi production team ensures each release receives the care and attention to detail it deserves.
From anime classics like Astro Boy, Kimba and Gigantor to modern comedies, dramas and favorites such as The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, His and Her Circumstances, Gravitation, Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars, Ninja Nonsense, To Heart, The Third: The Girl With the Blue Eye, Emma: A Victorian Romance, Maria Watches Over Us, ARIA, Gakuen Alice and Rental Magica, Right Stuf and Nozomi Entertainment produce quality programming for fans of all ages and interests. For more information, visit www.rightstuf.com and www.nozomient.com.
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