Special
Noah’s Barks pages relating to video specials for TV shows, anime, etc.
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Macross XX
Macross XX is basically a realistic promotional demonstration of various VFs. Mostly CG animation with some 2D sprinkled throughout. The hip hop backing music is pretty hilarious. Nothing special about this special. (read more)
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Cowboy Bebop: Ein’s Summer Vacation
The lovable corgi from Cowboy Bebop goes on vacation but can’t afford actual animation. (read more)
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Pendulum
Pendulum is a short film that captures the sensation of suppressing emotions until they rupture and hurt those closest to us. A decent watch set to a song by Muse. (read more)
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Daicon Opening Animations
Before going on to form Gainax, one of the anime industry’s most influential studios, the creative minds involved created these two shorts for science-fiction conventions Daicon III and Daicon IV. Features: Questionable usage of many copyrighted materials. (read more)
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Kuroko’s Basketball
Basketball is taken to the extreme in this action-packed series full of (basically) superpowered teenagers. (Includes seasons 1-3, NG Collection, Idiots Can’t Win!, Let’s Chat, Tip Off, and Would You Mind Doing That Once More) (read more)
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Macross 7 Plus
Macross 7 Plus is a series of 12 two to three minute shorts that are possibly better than the actual series. (read more)
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Aim for the Top! Gunbuster
Hideaki Anno of ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’ fame directs studio Gainax’s gorgeous, intense mecha anime that would inspire hits like ‘Gurren Lagann.’ Heavily alludes to tennis anime ‘Aim for the Ace!’ (Includes ‘Science Lesson’) (read more)
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Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
The 08th MS Team grounds the Gundam franchise in guerilla warfare, with relatable characters and focused, tight storytelling. (Includes "A Battle with the Third Dimension," "Miller’s Report") (read more)
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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
The most expensively-produced anime ever made at the time, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex explores its source material’s unique sci-fi concepts to greater extents than ever before. (Includes 2nd GIG, Solid State Society, and Uchikomatic Days) (read more)
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Macross F: Close Encounter – Deculture Edition (Yak Deculture version)
An explanation of my MyAnimeList rating for this extended cut of the first episode of ‘Macross Frontier,’ the ‘Yak Deculture’ version. (read more)