Month: July 2015

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“A Brief History of Anime” Notes

Really the titles listed below can and should be found on any list of classic anime. I’ll link a few series I mentioned/would have mentioned below, but first major resources I used:
“Anime: A History” by Johnathan Clements
“The Anime Encyclopedia” by Helen McCarthy and Johnathan Clements

The wikipedia article on the history of anime has key series of each decade listed or mentioned. Just click around and find something interesting!

Astro Boy
Kimba the White Lion
Princess Knight
Mazinger Z
Space Battleship Yamato
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Galaxy Express 999
Lupin the III
Ashita no Joe
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
Mobile Suit Gundam
Robotech
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
Urusei Yatsura
Dallos
Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise
Akira
Kiki’s Delivery Service
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Serial Experiments Lain
Eureka Seven
RahXephon
Ghost in the Shell
Pokemon
Ninja Scroll
Deadman Wonderland
Aldnoah.Zero

For a list of classic OVAs, check out the OVA Madness panel notes

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“OVA Madness” Notes

My computer crashed so I apologize if I forget any titles. Also the titles listed aren’t in the order they were shown, because I lost my playlist. I’ve put a “+” next to the titles worth watching and a “-” next to those that suck.

Psychic Wars–
Legend of the Overfiend–
Devilman+
Baoh+
Riding Bean+
Robot Carnival+
Butt Attack Punisher Girl Gautaman–
The Guyver+
Crystal Triangle–
Digital Devil–
Goku: Midnight Eye+
Bubblegum Crisis+
Wicked City+

Classics OVAs (Not listed above):
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Vampire Hunter D
Patlabor
Tenchi Muyo
Devil Hunter Yohko
El-Hazard: The Magnificent World
Gall Force
Gunbuster
Macross Plus
Megazone 23
Project A-Ko
Record of Lodoss War

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“Auteurs in Anime” Notes

List of directors mentioned and the film I would have shown a clip from, had my computer worked:
Isao Takahata
The Tale of Princess Kaguya

Shinichiro Watanabe
Cowboy Bebop

Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Demon City Shinjuku

Tetsuro Araki
Guilty Crown

Katsuhiro Otomo
Construction Cancellation Order (From Neo-Tokyo)

Satoshi Kon
Paprika

Mamoru Hosoda
Wolf Children

Makoto Shinkai
Z-Kai: Cross Road

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“Japanese Horror: Film vs Anime” Notes

My computer has crashed so apologies if I forget any titles. The ones with asterisks actually had a clip shown:
Gojira*
Onibaba
House*
Entrails of a Virgin
Evil Dead Trap*
Guinea Pig 4: Mermaid in a Manhole*
Tetsuo the Iron Man*
Ring*
Ju-On: The Grudge*
The Grudge*
Dark Water
Pulse
One Missed Call
Audition
Ichi the Killer
Suicide Club*
Tokyo Gore Police*
Devilman*
Legend of the Overfiend*
Mr. Arashi’s Amazing Freakshow*
Perfect Blue
Wicked City
Demon City Shinjuku
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Pet Shop of Horrors
Higurasji: When They Cry
Hellsing: Ultimate
Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack!
Ghost Hunt
Highschool of the Dead

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“Art of Emotion” Notes

Hayao Miyazaki’s Filmography
In specific I mentioned that this was my favorite film- The Castle of Cagliostro
Other examples used:
Tokyo Strut
The Running Man (from Neo-Tokyo)
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Mononoke
Madoka Magica
Garden of Words
And of course I must credit my most used source:
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud

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Dear Anime Midwest attendees,

Hello fellow con-goers! Thank you so much for attending my panel(s)! As I promised, lists of all the titles shown will be posted. However, I’m still doing panels as we speak so I don’t have time to do it right now.
I promise that they’ll be posted by Monday afternoon.
If that’s too long to wait or you think you might forget, email me at jwiderski@gmail.com and I’ll try to accommodate your request as soon as possible.
Again, if you wouldn’t mind telling Anime Midwest how much you enjoyed my panels and/or me, it goes a long way in helping me out.
If you’d like to see me go to another convention, tell them and give them my email or if you’re running it yourself feel free to contact me!
Have a good day!