STACK NZ August 2016 Issue 76

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Y ou'd think that the second film
directed by the maker of the brilliant
Jin-Roh would be a bloodfest, but in
fact A Letter to Momo is one of the most
heartwarming films you're likely to see this
year. Still reeling from the recent loss of her
father, 11-year-old Momo and her mother move
from the bustling heart of Tokyo to the small
seaside town of Shio, where Momo befriends
three Yokai named Iwa, Kame and Mame.
Interestingly, Iwa brims with Sengoku-style
gravitas thanks to the vocal efforts of Toshiyuki
Nishida – Pigsy from Monkey!
The power of music is beautifully
showcased in Your Lie In April , with part one
hitting shelves in August... not April. Missed
opportunity if you ask me, but I digress.
Genius pianist Kousei finds himself no longer
able to tickle the ivories following the death
of his mother. The monotony of everyday life
seems to cloud his beautiful brain until he
meets an intriguing, eccentric and short-fused
violin prodigy named Kaori. For those with a
little extra coin in their purse, there is a limited
edition release available with a beautiful art
box and six art cards included.
Tokyo Ghoul is one of the standout anime
series of recent years and one of my personal
favourite ongoing manga series to boot, so the
release of the complete second season, Tokyo
Ghoul Va is cause for celebration. Gory, blood-
soaked celebration. Remember when Kaneki
was a sweet and innocent ghoul, turned in an
unfortunate event? Yeah, those days are over.
After weeks of relentless torture he is every
bit the monster that he once loathed. This
release is available on DVD and Blu-ray as well
as in a DVD/Blu-ray combo pack.
Also available this month are Black Butler:
Book of Murder, the Berserk Movie Collection,
Nanana's Buried Treasure Complete Series,
Fairytale Collection 20, Love Live! The
School Idol Movie,
One Piece (Uncut)
Collection 37,
Girl Friend Beta
Complete Series,
Naruto Spin-Off:
Rock Lee and His
Ninja Pals part
1, Wolf Girl and
Black Prince Series
Collection and
Evangelion: 1.11
You Are (Not) Alone
Slipcase Edition.
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ANIME ROUND-UP
5 Gosick
How the heck do you say it? Is it
goss-ick? Is it go-sick? Well I'll tell
ya, it's how you'd pronounce 'gothic'
in Japanese... kinda. The silly part is
that if you actually said "gothic" in
Japanese, it'd come out "goshikku."
4 Madlax
This is a completely personal dislike. It's
just... this title sounds like something
that helps you poop easier.
3 Puella Magi Madoka
Magica
What a mouthful! The original title,
Mahou Shojo Madoka Magica,
translates to Magical Girl Madoka
Magica, but why use English when
you can use Latin? Let go. It's a dead
language, along with Aramaic and 1337
speak!
2 The Severing Crime Edge
I kinda get it. I mean, I know what all of
those words are, I just don't understand
what they're doing next to each other.
1 The Legend of the
Legendary Heroes
Double the legend, double the the. I'm
quite sure this tale has been told at
many a drinking establishment at 2am
on a Saturday.
DVD&BD
A Letter to Momo
With Ghost in the Shell: The
New Movie dropping this
month, I thought I'd look at
questionable titles, some
of which actually belong to
some really good series!
ODD TITLES
Tokyo Ghoul
DVD&BD