The Rose of Versailles Giveaway and The Case of the Missing Interview

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It still feels a little unreal to have The Rose of Versailles legally on DVD as well as streaming online in English. It was one of the last big White Whale titles still out there. As a seminal work in shojo, as well as anime in general, it is an important title for anyone interested in the history of the medium. It has shaped countless titles since its release and become a fixture in consciousness of fandom. If you aren’t interested in the history of the medium, it is still a damn good show.

For the poor uneducated and unfortunate souls who have not watched this series yet, we have a chance for them to correct that error. All you have to do is answer a simple question for a chance to win.

But first, a minor point of modern history.

The Case of the Missing Interview

You may remember a while back we posted the questions we’d love to ask Riyoko Ikeda. At that time, Right Stuf along with Anime News Network were asking for submissions for a special bonus feature to be included with the U.S. release of The Rose of Versailles on DVD. What a rare opportunity indeed! Apparently, it was too good to be true.

Perhaps they were hoping we’d all be too overjoyed to receive our copies of The Rose of Versailles to notice this missing piece. And believe us, if we hadn’t written a post about that very interview, we probably wouldn’t have chalked it up to wishful thinking on our parts. But the internet remembers (unless it is in its best interest not to)!

Indeed, this does not sully the wondrous beauty that is this release of The Rose of Versailles, but we can’t deny having just a smidgen of disappointment to not have those burning questions (even if they didn’t pick any of ours) answered.

GIVEAWAY

We have both boxsets of The Rose of Versailles looking for a good home.

Just leave us a comment telling us your favorite historical setting for stories!

Entries are due by Saturday, August 3rd. The winner will be notified on Sunday, August 4th. U.S. residents only.

All Points Bulletin: Kaiju Attack Crystal Cove

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If you have any suggestions for what to highlight on an APB drop us a line via email or Twitter.

narutaki_icon_4040 Kate’s picks:

hisui_icon_4040 Alain’s picks:

  • Have you Seen Pacific Rim yet?
    • Lesson 0: If your problem is that you don’t know enough about robot and monsters than here is where to get educated. All Geeks Considered looks at Shin Getter Robo vs. Neo Getter Robo and Godzilla vs. Monster Zero to talk about the classics of robots fighting giant robots.
    • Lesson 1: If your still on the fence about seeing it in theaters than here is the highly enthusiastic endorsement.
  • The Answers to Life, The Universe, and Everything 
    Just after I posted a link to All Geeks Considered doing a podcast about a the original Cosmos series then this comes out of SDCC. We have Neil deGrasse Tyson’s attempt to update the classic ambitious look at science. Not just say astrophysics. All of it. But if anyone could do it in Carl Sagan’s place it would be Neil deGrasse Tyson.
  • Come on now, sugar, Bring it on, bring it on
    The first Veronica Mars movie trailer. Narutaki and I are excited.
  • Your Imperfect Brain
    As much as we as humans are obsessed with finding ideal patterns we actually make lots of irrational decisions. This episode of the Atlanta Game Development Podcast looks at that from a game development stance.
  • Citizen Otaku
    Mike Rugnetta looks at Animal Crossing and Otaku. So a little something for everyone.
  • Today’s My Birthday
    Just thought I would mention that.

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narutaki_icon_4040 Since Scooby was clearly the most important announcement from Comic-Con.

Type-Moon Weekly News Roundup: Excalibur Morgan

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This Saturday post is the weekly Type-Moon news in addition to the regular APB post on Sunday. If you have any suggestions for what to highlight on the Type-Moon Weekly News Roundup drop me a line via email or Twitter.

– Alain