Yen Press to reissue Azumanga Daioh in New English Version

Yotsuba&! chronicles the life of Yotsuba Koiwai, a five year old girl that has just moved to a new neighbourhood with her father, who is simply called Mr Koiwai. We follow Yotsuba as she meets the neighbours, goes swimming, buys food and gets influenced by TV shows. Sounds a bit like Big Brother right? While … Continued

Compared with even 6 months ago, there are now many anime series televised every week on UK TV. Today, Anime Network and the inbound Anime Central are at the forefront for anime on UK TV; note that these are dedicated digital channels devoted to showcasing the latest and greatest in Japanese animation. And so, in … Continued

A 107 second trailer for Hiroshi (Azumanga Daioh) Nishikiori’s anime adaptation of “The Dinosaurs Before Dark” was premiered at The Tokyo International Film Festival. The Dinosaurs Before Dark is part of American author Mary Pope Osborne’s series of books named The Magic Tree House started in 1992. The story focuses two siblings: eight-year-old  Jack and … Continued

The prospect of reviewing Azumanga Daioh was always an interesting one for me. I don’t naturally gravitate to these types of ‘cute-comedy’ shows (I’m more of an action buff), so it’s always fun to challenge my standard preconceptions on the off chance that I’ll actually like what I see– it happened with Fruits Basket, and … Continued

Azumanga Daioh #2 continues to sublimely balance the fluffy mixture of zany high-school comedy and pure unadulterated ‘cuteness’ that made the first volume such a fun and amusing experience. The oft laugh-out-loud humour exists firmly in the realms of ‘dream-like alternative’, effortlessly refusing to exclude or isolate any particular age-group with its unique brand of … Continued