Finally got a hold of something really special: Royal Space Force on VHD! Releasing on 1987-06-21, this beat the LD to market and was the very first home release of the film. There are estimated to be less than about 500 copies out there, as Bandai abandoned VHD almost immediately after.

Another Another Another Another Another Another Another Another Haul

New @discotekmedia.bsky.social Deep Dives! This time is a wide selection, with a good number of the discs having been nearly impossible to find for awhile. So if you missed out on some of these before, now's the time to get them! mediaocd.com/brand/discot...

It's time for the Vampire Princess' last stand. mediaocd.com/vampire-prin... Have a read of the blog above before you pre-order Vampire Princess Miyu on Blu-ray, exclusively at the MediaOCD Store mediaocd.com/product/vamp...

McDonald's Japan started running a new ad where they recreate "I can't defeat Airman" to advertise iced coffee, but the video is region locked on twitter so fuck em here's the video with English subtitles.

New episode of The Anime Business! Mike Pascuzzi talks about breaking into retail! www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHmL...

Come find us at Wonder Festival US, booth WONF-0711.

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Our last kit to show off before Wonder Festival US later this week at Momocon, the Nirasai. Available in very limited quantities at the show, more later on garagekit.club. Come see us at booth WON-0711!

Launching this weekend at Wonder Festival US, we'll have have these Tamago Gundan 2-packs featuring keshi-sized figures (around 1" tall) in a double egg carton. Single piece resin figures, no construction required. Later they'll be on www.garagekit.club.

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Packaging previews of the first two Tamago Gundan kits we’ll be launching next week at Wonder Festival US. These are designed for more experience modelers or those looking to get into resin kits, not hard to build but not snap fit.

I stopped by Paper Pushers in Seattle today. From their website: "Paper Pushers Print Shop is a bookstore and community space stocking zines, artist books, prints, and other independent small-press publications." I took a bunch of pictures. seattlerestored.org/locations/pa...

Hello Shizuoka!!

Deeply honored to have been profiled by Asian Movie Pulse, talking about our efforts at Whole Grain Pictures. asianmoviepulse.com/2026/05/just...

Here's the second design that's part of our upcoming Tamago Gundan model kit series, debuting next week at Wonder Festival US.

We've been talking about garage kits long enough, so it was probably time to make our own? Featuring designs and artwork by superdeformer, we'll have a couple different versions available next week at Wonder Festival US in Atlanta, GA.

My proposal: @discotekmedia.bsky.social do a Criterion style "Discotek Closet" with some known anime fans showing off some of their titles and recommendations.

I haven’t been able to adapt properly. I’m exhausted. I’m Japanese, but I don’t feel like belong. Where do I belong? #Diarycomic

2022

Zimmerit is heading to the very first Wonder Festival US with kits and zines. Stay tuned for more details soon. If you’re heading to Momocon we’ll be in the Wonder Festival section, booth WON-711.

why did they use this title for the US release when “supperman” was right there

The newly upgraded MediaOCD store is here! mediaocd.com Celebrate w/ 20% off in-stock items! Better search. Recommendations. Staff info! Account & reward points imported, you'll need to reset your password! More info on the relaunch here- mailchi.mp/90def66305bf...

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New episode of The Anime Business! Jerome Mazandarani talks about the Rebirth (and re-death) of Manga Video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrem...

2019

On the last day of my trip, on my way to the airport I was barely able to meet the person who runs the Tomcat's Big Adventure twitter account (and the manager of the IP?). He reached out days before, offering to give me some posters as a gift. A good opportunity to switch out my posters!😊

For folks in the UK looking to avoid international shipping, Gosh! London has RESIN PUNKS and some of our other books up for sale. goshlondon.com/resin-punks-...

I went to this because Nobuyuki Ohnishi (lithographs for the OP and ED of Royal Space Force) was one of the artists whose work was displayed. He also showed up in person, so I along with some other Japanese friends got to chat with him. (Well, they did most of the chatting and I mostly listened)

4/21 Log Waiting for the Monochrome Art Print Exhibit to open

4/20 Log Aim for the Ace?

4/19 Log Sustenance

I got to meet Akase-sensei in person and there I talked to her and her non-anime fan acquaintance for 2+ hours on a variety of topics, in particular 80s anime. She's apparently around my age too and also into older anime. Got to talk about Oshii, Patlabor, Dezaki, Gamba, Aim for the Ace, and more...

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Bandai Namco Filmworks is starting to stream Magical Sisters LuluttoLilly on YouTube with English subtitles (select regions) Episode 1 youtu.be/lCfLdCGV2yA Episode 2 youtu.be/xMkp2mewd3M

4/17 Log Creamy Mami & Minky Momo Pop Up Store Displayed Hiroshi Watanabe's illustrations for the Animage novels of Minky Mono, the front cover of an issue of My Anime, and also Akemi Takada's settei art for Creamy Mami. No photography allowed of those unfortunately, but everything else was okay.

4/16 Log Paprika 20th Anniversary Pop Up Shop

If anyone reading this happens to be near or in Tokyo, and happens to be a fan of Yuriko Akase (Sazan & Comet Girl, Nightmare Busters), then I highly recommend checking the exhibit out. Or even if you're not familiar with her work, check it out anyway because her art work is really great.

4/15 Log Movie screening

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4/12 Log Flower Dome

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Fresh off the 10-min Osamu Dezaki retrospective. Most of the information is well covered, but the big things for me are the on-screen text indicating name and year of past shows interviewing him, and also a brief excerpt of his rental manga work. It's difficult to track these down.

4/10 Log Sustenance

RESIN PUNKS, the latest Zimmerit 'zine, is out and available now from garagekit.club and select brick and mortar shops. 40 pages of '80s garage kit culture including profiles, translated period material, and photos. Grab it here: garagekit.club/products/res...