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Paradise Kiss An Anime Review - Bonus Content Studio: Madhouse  |  Released: 2005 |  Duration: 12 Episodes  Hey Everyone! Hope your peepers are ready for a smorgasbord of visual treats because coming down the runway is probably our most fashionable entry to date - That’s right, we’re talking about the anime series Paradise Kiss.   Now if you found this page other than through our youtube channel and you want to learn more about the plot and creative process of Paradise Kiss, as well as queer representation in anime, be sure to click on our video linked below.   But if you came here for the fashion..well… just like we promised in our video, we’ll be covering some of the fashion inspirations that can be found in the ParaKiss series, right here on our blog!   So with that out of the way, let’s get this fashion show started!     Now it’s IMPOSSIBLE not to equate the anime series Paradise Kiss with Fashion. Not only does it revolve around Fashion ...

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust An Anime Review - Bonus Content Studio: Madhouse  |  Released: 2000  |  Duration: 1h 43min Hi Everyone! It’s a little late, but we have another Anime Review for you all! Weirdly it was about this time last year when we came out with another anime review about vampires… Must be something about spring that just makes us long for a good monster horror story. This time, we’ll be talking about the visually stunning animated film Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust by Studio Madhouse. Bloodlust was directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri  (Ninja Scroll)  and is based on the third book, “Demon Deathchase,” from author Hideyuki Kikuchi’s Vampire Hunter D series.  Some of you might remember it from our Top 10 Horror Anime List post from a few years back. Bloodlust was one of the first anime films we saw growing up and one we like to refer to as an anime classic. Even rewatching it now, we still get blown away by how beautiful and smooth the animation...

Metropolis - An Anime Review Hi Everyone!   Today we decided to look at another anime classic that further helped Japanese animation gain a foothold here in the West. We’re of course talking about the 2001 animated sci-fi film Metropolis by studio Madhouse, which was directed by anime veteran Rintaro (Galaxy Express 999) , and written by Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira) . Not too shabby.    The film was based on the manga Metropolis, which was created by none other than the Godfather of Manga himself, Osamu Tezuka, who most will associate with the Astro Boy series. When creating his manga, Tezuka was in turn influenced by a still image of Fritz Lang’s 1927 silent film also titled Metropolis, which he saw in an article as a teen. This image sparked Tezuka’s curiosity as to what the future would look like should both humans and robots co-exist. Spoiler the fact that Osamu Tezuka ended his Metropolis manga with the line “Perhaps, might the day not come when humans also become too adv...