Retro Anime

Dragon Half Laserdisc #2

Dragon Half: A Hilarious Tale of a Half-Human, Half-Dragon Teenager If you’re a fan of older anime shows and want a good laugh, look no further than Dragon Half. This hidden gem from the early ’90s is one of the most entertaining and quirky anime series I’ve ever seen. As ...
Giant Ranma 1 2 Collection of VHS, DVD and Blu Ray

Ranma 1/2 : From VHS to Blu-ray and Beyond Netflix just dropped a bomb. Ranma 1/2 is back in 2024. For fans like me, it’s time to dust off the old collection. Just kidding brah, I never put it away. But let’s rewind a bit. Ranma 1/2, the martial arts ...

Ever wondered why so many animes from the 90s hold such a special place in fans’ hearts? Let’s dive into the world that shaped a whole generation of anime lovers. The 90s were a golden era for anime, churning out classics that still rock our world today. Think about it ...

Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love ’84 Summer: “Walking Doll Lynn Minmei” model from IMAI. If there’s one type of merch I love it’s prop replicas, or “in universe” feeling items.  Like a Cappuccino Cup from The Bronze (Buffy The Vampire Slayer) or A Fangtasia shirt from True ...

Hideki Ohwada’s “The Men Who Created Gundam” is an amazing, fictionalized account of legendary anime franchise Mobile Suit Gundam’s real life development.  Originally serialized as far back as 2009, this collected edition weighs in at over 550 pages and covers the early history of the franchise, including the creation of ...

An incredibly stunning collection of nostalgic late 80’s laserdisc cover art that just hits different. The year of the tiger is behind us, dah-ling!  To commemorate we recently got our paws on a 2 box set of 50 laserdiscs and were immediately knocked out of our tiger print bikinis by ...
Iserlohn Fortress Legend of The Galactic Heros Cafe Featured Image

We were lucky enough to visit Dining Cafe Iserlohn Fortress in Ueno, Tokyo. LOGH easily ranks among my favourite anime of all time so we took the opportunity to document everything for posterity when it’s no longer around!     ▼ Starting from the outside, this is the exterior located ...
Tiger Mask W Tora! Tora! Tora! 7 Reasons You May Want To Check Out Tiger Mask W

Tiger Mask W recently finished up its 38 episode run, which means it is a great time to get a marathon session going. It’s probably not a show for everyone, but for a certain demographic out there, Tiger Mask W is going to be something they are going to like…a lot.   ...

One the list of things I’m most excited for in 2017 is going back to Odaiba and standing in front of the life sized RX-0 Gundam Unicorn.  These latest rounds of testing seem to indicate they are pulling out all the transformable stops with animated knees, hips shoulders, face, and ...