The Classic Anime Museum

This isn’t an anime review. I need to get that out of the way up front. Streets of Fire is a 1984 American film directed by Walter Hill, starring Michael … Read more

I wasn’t a car kid. I didn’t have Hot Wheels lining my shelves or posters of Lamborghinis on my bedroom wall. But I had an uncle with a VHS collection … Read more

There’s a VHS tape I found at a convention dealer room in the mid-2000s with no English text on the spine. Handwritten label said “Twinkle Heart.” The seller wanted two … Read more

The first time I saw Akira, I was thirteen and had no idea what was happening. My uncle had taped it off the Sci-Fi Channel onto a VHS that already … Read more

I bought my copy of Vampire Hunter D for three dollars at a flea market in 1998. The VHS case had water damage and the spine was cracked. The tape … Read more

I have a theory about anthology films: the good ones make you forgive the bad segments, and the great ones make you forget there were bad segments at all. Robot … Read more