Onosume

With a chant of "Ai-katsu!", Matthew Tinn spends their days filled with idol music and J-Pop. A somewhat frequent-ish visitor to Japan, they love writing and talking about anime, Japanese music and video games.

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Roundup

Autumn Season 2024 Preview

Autumn has arrived and with it all the new and returning series, spread between Crunchyroll, Netflix, Disney+, HIDIVE, Amazon Prime and even Channel 4’s Adult Swim. Which new series are…

AUKN Staff • 21st October 2024

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Summer 2024 Overview

Rather like the unreliable UK weather this summer, the Summer anime series have been stop-start, affected by the Paris Olympics, some off-air for a few weeks in mid-run and/or finishing at 10 …

AUKN Staff • 4th October 2024

Manga Review

The Kept Man of the Princess Knight (Manga) Volume 1 Review

Once homeless and destitute, the former adventurer Matthew finds himself being taken in by the former Kingdom of Mactarode’s famous Princess Knight. While she fights in the local dungeon, Matthew spends what little money she gives him on brothels and booze. Yet despite his debauchery, he spends his nights working in the shadows protecting the place they both call home.

Onosume • 21st August 2024

Manga Review

Friday at the Atelier Volume 1 Review

After a downtrodden office worker stumbles upon a guy with a bag of the fish she is craving, she finds herself in his apartment modelling nude for him, covered in fish! As the pair continue to work together, will this lead to romance blossoming between them, or is their arrangement going to stay strictly professional?

Onosume • 29th July 2024

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Summer Season 2024 Preview

The much-anticipated return of [Oshi no Ko] has probably brought many viewers back to HIDIVE as well as getting the Summer 2024 Season off to a sparkling start. But what else looks good this season?…

AUKN Staff • 25th July 2024

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Spring 2024 Overview

Has the Spring 2024 Season proved to be a good one, filled with series that our reviewers have looked forward to, week after week? What have been the gems? Has it been a ‘something for everyone’ season…

AUKN Staff • 1st July 2024

Anime Review

Rent-a-Girlfriend Review

After Kazuya gets dumped by his first girlfriend, he turns to a rental girlfriend service and hires out first-rate beauty Chizuru Mizuhara. However, after a run-in with both their grandmothers they now have to pretend they are actually dating! Discover an unapologetic look at messy relationships in this cheesy rom-com!

Onosume • 21st May 2024

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Spring Season 2024 Preview

Suffering from déjà vu when you scan the list of Spring Season anime? So many third seasons! And, what’s this: Spice and Wolf returns – but it’s a different animation of the original series? Kaiju…

AUKN Staff • 24th April 2024

Manga Review

Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie -Rebellion- – The Complete Omnibus Edition Review

Discover (or rediscover!) this dark and fascinating chapter of the hit magical girl franchise in a fantastic adaptation of the original film, now in omnibus format!

Onosume • 8th April 2024

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Winter 2024 Overview

How was your Winter 2024 Season? Was it better than Autumn 2023? Did the ongoing slew of isekai enchant or overwhelm you? And what on earth was going on in Brave Bang Bravern!? As the late-starting…

AUKN Staff • 31st March 2024

Manga Review

Blood Blade Volume 1 Review

After being killed in a vicious war, Count Vlad “the Impaler” is resurrected as an immortal vampire girl. 400 years later, after encountering a patchwork teenage girl and a grizzled eyepatch-wearing assassin, Vlad is pulled into a battle against Cerberus, a mysterious organisation trying to take over the world with a human-monster hybrid army.

Onosume • 20th March 2024

Manga Review

Otherside Picnic Volumes 7 and 8 Review

As Sorawo and Toriko get pulled into a mystery where a girl at Sorawo’s university is being stalked by ninja cats, they finally pick up a potential lead on Satsuki. Yet as they investigate her past at an Otherside research institute, the girls find more than they bargained for and end up in a fight for their lives.

Onosume • 27th February 2024

Anime Review

Assassins Pride Review

Half-vampire assassin Kufa Vampir is tasked with investigating Melida Angel, a noble girl who is thought to be the product of an affair as she has not inherited her father’s magic. While he is meant to kill her, he instead bestows upon her his own mana, meaning that he must now protect Melida’s school life or risk them both being executed.

Onosume • 19th February 2024

Anime Review

Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Season 2 Collector’s Edition Review

After the success of the first School Idol Festival, the girls of Nijigasaki High quickly move to put on its second iteration, but the sudden appearance of Zhong Lanzhu throws everything up in the air. Faced with an upstart rival who denies everything their club stands for, the girls are going to have to take their battle to the stage if they want to get Lanzhu to join them!

Onosume • 11th February 2024

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Winter Season 2024 Preview

Has 2024 got off to a good start when it comes to the Winter Season? It’s looking distinctly promising, with Bucchigiri?! the first new series from Hiroko Utsumi since Sk8 the Infinity, and the …

AUKN Staff • 24th January 2024

Manga Review

Otherside Picnic Volume 6 Review

After seeing off the threat of Kankandara and sending the US Marines home, Sorawo and Toriko kick back and chill at the beach in Okinawa… or what should have been Okinawa as they once again find themselves slipping through to the Otherside, where nothing is ever as it seems!

Onosume • 11th January 2024

Roundup

Anime UK News Review of 2023 Part 1: Anime

The Anime UK News team choose their favourite anime from 2023 – let us know what your favourites are too!

AUKN Staff • 20th December 2023

Roundup

Scotland Loves Anime 2023 Roundup

After attending the 2023 edition of Scotland Loves Anime, AUKN writers reflect on both the best and the worst of what this year's festival had to offer.

AUKN Staff • 30th November 2023

Manga Review

Otherside Picnic Volume 5 Review

Toriko and Sorawo return to Station February to save what remains of the stranded US Marines, but with 5 km between them and their escape point filled with traps, glitches and monsters, will Sorawo and her mystical eye be able to get them out, or will they meet an untimely demise?

Onosume • 7th November 2023

Manga Review

Otherside Picnic Volume 4 Review

With Toriko missing, Sorawo and Kozakura plunge into the Otherside to search for her, but end up fighting for survival themselves as they have to face the alternate reality’s harsh swamps, forests and other things that go bump in the night, all while being followed by the mysterious Space-Time Man.

Onosume • 14th September 2023