Dec 29
Here are the two new pride and joys of my CD collection:
These CDs are 5 years old but were just recently released by Pioneer in September in the U.S. Originally they were released in Japan when the anime Serial Experiments: Lain was popular in 1998. I had to wait until ‘03 to finally find them. I had caught wind that these soundtrack discs had hit the mainland earlier this year but I was surprised to stumble upon them at my local Best Buy. Believing that I could not possibly be the *only* person looking for these I swiped them up like a thief.
Yes, I know. I’m a dork.
Jan 26
My Japanimation obsession began with one movie in 1990 - Akira. Over the years I rented it countless times, watched it every time on the Sci-Fi channel, and basically obsessed about it. When DVD starting hitting the market I was sure Akira would be one of the first animes to hop on the digital bandwagon. I mean, this movie was timeless, right? It had crossed the language border. But to no avail. The fate of Akira on DVD loomed in limbo for many, many years. So I moved on to other obsessions. Simpsons, Lain, Ghost in the Shell, Futurama–But none of them filled the void of Akira. Then, Todd McFarlane re-lit my flame for it with the release of Tetsuo and Kaneda toys. The memories came flooding back in. Now, my Akira obsession has hit a fevor pitch and I NEED to see Akira. I will whither away if I don’t! But where? The VHS versions are no where to be seen and the DVD is stuck in a “who owns the rights” battle..er..wait, is it? Flashback mid 2000. Pioneer buys the rights up for Akira and begins plotting for the return of the wonderous movie. They plan a redub of the English track, plan a 2001 spring release to theaters with the DVD to follow a few months later! Wahoo! I’m quite excited. My life will be complete once again. 
If you think I’m nuts read what Harry Knowles and his crazy staff have to say about it at Ain’t It Cool News.
