“If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious.” – Alphonse Karr.
It is a question that many anime fans have asked themselves: what is it about high school male sports…
“Look at the darkest hit musicals – Cabaret, West Side Story, Carousel – they are exuberant experiences. They send you out of the theatre filled with music.” – John Lithgow
While …
I have a confession to make: I love yuri. Whilst it isn’t my intention to make myself sound perverse, I think it’s incredibly important to acknowledge my fondness for all things yuri, or Girl’s …
WARNING: Contains spoilers
Link to review of Episodes 1-8.
“Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.”…
The Japan Foundation have announced a special event that will be held in London this January!…
Welcome to Part 2 of the Anime UK News 2016 Review of 2016 in which the staff recommend manga and light novels they’ve enjoyed this year. And then we look in our crystal balls to see what’s…
Anime UK News Review of 2016 – Part 1
2016 has been a turbulent year – and at Anime UK News we’ve had our fair share of ups and downs too. But overall, it’s been a good year for anime, light novels…
“You must believe in God, despite what the clergy tell you.” – Benjamin Jowlett
If Death Note succeeds in at least one thing, it is that it has possibly created the most interesting and intriguing…
When I was given the chance to review the first Collector’s Edition of Fullmetal Alchemist I was overjoyed (you can find my first review here). I really love this series and so it’ll come as no surprise…
Studio Ghibli has been a household name in Japan for many decades now but its movies have touched many hearts across the world, especially in the UK, where several playwrights have taken the magic…
The classic, and often controversial, theatrical special of the original Transformers cartoon is now 30 years old and Manga have released the restored version on Blu-ray, but does the film still…
“As the poet said, ‘Only God can make a tree’ – probably because it’s so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.” – Woody Allen.
It has been nearly two years since the last Fairy Tail collection was…
*** 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…
I think it goes without saying that the original Fullmetal Alchemist anime is an important series for the anime industry. It paved the way for a whole new generation of people to stumble into Japanese…
The Ordinary Peace
The first volume of Bleach to be released in the UK after its official end over in Japan, Volume 68 does its best to regroup everyone for one last push, but does it do well?
The battle…
It’s currently [insert number found on this site] days to Christmas and you’re either in two camps; calm as a cucumber and ready for the big day whether you celebrate it or not, or stressing out because…
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?(henceforth referred to by its Japanese abbreviation DanMachi) is one of my favourite light novel series, so when a spin-off series was licensed…
Genius programmer Shiki Magata has been living in an isolation for 15 years on a solitary island after she murdered her parents and was judged to be mentally unsound. Professor of architecture…
“Galocher – to kiss with tongues.” “La galoche – an ice-skating boot.” – Definitions from Petit Robert, France’s most popular dictionary.
It seems that in France ice skating and kissing go hand-in-hand…
SAITEIHEN NO OTOKO -Scumbag Loser- vols 1, 2, 3 © 2012, 2013 Mikoto Yamaguti / SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
“Employee of the month is a good example of how somebody can be both a winner and a loser at the same…
