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KYOTO VIDEO Quaterly Report (May - Jul)

Published: May 3rd 2021, 11:42:53 pm

Here's the upcoming slate of KYOTO VIDEO episodes to be airing this quarter.

Prefectural Earth Defense Force – May 14th

We kick it back to the small yet prescient genre of 80s comedies with the 1986 parody anime Prefectural Earth Defense Force. An obscure little title that was almost thought to have been lost outside of third-generation VHS tapes, this is an anime that combines mile-a-minute comedy with some explosive 80s sakuga. It sure to be a blast!

Take the X Train – May 28th

We take a jazz odyssey style trip with the highly experimental Rintaro joint that is 1987’s Take the X Train. A testament to all that money that was being thrown around the anime industry at this time, this cyberpunk ghost train-based tribute to Duke Ellington is gonna be an interesting oddity to explore to say the least.

Urusei Yatsura: Only You – June 11th

It’s taken far too long, but at last KYOTO VIDEO is finally getting into the world of Rumiko Takahashi with 1983’s Urusei Yatsura: Only You. We’ll explore the history of Takahshi herself, the Urusei Yatsura franchise and what made this film so influential to both the franchise it spawned from and anime of 80s in general. All while being the least Mamarou Oshii film that Mamarou Oshii directed.

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within – June 25th

Just in time for the film’s 20th anniversary, KYOTO VIDEO is gonna be performing a detailed autopsy into one of anime’s most expensive bombs ever: 2001’s Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. We’ll go into the film’s production troubles, the insane amount of Hollywood hype surrounding it and maybe even find out what happened to Maxim hottie Aki Ross.

Cat Soup – July 16th

2001’s Cat Soup is a short avant-garde little film that revels in the disquieting and surreal. To many, it would just appear to be another product of weird Japan. But we’re gonna go deeper than that and explore why this odd bit of animation is poignant tribute to one of manga’s most tragic and misunderstood artists: Nekojiru.

Art of Fighting – July 30th

It’s that time of year again! Time to review an anime adaptation of a fighting game. Namely a crappy one (is there any other kind?). And what better crappy fighting game to explore than one of the more infamously crappy ones, 1993’s Art of Fighting. Find out what makes this cheap-o adaptation of SNK’s naked Street Fighter rip-off stand head and shoulders above all the other fighting game anime trash.