1995
Noah’s Barks pages covering things relating to the year 1995.
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Super Bomberman 3
Not even Louie can save ‘Super Bomberman 3’ from being a disappointing dud when compared to its two 16-bit predecessors. (read more)
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FOUND: “Night Warriors: Darkstalkers’ Revenge”
Will you be the first person to track down the manga ‘Night Warriors: Darkstalkers’ Revenge,’ a rare, official English release that’s gone unarchived? (read more)
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American Recordings 1995 CD Sampler (The Comix Zone Bonus CD)
It’s time to rock out with your comic out! Let’s spin the ‘American Recordings 1995 CD Sampler,’ most famous for its inclusion with North American copies of the Sega Genesis game, ‘Comix Zone.’ (read more)
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Neon Genesis Evangelion
For all of the hemming and hawing about Neon Genesis Evangelion’s deep themes or lack thereof, the series is mainly successful for simply being a great story that’s told with finesse. (Includes Schick x Evangelion) (read more)
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Bio Hunter
‘Bio Hunter’ is another Yoshiaki Kawajiri OVA that’s sure to be an instant classic for any fans of occult, violent, Japanese kitsch from the ’90s. (read more)
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Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels is better than Chungking Express. More effort is put into having the disparate stories connect to each other both literally and thematically. As a wandering city romantic I wanted to like this more than I did, but Wong Kar-Wai’s excessively quirky characters drag down the genuine emotion in the narrative and make the… (read more)
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On Your Mark
On Your Mark is an evocative music video with fantastical animation by Studio Ghibli that’s enough to make you wish this was one of their theatrical stories. (read more)
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The Usual Suspects
Just knowing there’s a twist is bad enough. Why can’t people just keep their damn mouths shut? After all, The Usual Suspects is a lesson in such. Thanks to some very impressive editing, the exposition itself feels like the action. Which is good because that’s most of the movie. While the ending is indeed great,… (read more)
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12 Monkeys
Sci-fi stories about the futility of attempting to change the past are nothing fresh, but 12 Monkeys dresses its thought experiment up in a moebius strip story and a tech-noir thriller atmosphere. In spite of this, the diffident screenwriters view their own ideas as lunacy and introduce tasteless comedy while taking the easy ways out… (read more)
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The Dig
‘The Dig’ was conceived with names like Steven Spielberg and Orson Scott Card to be LucasArts’s magnum opus. The final offering was a modest, commercial failure. What happened? (read more)