Sentai Filmworks, through their kinds hearts, have decided to re-release the fan favorite anime series Fate/Stay Night, previously having been issued as two 12-episode collections which are now out of print. This 3-disc set sees the entire 24-episode series in a single release. How does this show hold up? Let’s dig in! Orphan Shirou is…
Love and Lies: Complete Collection Blu-ray Review [Sentai Filmworks]
Can you have love without lies? Can you lie about being in love? It’s time we found out in this twelve-episode anime series reissued recently on blu-ray from our old friends at Sentai Filmworks. In the not-too-distant future, Japan is suffering severely declining birth dates (a problem they are already facing today) to the point…
Revisions Blu-Ray Review [Sentai Filmworks]
Arriving recently on blu-ray from anime juggernaut Sentai Filmworks is the 2019 action sci-fi series Revisions. Hop into your mech and let’s fight some gross, mutant robot things! Daisuke is an off-kilter high schooler who has fixated on an incident in his childhood where he was confronted by a being from the future and told…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: The Nights Are As Cold As Human Nature
It’s March, folks! My allergies suck but at least the weather is getting better. What better time is there for another installment in this on-going horror novel mega-list project of mine? This time we have a controversial French thriller, a slow-burn Victorian throwback, a chilling (both literally and metaphorically) struggle for survival, an outstanding collection…
Cinematic Sorceress: The Films of Nina Menkes [Blu-ray Review]
On February 7, 2003, Arbelos releases a two-disc set collecting six of indie director Nina Menkes’ pioneering feminist films of slow cinema along with a bountiful host of extras. Does this set deliver the goods or will it leave you wandering the desert in search of meaning in a desolate world of apathy and sin?…
Clannad: Complete Season 1 & 2 Collection [Blu-ray]
It’s 2023, and Sentai Filmworks is determined to make us ring in the new year with some real FEELS courtesy of this re-issue of the Complete Season 1 & 2 of seminal slice of life romantic dramedy Clannad (now at a more affordable price point!). This includes both Clannad and it’s follow-up Clannad After Story…
The Loneliest Boy in the World [Blu-ray Review]
From the fine folks at Well Go USA comes this exceedingly quirky horror comedy of both romantic and familial love, hitting blu-ray just in time for Valentine’s Day. Does it come out smelling fresh as a daisy or is it a bloated corpse rotting in its grave? Let’s dig it up and find out! Oliver…
I’m Quitting Heroing: Complete Collection [Blu-ray Review]
Released on blu-ray January 23, 2023, Sentai Filmworks brings us a new fantasy anime that will sure to please fans who like their fantasy with a dash of comedy while leaning into deeper themes. What does the great hero do after he’s defeated the great evil and no one wants to work with him anymore?…
Carole & Tuesday Complete Collection [Blu-ray Review]
Courtesy of Sentai Filmworks, Carole & Tuesday finally comes to blu-ray after being sequestered on Netflix for a while, and it’s a humdinger of a show! Directed by legend ShinichirÅ Watanabe of Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo, Carole & Tuesday takes place in a future where the music industry is driven by AI-written tunes and…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Goodbye, Goosebumps… Hello, Ghost Book…
This entry marks a momentous occasion. I have officially finished going through all of the original 62 Goosebumps books! (And NO, I am not reading the spin-off series). Oh, I read some other stuff too like a collection of feminist sci-fi, an influential crime novel from the 18th century, a quirky modern day ghost story…