Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū
‘What is rakugo? The lone storyteller sits on stage. Using only a paper fan and a small cloth as props, and without standing up from the seiza sitting position,…
Seishu Handa, a talented young calligrapher, flees in disgrace to a remote island, after a searing public critique of his work provokes him to physically attack his eminent critic. Will he find…
The 2017 Summer Simulcast Season is underway! But how many of the series that we’ve been looking forward to are actually available for us to watch legally in the UK? Welcome to the Ballroom was the…
“Gel-lu-lu-lu!”
Contains spoilers
The Gatchaman team, a group of extraterrestrials and humans chosen to protect the earth, have defeated a powerful alien, Berg Katze. A year has passed since…
Raku Ichijo, only son of the leader of the Shue-Gumi yakuza gang, and golden-haired Chitoge, only heir to the rival gang, have been made – unwillingly – to enter into an ‘engagement’ to bring an …
“If you ever meet with an Outsider, you mustn’t touch them…because their touch will curse you.”
An ash-blonde little girl in a white smock has fallen asleep gathering flowers in a dark forest.…
Some spoilers ensue…
Crimson-haired Princess Yona, the only child of murdered King Il of the kingdom of Kouka, is on the run from the forces of her cousin Su-Won, who has killed her father…
Aoba lives with his grandmother Tae and works part-time in a junk shop in the Old Residential District on Midorijima, an island divided in two. An entrepreneur, Toue Konzern, has converted the…
Kokoryuu Kaguya’s high school life takes a turn for the unexpected when he’s struck by a bolt of light while waiting for a bus. Then he’s accosted by Mao-chan, a pink-haired, rabbit-eared girl …
*** This is an edited/revised version of our original reviews of Ouran High School Host Club which deals with the content of the series: story; script; music etc. posted to celebrate the new Collector’s…
Episodes 14-24
The warriors of the Western and Eastern Star battle on to determine who will be the Saviour King to rule them all and to bring about the coming of the Holy Grail. Jeanne Kaguya d’Arc,…
“Will you find your own way or will you be pulled by the winds of the Dragon Vein Vortexes?” Leonardo da Vinci to Jeanne Kaguya d’Arc
Jeanne Kaguya d’Arc (the one who hears voices) is whisked…
Autumn Season 2016 – the leaves are falling and just as we finish watching and discussing Mob Psycho 100 or Re:Zero or Sweetness and Lightning, the anime studios are already tempting us …
Arata Kusaga’s life changes when the sun turns black and his world (ours?) – and his beloved cousin Hijiri – are swallowed up by the Breakdown Phenomen. Gifted with a grimoire by Hijiri, Arata …
Fans of retro anime may remember that the writer Roberto Bottazzi was interviewed earlier this year about his book RETRO ANIME – The Roots of Japanese Animation, a project where he attempts to …
The Story
Two rival medley relay swimming teams, one at Iwatobi High, the other at Samezuka Academy, prepare to battle it out to reach the Nationals. Charismatic Rin is now captaining the Samezuka…
“Serinuma-san is my girlfriend. And I won’t let you make a pass at her!” Asuma Mutsumi to Kazuma Mutsumi
High school! The happiest days of your life – but not always for fujoshi Kae Serinuma, who …
KOTATSU JAPANESE ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2016
Chapter – 24th & 25th September 2016
Box Office: +44 (0)29 2030 4400 email: enquiry@chapter.org
Aberystwyth Arts Centre – 15th…
