This is review number four hundred and two. This anime is part of the Summer 2014 lineup, and it’s called Samurai Jam – Bakumatsu Rock. It’s a twelve episode anime about handsome dudes playing music, [...]
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Di molto bene is going to release the Minissimo ( みにっしも ) Sakamoto Ryoma ( 坂本龍馬 ) action figure from the game/manga/anime “Bakumatsu Rock” ( 幕末Rock). Will be release in September 2016. Around 110mm [...]
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Di molto bene is going to release the Sakamoto Ryoma ( 坂本龍馬 ) non-scale PVC figure from the game/manga/anime “Bakumatsu Rock” ( 幕末Rock). Will be release in September 2016. Around 240mm tall, 15,800 [...]
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Di molto bene has recently opened pre-orders for their “Bakumatsu Rock” Sakamoto Ryouma Bellissimo figure, which stands 24 cm tall, is listed for a price of ¥15800, and is scheduled for release in [...]
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One of the main draws of anime for me has been its almost limitless creativity. The number of anime series with little inventive moments, or an entirely different concept is both fascinating and [...]
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Anime Herald Anime Herald - We'll talk nerdy to you.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SENTAI FILMWORKS LICENSES “SAMURAI JAM  -BAKUMATSU ROCK-” HOUSTON, 4/10/2014 – A new band of heroes will pick, shred and light [...]
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Basara Nekki he is not. Mostly because I think Basara would look fairly askance at Ryouma Sakamoto’s music, although a few of their biographical details certainly are shared, as people don’t really [...]
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Okay season has started and it is off to a pretty positive start (although I would say that given I’m the target audience for the first few shows).  Lets get started with bishies and idols shall we – [...]
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Did someone ask for an anime that combines AKB0048 with Hakuoki? No? Well, Bakumatsu Rock is here anyway, and it doesn't care about your opinion!As far as I can tell so far, the show’s plotline is [...]
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This show is silly. It’s set in the Bakamatsu period of Japan in the mid-1800s. Except in this alternate universe, the Japanese government has outlawed any form of music that isn’t from their special [...]
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With Shinmaru and Inushinde leaving to go have fun at anime cons during the start of a new season again, I’m left holding down the fort to write about what is shaping up to be The Summer of Gayness. [...]
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Bishies play rock to overthrow the Shogun’s Shinsengumi pop idols. Lol. Not really my thing, but the premise is amusing. And the concert at the end was hilarious. Sadly, I don’t imagine that the rest [...]
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How is “Samurai Jam” supposed to be an improvement? Impressions: I’m really not sure what this is trying to go for. I have the very heavy suspicion that they just took the script from something like [...]
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From the depths of madness rises Bakumatsu Rock, an anime where Ryoma Sakamoto challenges the Tokugawa Shogunate with the power of rock. Anime has always given us crazy premises, but rarely live up to [...]
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(12 episodes) What’s it about ? What. The. Heck. Is. This. Thing. Okay, let’s start with facts. This adapts a PSP rhythm game. It’s nominally set in the Bakumatsu era (mid-19th century, at the [...]
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