Fnially got some time to sit down and clear a bit of my anime DVD backlog :D

Karas (The Crow), was dark, chaotic and had some very, very exiciting sequences. However, the plot was not very clear from the beginning, and only partly made sense towards the end of part 1. The technical excellence of it’s CG animation is impressive, to say the least, and I think I’ll be looking forward to the next installment to see what happens next.

Also, I managed to get my grubby lil’ hands on Final Fantasy: Advent Children. *woohoo!*
Looks like I’ll be spending my weekends with the DVD player for some time to come!

Also, here’s a new product from m80: Street Fighter II, The Animated Movie.

Press Release

If You’ve Seen Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie Before,

You Haven’t Seen Anything Yet…

FROM IDT ENTERTAINMENT’S MANGA ENTERTAINMENT —
UNRATED “STREET FIGHTER II: THE ANIMATED FEATURE”
WITH NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN FOOTAGE MAKES
NORTH AMERICAN DVD DEBUT

DVD Includes Exclusive Never-Before-Seen Comic Book;

Available July 18th, 2006

Chicago , IL – Manga Entertainment, an IDT Entertainment company and the recognized industry leader in anime DVD, proudly announces the first DVD release of Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie unrated and unedited, with additional graphic – and sexy — footage previously unseen in the United States ! In addition, each Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie DVD contains an exclusive, all-new Street Fighter mini-comic-book from Japan ’s famous Udon Comics. Street date is July 18 th , 2006 with an SRP of $19.98. Pre-book is June 7 th .

Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie is the feature version of the wildly popular Capcom™ game phenomenon and precursor to the highly acclaimed “Street Fighter II: V” TV series, Street Fighter Alpha and Street Fighter Generations. Now, Street Fighter fans can truly thrill to the feature film exploits of such globally renowned SF characters as the ruthless terrorist leader General Bison, US Army Major Guile, Chun Li and American martial arts expert Ken Masters – complete and uncut!

Manga’s new DVD release is the first-time ever US release of the UK unrated version, featuring a soundtrack by KMDFM and never-before-seen footage of graphic violence and nudity that North American Street Fighter fans have been waiting for – including the notorious Chun Li shower scene!

Audio:Slave
In the B&O:
+Bob Marley & The Wailers: One Love, The Very Best Of
+John Williams: The Ultimate Guitar Collection

Visual:Slave
In the DVD:
+Final Fantasy: Advent Children
+Gunslinger Girl
+Gokusen
+Howl’s Moving Castle
+Initial D: 4th Stage
+Karas
+Scrapped Princess
+Vandread: the Second Stage

Movies to Catch:
+Ice Age 2
+V for Vendetta
+Superman Returns
+The DaVinci Code
+Cars
+Mission: Impossible 3
+Pirates of the Carribean 2
+Miami Vice
+Tristan and Isolde
+Underworld: Evolution Caught this on the plane! I love Krisworld!
+X-Men 3
+Lord of War
+Open Season
+The Seninel

One More Thing
My submission for the first Singapore Flickr Exhibition was not selected :(
However, I don’t feel bad, because the works that were selected were of very high quality! So, do pop by the Gone Fishing Cafe on 1 Jul 06 and have a look.
Exhibition@Gone Fishing Final 20 Shortlist

Hazel: Hi Hazel, thanks for dropping by! Have fun with your “research”!