Producer Tsui Hark takes his love for Japanese manga and anime by taking one of its popular films Wicked City to the big live screen as… The Wicked City. Will Leon be Lai or Bye in terms of his...
http://podcastonfire.com/2022/07/podcast-on-fire-321-the-wicked-city/
The first anime series to be released directly to video was Mamoru Oshii’s Dallos. The OVA (Original Video Animation) was born. Kenny B and Paul Fox of the East Screen West Screen podcast discu...
Japanese studio Toei makes the first feature anime in colour and turn to Chinese folklore for their supernatural, romantic tale. In this episode we therefore examine 1958’s The White Snake Ench...
http://podcastonfire.com/2020/07/japan-on-fire-33-the-white-snake-enchantress/
It’s the first feature length anime out of Japan, it’s got singing animals… and it’s a war propaganda movie. With Kenny B and Paul Fox of the East Screen West Screen podcast. Contact the ...
http://podcastonfire.com/2020/07/japan-on-fire-32-momotaro-sacred-sailors/
Kenshiro, the fist of the north star, gets a big screen head and body bursting adventure that was such a shock to the senses, it’s been forever altered since. In this episode of Japan On Fire w...
http://podcastonfire.com/2020/01/japan-on-fire-31-fist-of-the-north-star/
It’s the screen debut of Hong Kong’s favourite, contemplative piglet who may not look like Chow Yun-fat or Tony Leung but has ambitions nonetheless in the 2001 animated movie My Life As McDul...
http://podcastonfire.com/2019/06/podcast-on-fire-282-my-life-as-mcdull-three-going-home/
Taiwan filmmakers bring to life the manga and anime sensation Dragon Ball as Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins and we also review Chu Yen-ping’s Dirty Dozen style adventure with mahjong playing hop...
http://podcastonfire.com/2018/10/taiwan-noir-28-dragon-ball-the-magic-begins-fantasy-mission-force/
We close out 2017 with the return of the Podcast On Fire Network Virtual Pub Quiz! Reigning champion Kenny B is your Lord Quizmaster and the contestants are Tom K-W, Paul Fox (East Screen West Sc...
http://podcastonfire.com/2017/12/podcast-on-fire-253-2017-christmas-special/
The versatile, productive and often always interesting Herman Yau can work any genre and for 2017’s Shock Wave, he gives us Andy Lau’s bomb disposal officer vs Mainland terrorists out for rev...
http://podcastonfire.com/2017/11/podcast-on-fire-250-shock-wave/
We do a little unscheudled stop into anime and the 2016 blockbuster Your Name from director Makato Shinkai. With Kenny B and roped in to inform, help out and review is East Screen West Screen’s...
http://podcastonfire.com/2017/11/japan-on-fire-28-your-name/
Vincent Zhao and Sammo Hung take on Japanese pirates led by Yasuaki Kurata in Gordon Chan’s Mainland epic God Of War. With Kenny B who also speaks about Police Story on VHS, romantic anime and ...
http://podcastonfire.com/2017/10/podcast-on-fire-247-god-of-war/
Kenny B and Paul Quinn extend their Train To Busan-coverage by talking of Yeon Sang-ho’s possibly connected and animated zombie movie Seoul Station. Click to play in web-browser (to download ri...
http://podcastonfire.com/2017/09/podcast-on-fire-network-bonus-episode-37-seoul-station/
Consisting of outtakes and deleted material (previously only available to forum members) out of Podcast On Fire 47, 48 and 49 with Stoo, Kenny B, Mike Banner and Adam Torel of Third Window Films ...
Consisting of outtakes and deleted material (previously only available to forum members) out of Podcast On Fire 32, 35 (available in the Cast From The Past archive) and 36 (available here) from ...
Grabbing an icon from Japanese folklore and putting a Taiwan reefer madness spin on it, this is the type of fantasy with exploding heads, tiny cocks and dangerous fire stunts filmmakers gave to t...
http://podcastonfire.com/2015/12/taiwan-noir-20-the-child-of-peach/
The evil forces of the Dark Emperor threaten the entire universe. It’s the ultimate battle between good and evil, freedom and oppression. Will the courage of a brave few be enough to win the da...
http://podcastonfire.com/2015/11/the-golden-ninja-podcast-9-savior-of-the-earth-space-thunder-kids/
The Sabu filmography has been runny, drivy, walky, cycly…as in cycling, boyband wacky and downbeat and with Bunny Drop, he adds another piece of versatility to his filmography: The straightforw...
http://podcastonfire.com/2015/07/japan-on-fire-23-sabu-bunny-drop/
Closing out our coverage of Mamoru Oshii, the man with a bible in one hand and a basset hound by his other side, we’ve gone through his early days in anime, live action, how he created history ...
http://podcastonfire.com/2014/05/japan-on-fire-17-mamoru-oshii-avalon-the-sky-crawlers/
Mamoru Oshii returns to his anime masterpiece to tweak. Kenny B and Coffin Jon from VCinema returns as well to explain what went wrong with Ghost In The Shell 2.0. Click to play in web-browser...
http://podcastonfire.com/2013/06/podcast-on-fire-network-bonus-episode-12-ghost-in-the-shell-2-0/
Kenny B and Coffin Jon from VCinema return to their Mamoru Oshii coverage for a (biblical?) discussion about all things Ghost In The Shell from 1995. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire ...
http://podcastonfire.com/2013/06/japan-on-fire-16-mamoru-oshii-ghost-in-the-shell/
The Director’s Series on director Nam Nai-choi in this episode bring you tits and gore! It’s time to dive deep into Hong Kong erotica and the unusual stance of making Hong Kong splatter, with...
Kenny B Coffin Jon from VCinema finish off their Kerberos Saga coverage (or are they?) within this tale of Mamoru Oshii with reviews of Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops (1991) & the anime Jin R...
Japanese money, manga adaptation merged with Nam Nai-choi… find out how these Yuen Biao vehicles fare under the watchful eye of the profile chosen for this Director’s Series. Anime exposure...
Kenny B and special guest Coffin Jon from VCinema continue their exploration of Mamoru Oshii and after quiet, surreal and religious anime in part 1 comes live action (anime) and a leap from the ...
http://podcastonfire.com/2012/05/japan-on-fire-6-2-mamoru-oshii-the-red-spectacles-patlabor/
The extension of Japan On Fire 6-1 or if you will in the aftermath of it, Ken and Coffin Jon, as promised and reluctantly, review the Australian sci-fi movie In The Afermath from 1988. Listen to ...
http://podcastonfire.com/2012/02/podcast-on-fire-network-bonus-episode-2-in-the-aftermath-1988/
Japan On Fire continues with anime but temporarily aborts the Studio Ghibli season for the start of the tale of Mamoru Oshii, director of Ghost In The Shell, Patlabor and Avalon. Ken and special ...
http://podcastonfire.com/2012/02/japan-on-fire-6-1-mamoru-oshii-angels-egg-1985/
DVDActive reports; Pathé Distribution Ltd. has announced the DVD and Blu-ray release of Blood: The Last Vampire for the 2nd of November, priced at around £15.99 and £24.99 respectively.
http://podcastonfire.com/2009/10/blood-the-last-vampire-uk-dvd-release-details/
Plot: It’s Christmas eve in Japan and three tramps stumble upon an abandoned baby. The trio take it upon themselves to reunite the child with his family, but unfortunately it isn’t that simpl...
Plot: The Yamada’s are the typical city family, mum, dad, two children and a their grandmother. The movie is made up of over twenty different episodes from the Yamada’s live. Everything from ...
http://podcastonfire.com/2009/01/my-neighbors-the-yamadas-1999/
Plot: When a young woman, Sophie is turned into a elderly woman by ‘The Witch of the Waste’, she decides to travel to the Wasteland to find the Witch. One her journey she befriends a rather o...
Plot: Two young girls, Satsuke and her younger sister Mei move from the busy cities to the country side with their father to be closer to their mother, who is in hospital. A couple days after mov...
Plot: When a young school girl called Haru saves a cat from being run over by a truck she finds herself being the receiver of many gifts, although Mice and Cat Tails isn’t to everyone’s taste...
The next Cast From The Past (a series of shows lost from our iTunes feed and website) from 2008 features Stoo, Kenny B and Mike Banner. Talking last movies watched (including Mainland Chinese dr...
http://podcastonfire.com/2008/12/cast-from-the-past-podcast-on-fire-32-one-year-celebration/
The next Cast From The Past (a series of shows lost from our iTunes feed and website) from 2008 features Stoo, Kenny B and Mike Banner. Talking last movies watched (including a Shaw Brothers gem)...
The next Cast From The Past (a series of shows lost from our iTunes feed and website) from 2007 features Stoo… and it’s the first one, people! Talking last movies watched (including Heavenly...