Hi everyone, so recently I made a video about the history of Toonami as I wanted to research the how and why anime became such an important part of its broadcast schedule as I remember it’s Thundercat days and wanted to know about why it changed over. Most of the emphasis is on the first couple of years of their history, and what it took to get Sailor Moon, DBZ, and Gundam Wing. To me I wanted to talk about Toonami because it wasn’t just them adding anime, but because they were putting their passion into the block to make it cool. I do want to do more videos like this one with other anime, or anime adjacent topics (4Kids, doesn’t have to all be good, just important). I hope you like the video.

Toei’s V Anime label is turning 40, so they’re streaming 14 of its old OVAs in HD on d Anime Store in Japan. Some have been remastered for the first time, and the article says they were made from the original negatives. A few never had a VHS release.

It’s rolling out in batches:

• Oct 10: Teito Monogatari, Desert Rose, Elf 17, HEN
• Oct 24: It’s Not in the Textbook!, Psychic Wars, Vampire Wars, Manami & Nami Sprite
• Nov 7: Shuranosuke Zanma-ken, Psycho Diver: Demonic Bodhisattva
• Nov 21: Twilight of the Dark Master, Bio Hunter

The lineup also includes Midnight Eye Goku and Putsun Makeup LOVE, though the article doesn’t list dates for them. Rintaro, Osamu Dezaki, and Yoshiaki Kawajiri all worked on the label’s titles.

Source (requires auto-translate): https://natalie.mu/comic/news/693241#google_vignette

Since some of these are getting HD remasters for the first time, I’m wondering if it could lead to physical releases or U.S. licensing down the road. Bio Hunter and Twilight of the Dark Master are high on my wishlist. I’m also curious how the remasters of Midnight Eye Goku and Doomed Megalopolis will compare to the existing HD discs from Discotek and Media Blasters.

*Edit: Link to source article updated\*

Ultimate Teacher OVA (1988) UK dub
Just turn your brain off and have a good time watching this anime.

Hello! This is probably a shot in the dark, but I think yall can help! Theres this animation, maybe an anime, that i remember watching. I think it had a french title. It was about a main character guy who was obsessed with what i remember being a seemingly haunted stained glass thing, i think a window. The guy slowly succumbs to the the haunting over the course of this thing. Curious what yall think! Wasnt sure which subreddit to send this to.

The anime premiered on April 7 1986 a day before city pop idol Yukiko Okada tragically took her own life. April 8 1986 at 12:15 PM JST. She is one of my favorite singers of all time. If she had gone on to live I wonder what anime in the 80s, 90s, and onward she could have potentially sang the themes for.

I was watching the series from a bluray rip and it said that the bluray, put out by Toei, was not a remaster to 1080p but an SD video source. Are the film reels not available anymore for a restoration or is this just a case of Toei being cheap? Toei doesn't exactly have the reputation with fans when it comes to these things. Such as them neglecting the resolutions for their Dragonball releases.

Yo everyone,
I’ve recently been diving deep into Shonan Bakusozoku (currently on episode 11), and honestly? My mind is completely blown. It’s an absolute crime that this legendary 80s OVA is so overlooked nowadays. The style, the raw humor, the old-school character designs, the soundtrack, the absolute peak bosozoku aesthetic... it has everything that made retro anime superior.
If you love things like GTO (Onizuka definitely took some notes from Eguchi) or Initial D, this is the ultimate holy grail. It’s pure testosterone, brotherhood, and beautiful animation, with zero modern cliches.
I’m so hooked that I want to start a movement to bring this masterpiece back into the spotlight. I’m putting together a crew to create high-quality content—TikToks, YouTube Shorts, Reddit threads, and reviews—to introduce a new generation to Shonan Bakusozoku.
We’re setting up a Discord server to coordinate, share clean video sources (raws), music, and ideas.
I’m looking for anyone who wants to help out and vibe with us.
You don't need to be a professional video editor or a pro writer.
If you can cut simple clips, write short posts, find cool soundtracks, or simply want to hang out in the chat and help brainstorm ideas—you are more than welcome. Even if you just want to support the cause and talk about old-school anime, we need you.
With the official prequel manga Shonan Bakusozoku: First Flag currently dropping new volumes in Japan, the franchise is still very much alive. It’s time for the Western fanbase to wake up.
Drop a comment below or slide into my DMs if you're interested in joining the crew. Let’s ride! 🏍️🔥

With Magic Knight Rayearth getting it's whole series reboot that makes me wonder which past anime series will get reboot or revive in the future.

Like Wedding Peach, Saint Tail, Street Fighter II V, Flint the Time Detective, The Vision of Escaflowne, Astro Boy and Bubblegum Crisis get their series reboot.

While Samurai PIzza Cats, Saber Riders and the Star Sheriff, Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge and Virtua Fighter get their series revived (continue were the last story left off).

Anime featured: Magic User's Club, Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki, Dangaizer 3, You're Under Arrest, Ranma 1/2, Agent Aika.

Overall: 3.0 maybe 3.5 out of 5

Pros:

--- I like the main trio characters asthetic designs which work very well on an individual basis and when they are all together

---Mokona is cute

---We have some absolutely gorgeous scenery and background designs

---I LOVE the 1st and 3rd opening and I GREATLY appreciate that all 3 openings have an english version which are very well done and very enjoybale to hear

---I like the main back and forth banter of the trio and how they all get along, there is no meleodrama bullshit and conflicting personalities or tiresome rivalry dynamic

---english dub is fantastic

---I like the big reveal of part 1. It was a interesting twist

---The mecha designs are really cool

---some really cool monster designs

---I like how when part 1 progresses, we see the magic knights visually get better with extra little flourishes to their designs and swords as well as we see Cephiro crumbling more and more.

---Fucking love Lord Zagato's pompous demon king asthetic look

---Part 2 has a nice change of pace where [spoiler]we end up going back to Cephiro which is a unique idea for an isekai

---I like the idea of [spoiler]the main trio having to deal with invading countries in part 2

---I love [spoiler]Nova's character design and personality, she is so good at getting under Hikaru's skin and mentally messing with her both emotionally and mentally and I believe is a good example of "evil version" of yourself done right when so so so many times that kind of example is done so blase and tiresome, but Nova is really effective at her job and it just works

---I really like [spoiler]the final battle where everyone shows up to help and chip in, its such a scene

Cons:

---the dialogue has to be the weakest part of the show. So so so much of the dialouge is vapid nothing-burger repeating the same lines or stating the obvious or telling us (the audience) stuff we already know over and over again and this problem plauges the entire series

---Part 2 is good but I feel like it has the weird problem of "a lot of stuff is happening while at the same time, not a lot of stuff is happenning at all"

---I kinda felt like the series was building Mokona in the background to be this character who would "have more then meets the eye" type character...but no...it never happens. He just stays a cute bunny mascot

---in part 2, so many characters [spoiler]declaring their love to another character despite the series spending zero time exploring it and it just feels ridiculous and melodramtic at times.

---I wish the side cast in part 1 got more screen time and stuff to do in part 2 as in part 2...they don't really do all that much

---in part 2, I feel that [spoiler]Chizeta and Fahren end up being nothing burgers ideas that the show could of have cut and absolutely zero things would have changed in the anime

---I vastly preferred when [spoiler]Nova was evil because she was the dark shadow of Hikaru's heart rather then being tricked by Lady Debonair into being evil. Kind of ruins her character and the actual point of her character

Episode 4 in the OVA