Manuel García Ferré (1929-2013) was roughly the Argentine Walt Disney. His main characters appeared in their own TV series and theatrical features; his supporting characters appeared in everything.
Argentine (or Argentinian) feature animation has been long over-looked, despite their claim to producing the first animated feature (in 1917)! Here begins a look at, and filmography of, the animated features that emerged from this South American country.
While writing these columns on the history of Streamline Pictures, I came across several old files of long-forgotten and never-published information. Here is a chronologic list of all the anime-specialty companies with their initial releases.
This is my final post of reviews for Streamline Pictures movies and videos – the 17th part of a series – my way of archiving the legacy of Streamline. Today Windaria, Zillion and Tainted Treats.
Wicked City was a 1987 Japanese OVA horror film-noir directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri. Streamline picked it up and dubbed it in 1993. Here’s what the critics had to say about the picture.
In this installment, we look at U.S. critical reaction to the Streamline release of Toyoo Ashida’s 1985 Vampire Hunter D. Based on the novels by Hideyuki Kikuchi, illustrated by Yoshitaka…
Today’s post looks at one specific film, Twlight Of The Cockroaches, Streamline’s second theatrical release (after Laputa: Castle In The Sky) in 1989. It was also Streamline’s first subtitled release.
Continuing the parade of quotes from press reviews of Streamline Pictures releases. Today more classic anime including Robotech, 3×3 Eyes, Silent Möbius, Space Adventure Cobra, and Space Angel: Robotech Perfect…
Continuing the parade of quotes from press reviews of Streamline Pictures releases. Today two more classic anime features: The Professional: Gogol 13 and Robot Carnival. To view this series of…
Over the next few weeks I am posting reviewer quotes from various Streamline Pictures Video Comics releases. In the end we will have a clear picture of the companies output,…
