
This is an extremely interesting interview with top anime studio Gainax’s copyright head 神村靖宏/Yasuhiro Kamimura, in which he explains how Gainax grew out of the dojinshi scene, and how it currently views dojinshi, garage kits and the like.
Interesting to see such views straight from the person concerned rather than some PR type, although I think he definitely falls into the “old media” camp, however relatively enlightened his views on dojinshi may be. I provide a summary translation of the interview (actually, it is almost complete) – original article by ITmedia here.
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Gigazine reports that the impressive anime 少女革命ウテナ/Revolutionary Girl Utena is due to get a fully remastered release. According to the article, the remastered 6 DVD box sets will be released in Summer and Autumn, and will have digitally remastered video, 5.1 sound, new extras as well as various extras released with the film. A remastered box set of the excellent soundtrack CDs will also be released. Not sure if I’d care to watch the whole thing again, but it is certainly tempting.

Seeing this terrifyingly detailed comparison of the differences between DVD and broadcast versions of 俗・さよなら絶望先生/Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei DVD 2 compelled me to watch the DVD… and as I found in my previous look, it is as visually striking as ever, and with great originality, if at times overly reliant on wordplay. It is also strangely fulfilling to take screenshots of.
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Just watched the newly released 11th らき☆すた/Lucky Star DVD; I can’t confess to being much enamoured by the way it has been released on DVD.
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Finally got round to viewing the recent first 俗・さよなら絶望先生/Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei DVD – good as ever, but pun fatigue soon sets in for me.
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Spotted this alluring jigsaw in Yodobashi Camera; great art, but a little degraded by the jigsaw pattern.