Anime World Order Show # 255 – I Still Have Eleven Childhood Friends Left That Need to Be Killed

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For this episode, Daryl looks back to his teenage days and endeavors to make No-Brand Heroes of you all as he reviews the 1991 OAV anime adaptation of Here Is Greenwood alongside its original 1986 shojo manga.

Introduction (0:00 – 1:02:10)
We kind of mixed in the AWOmake with the actual episode here, since until about 36:40 we sound off on Sony’s decision to abandon physical media support for their future game consoles and software releases, which has a not-entirely indirect impact on the anime side of things as well once taken in conjunction with the Crunchyroll Store’s new restriction to only sell to those with Mega Fan or Ultimate Fan level subscriptions while also putting the rest of their physical media on final clearance. Eventually, we get to talking about what we’re watching in the current anime season, which has several incredible offerings. And if you haven’t already done so, please fill out the survey for the upcoming documentary Icons of Anime: The Western Awakening as there are only a few days remaining to do so!

Review: Here is Greenwood (1:02:10 – 2:13:03)
Here is Greenwood was one of the early VHS fansub favorites among American anime fans of the 1990s. This may seem odd considering how back then, a majority of anime fans were college guys and Greenwood is a shojo series set in an all-boys’ private school, but back then anime was hard enough to come by that fans would watch whatever they could get. Plus, despite being shojo, back in the 1980s and 1990s that term wasn’t synonymous with “romance” the way it seemingly is these days.

The Software Sculptors VHS box for the first of three volumes of Here is Greenwood. Note the “Not Mainstream” logo in the corner to warn away potentially disgruntled customers looking for blood and violent sex.

Shun Kisaragi is Greenwood’s most iconic character despite being perfectly normal and having a perfectly normal family.

Anime back then was not afraid to just use regular brand names in open defiance of copyright, but sometimes it was funnier to change them.

It’s not dwelled upon but it’s always fun to see what details the animators put into vehicles, A/V equipment, and what games/movies are on the shelves.

One Reply to “Anime World Order Show # 255 – I Still Have Eleven Childhood Friends Left That Need to Be Killed”

You mentioned “Some accountant at Crunchyroll” must be responsible for this for saving money but the weird thing is; they aren’t! The newest CEO just makes baffling decisions that lose the company money and they continue. His “most successful” move was selling a bunch of subscriptions to India to gain subscribers but they were at a tremendous discount which then just lost them money in server costs and caused crashes. The CEO seems to just keep making shit decisions that cause the company money but isn’t being ousted.