In the first part of this review, we took a close look at the first eight episodes - roughly a third - of the 1978 anime series Future Boy Conan, and hopefully gained a fairly good idea of the primary themes of the show and how they are ... Continue reading

Antagony & Ecstasy: MIYAZAKI HAYAO: FUTURE BOY CONAN (1978), PART I

Future Boy Conan is no exception, although given Miyazaki's feelings, and the series' established notions of technology, destruction and the eventual resurgence of the natural world, it shouldn't be much of a surprise that Industria, ... Continue reading

MIYAZAKI HAYAO: NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (1984)

Bless Future Boy Conan and The Castle of Cagliostro, but they're not playing the same sport, let alone in the same ballpark. What we see in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is a man making the vital shift from making animation that is ... Continue reading

Animatrix, The

Detective Conan * El Hazard: The Magnificent World * El Hazard: The Wanderers * Fake * New Fist of the North Star * Five Star Stories * Fruits Basket * Full Metal Alchemist * Full Metal Panic * Full Moon o Sagashite * Future Boy Conan ... Continue reading

Antagony & Ecstasy: MIYAZAKI HAYAO: LUPIN III: THE CASTLE OF ...

If hindsight tells us that Future Boy Conan found Miyazaki already developing several of his most important pet themes, then it also tells us The Castle of Cagliostro was a significant hiccup in what would otherwise have been a fairly ... Continue reading

Re: Future Boy Conan Official Thread

so, i believe this mean a silent no i don't believe that you fear that someone will steal the ... Continue reading

Re: Future Boy Conan Official Thread

Quote from: lusse on February 28, 2010, 05:59:15 pm. yo, thanks for the new eps... Continue reading

Re: Future Boy Conan Official Thread

yo, thanks for the new eps! keep up the great work ^_^ Continue reading

Miyazaki

My first Hayao Miyazaki experience was watching Future Boy Conan, or Adnan wa Lina as it's known to most Middle Eastern children who grew up in the late 70s. We all watched lots of Arabic-dubbed Japanese animation but Adnan wa Lina was ... Continue reading

Out! Future Boy Conan #15 & #16!

Episodes 15 and 16, “Wasteland” and “Their hut” Conan and Jimsy set off to the “darker” side of High Harbor to try to atone for the slain pig, where they meet a band of rogues lead by a man named Orlo, who then temps them with a life on ... Continue reading