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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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Blood Blade Volume 1 Review
Manga Review

Blood Blade Volume 1 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.
• 20th March 2024
Otherside Picnic Volumes 7 and 8 Review
Manga Review

Otherside Picnic Volumes 7 and 8 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.
• 27th February 2024
Assassins Pride Review
Anime Review

Assassins Pride 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.
• 19th February 2024
Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Season 2 Collector’s Edition Review
Anime Review

Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Season 2 Collector’s Edition 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!
• 11th February 2024
Otherside Picnic Volume 6 Review
Manga Review

Otherside Picnic Volume 6 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!
• 11th January 2024
Scotland Loves Anime 2023 Roundup
Roundup

Scotland Loves Anime 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
Otherside Picnic Volume 5 Review
Manga Review

Otherside Picnic Volume 5 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?
• 7th November 2023
Otherside Picnic Volume 4 Review
Manga Review

Otherside Picnic Volume 4 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.
• 14th September 2023
Non Non Biyori Nonstop Review
Anime Review

Non Non Biyori Nonstop Review

Non Non Biyori Nonstop Review
While the Asahigaoka girls’ summer adventure in Okinawa may be over, there’s still plenty of fun to be had before the holidays end, yet when they do, the new school term brings in some new faces as the girls discover both the highs and lows of growing up.
• 5th September 2023
Love Live! Superstar!! Season 1 Collector’s Edition Review
Anime Review

Love Live! Superstar!! Season 1 Collector’s Edition Review

Love Live! Superstar!! Season 1 Collector’s Edition Review
Love Live! returns with an all-new generation! Despite loving to sing, Kanon Shibuya struggles to perform in front of others and has given up on her dream of being a singer. Yet after bumping into idol enthusiast Keke Tang she might have another chance. Facing down stern student council president Ren Hazuki, the pair have to win an idol contest for Keke to form the school idol club, but with so little time and experience will they be able to make it, or will their idol dreams be dashed forever?
• 21st August 2023
Non Non Biyori Vacation Review
Film Review

Non Non Biyori Vacation Review

Non Non Biyori Vacation Review
It’s the summer holidays and the kids of Asahigaoka are bored. The remedy? Suguru winning a 4-day trip to Okinawa in a lottery! Get ready to follow our cast on a life-changing adventure in this fun and cosy tropical film.
• 18th August 2023
Summer 2023 Preview
Roundup

Summer 2023 Preview

Summer 2023 Preview

We subtitled Summer 2022’s Preview ‘The Rise of HIDIVE’ but perhaps 2023 Summer 2023’s Preview should be subtitled ‘The Rise of Netflix’? Our writers have some intriguing things to say about …

AUKN Staff • 26th July 2023
Sugar Apple Fairy Tale Volume 1 Review
Manga Review

Sugar Apple Fairy Tale Volume 1 Review

Sugar Apple Fairy Tale Volume 1 Review
In this coming-of-age romantic adventure, the young confectioner Anne Halford aims to become a Silver Sugar Master by competing at the Royal Candy Fair in Lewiston. With the pretty but dark warrior fairy Challe Fen Challe at her side, Anne sets off to face not just her rival Silver Sugar confectioners, but also the injustices and corruption that fill the world around her.
• 10th July 2023
Non Non Biyori Repeat Review
Anime Review

Non Non Biyori Repeat Review

Non Non Biyori Repeat Review
We return to the peaceful village of Asahigaoka in this strong and consistent follow-up where Renge, Hotaru, Natsumi and Komari continue to learn, laugh and grow through a variety of fun and engaging adventures in the Japanese countryside.
• 5th July 2023
Spring 2023 Overview
Roundup

Spring 2023 Overview

Spring 2023 Overview

Yet again, the end of the Spring Season overlaps the start of the Summer Season. Undaunted, the writers at Anime UK News are back to share their thoughts on the (mostly finished) series that caught…

AUKN Staff • 4th July 2023
Quality Assurance in Another World Volume 1 Review
Manga Review

Quality Assurance in Another World Volume 1 Review

Quality Assurance in Another World Volume 1 Review
Taking an entertaining but critical look at the world of video game QA testing, Quality Assurance in Another World sees a group of testers, along with main character Haga, trapped in the video game they were working on. After losing several of his colleagues and friends to the bugs and glitches caused by the forbidden “Debug Mode”, Haga resolves to continue to test and go through the entire game, hoping that when he eventually clears it, all those trapped within will finally be able to log out.
• 1st May 2023