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KYOTO VIDEO Quarterly Report (Aug. - Oct.)
Published: August 1st 2020, 5:26:18 pm
KYOTO VIDEO’s Fall 2020 slate is here. What do we have coming up in the near future.
August 14th – Gall Force 2: Destruction
We return to the well of the forgotten Gall Force franchise with the original’s sequel, Gall Force 2: Destruction. As you know, the original had a pretty solid ending with very little wiggle room. How exactly were the able to make a sequel out of that, let alone a franchise. You’d be surprised.
August 28th – Venus Wars
The passion project of anime legend Yoshizaku Yashiko to give his then-running manga series a big budget film adaptation. One of the last high-budget anime films of the 80s, we have to ask ourselves why Venus Wars isn’t more well-known compared to works like Akira or even Little Nemo? Maybe it all has something to do with certain blonde journalist.
September 11th – Baoh
Before Hirohiko Araki took us on a bizarre adventure with his far more famous JoJo series, he published a gore-tastic piece of work about a boy implanted with a parasite that gives him superpowers. This manga was named Baoh and while it was short-lived, it had enough of an impact to get an OVA in 1989. We’ll take a look and see why this ultraviolent OVA is really more of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure pilot in disguise.
September 25th – Twilight of the Cockroaches
The official history of anime in America began with the company Streamline Pictures licensing and releasing the film Akira. But that wasn’t there first release. That honor goes to the experiment post-war Japan allegory Twlight of the Cockroaches. We’ll look into Streamline’s history alongside the film itself and see exactly why it was so good enough that MTV ripped it off with Joe’s Apartment.
October 16th – Devilman ‘88
For the Halloween season, we’re gonna be having themed month centered around the dark, violent works of manga legend Go Nagai. The first video will be on the classic Devilman OVA series or as it is known by some, Devilman ’88. We see exactly how this holds up to modern scrutiny through its gore, sexy harpies, gay sexual tension and hilarious Manga Entertainment dub.
October 30th – Violence Jack
Time to crack open the Violence Canon once again as we talk about of its most violent, yet under-discussed, entries Violence Jack. An anime that truly took a stab in seeing how much it could get away with showing on the far-more lax OVA market. But is there really more to it than just the gore? WARNING: This will be a very messy episode.