Friday, January 24, 2025

Con Hype: WonderCon and Anime Expo Planning & Bubblegum Crisis - Complete Collection

 

Don't forget, WonderCon's not that far away, it's March 28-30th in Anaheim. 
 

"Anime Expo 2025 will be showcasing an Academia theme, inviting anime enthusiasts from across the world to gather from July 3rd to 6th, 2025 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Attendees will celebrate their favorite anime and stories in an educational and exhilarating campus environment. You won’t want to miss it!"

Mark Your Calendar: Registration opens on January 28, 2025, at 12PM PT. 
 
Did not expect an academia theme, let's see how far AX takes it and hopefully has some better food this year.

 
Bubblegum Crisis - Complete Collection - Back on Blu-ray Feb 2025

"A Cyberpunk Anime Classic by a Who’s Who of Anime

Bubblegum Crisis features character designs by Kenichi Sonoda (Riding Bean, Gunsmith Cats, Gall Force), production design by Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed, Full Metal Alchemist, Space Pirate Captain Harlock 2013), direction by Katsuhito Akiyama (Armitage III), Masami Obari (Detonator Orgun), Fumihiko Takayama (Patlabor III), Jun Okada, Hiroaki Goda (Oh My Goddess!), with music by Koji Makaino (Oh My Goddess!), and mechanical designs by Sonoda, Aramaki and Hideki Kakinuma (Detonator Orgun).

The success of the series spawned several sequel series that included AD Police Files, Parasite Dolls, and Bubblegum Crash (also distributed by AnimEigo)"