“When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and movies. I grew up believing this dream.” – Elvis Presley
In 2015, this was the big anime series that got everyone talking: and by everyone,…
“Only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the universe.” – Albert Einstein
British comedy is full of classic idiotic characters: Baldrick, Father…
Warning: Review contains episode spoilers
It’s a fairly quick turnaround in the UK for the release of the second series of Fairy Tail, although as the title of the collection makes clear, it is just a continuation of what was going on before.
“Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun.” – Pink Floyd, ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’
Land of the Lustrous is set in the far future. The Lustrous is the name of the main inhabitants of …
“What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.” – Pearl Bailey
Amagami SS Plus once again follows lovelorn Junichi Tachibana across six different storylines in which he is in love…
“Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.” – Immanuel Kant
Belladonna of Sadness was the last of three movies in the “Animerama” series co-created by Osamu Tezuka…
“I had a terrible education. I went to a school for emotionally disturbed teachers.” – Woody Allen
When we last watched Class 3-E of Kunugigaoka High School, the androgynous student Nagisa Shiota…
“Nor is it seemly, after wiping your nose, to spread out your handkerchief and peer into it as if pearls and rubies might have fallen out of your head.” – Erasmus
After recapping the events from the…
Episodes 165 to 175
Warning: Review contains episode spoilers
“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near one.” – J. R. R. Tolkien.
This collection marks the …
Further information on some of the programmes in BBC Four’s Japan season are coming to light.
Already trailered is The Art of Japanese Life presented by art historian Dr. James Fox. This three-part…
“You won’t go back to your world; Once you see what happens here; Ride on our ship of wonder; We all never show you never.” – ‘Another Dimension’ by The Sixth Lie
The most recent film in the long-running…
“Love is the gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everyone else.” – George Bernard Shaw
Amagami SS is an adaptation of a harem-themed dating simulation game. There is one…
Warning: Review contains episode spoilers
“Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in…
A study by the Japan Press Research Institute to find the most recognised Japanese people alive and dead has revealed some surprising results.…
Warning: Contains spoilers to Part 1.
“It’s all in the mind you know, it’s all in the mind.” – The Goons
The second part of Zeta Gundam sees the series really firing up, as we witness love, death, betrayal…
“The Guardian: Newt technology spills end to misprints.” – Stephen Fry
The original Mobile Suit Gundam did badly in the ratings when it went out originally in 1979, so perhaps what is most surprising…
Yuri!!! On Ice, the hit anime series of 2016, will be coming back, but this time on the big screen.
At a special stage event held in Japan, it was announced that production for a brand new Yuri!!! On…
Warning: Contains very strong language from the start.
“I wrote, I wrote to the- the Council of Churches and I said, ‘This fucking Bible… especially, erm, Paul,’ I said, ‘This fucking Bible really…
“I was in a Little Chef once, and I read the menu, and it said: ‘Try one of our desserts. Go on, you only live once.’ And I thought: ‘That’s a bit of blow for the Buddhists, isn’t it?’ What a way to find …
