Out of all the genres in anime, ‘Magical Girl’ is one of the hardest to crossover and comprehend for non-anime fans. The basic premise is relatively simple – an ordinary girl is granted a power to…
“The body is but to the soule as a clogge tied to the legge.” – James Cole (1629).
Kuro Karatsu is a shaven-headed student at a Buddhist college with few prospects. If he has one…
Over two years have passed since the conclusion of Toei Animation’s Smile PreCure!, the ninth television anime in their Pretty Cure magical girl franchise, but it looks like preperations…
Hiyori Iki is a kind-hearted high school girl whose selfless nature nearly leads to her death as she pushes a young man chasing after a cat out of the path of an oncoming bus. Luckily (?) for her, the…
Anime UK News is looking to add new dedicated manga or anime volunteer reviewers to our established writing team.
The ability to write interestingly – even passionately – in good…
The 2015 Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival runs on Saturday this week at Cardiff’s Chapter Arts Centre. Here’s a look at the festival line-up going on the festival website’s programme…
Warning: may contain spoilers.
“Happiness is a warm gun Happiness is a warm gun, mama When I hold you in my arms And I feel my finger on your trigger I know nobody can do me no harm” –…
All across the world, unnamed terrorists have been destroying skyscrapers and causing death on an unimaginable scale. Seventeen-year-old Joe Shimamura, influenced by ‘His Voice’, is about…
Warning: contains spoilers.
“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more. Consign their parts most private to a Rutland tree… And gentlemen in London now still abed shall…
Digital Manga Publishing’s latest Kickstarter project will be to release Osamu Tezuka’s sci-fi series Wonder 3. It will be released over three volumes, and items being offered…
This news will probably be a long time coming for the fans of a particular Capcom video game franchise, but at the Tokyo Game Show earlier today, the video game developer officially announced that…
The BFI London Film Festival runs from October 07th to October 18thand features a programme of Japanese films that contain anime and live-action, drama and adventure and a J-horror title thrown…
“The Lord said to my Lord, Sit in honour at my right hand until I humble your enemies beneath your feet.” – Matthew 22:44.
In the futuristic Academy City, studies are taking …
Ichigo returns from Hueco Mundo at last to battle Aizen. But in the face of Aizen’s overwhelming power, Ichigo begins to lose his will to fight. The Thirteen Court Guard Squads are there …
The Red Band trailer for Takashi Miike’s latest title, Yakuza Apocalypse: The Great War of the Underworld, was recently released and it shows some of the insane action that will be in the film.…
“Hikari’s eyes suddenly froze with overwhelming sadness…like a lull in the sea.” Miuna
Warning: spoilers
Five years have passed since the people of the Sea Village, Shioshishio, went…
“I’ve never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down.” – Virgil Thomson …
