• Mark Valley Joins Harry’s Law

    Entertainment Weekly has reported that Mark Valley will be joining the cast of Harry’s Law for its second season. It’s still unclear if he’ll be reprising his role of Brad Chase from Boston Legal or not. Personally, I hope he does and that all the Boston Legal regulars make at least a guest appearance at some point.

  • Review: Revolutionary Girl Utena-Black Rose Saga-Nozomi Release

    Again, this is a review of the Nozomi release; not the series itself.

    This set contains episodes 13-24, which include the last episode of The Student Council Saga and all of The Black Rose Saga (I don’t get it, either). This set comes in a nice art box, which contains three discs in slimcases, as well as a booklet.
    Extras:
    Disc One: Animated Storyboards-1997 Utena Japanese Promo-Nozomi Trailers
    Disc Two: Kunihuko Ikuhara Interviews 1 & 2, Nozomi Trailers
    Disc Three: Kunihuko Ikuhara Interviews 3 & 4, Nozomi Trailers
    Booklet:
    *Ikuhara’s episode commentary on the episodes included in this set
    *The Art of Shichiro Kobayashi, Art Director Interview
    *The Two Be-Papas: The Making of Be-Papas Studio, Part 1
    *Shinya Hasegawa, Character Designer Interview
    *Character Art Gallery
    *Rose and Blood: Utena’s Art Style
    *Key Art Gallery
    *Laserdisc Liner Notes from the Japanese Archives