An interview with Kotoyo Noguchi
Kotoyo Noguchi is an independent manga artist, illustrator and designer based in Japan. To date she has published two volumes of her Life with Mii: Everyday Cat Stories (Shirokuro Neko Manga) …
An interview with Mariko Hihara
Mariko Hihara is an experienced Japanese author who has written over fifty novels, primarily in the boys’ love/yaoi and fantasy genres, as well as scripts for several manga. She has been…
Samurai Jam: Bakumatsu Rock
If there’s one thing I’ve come to rely on anime for, it’s the medium’s propensity for the outlandish and entertainingly bizarre. From the whacked out dreamscapes of Satoshi Kon’s Paprika to the…
Flowers Of Evil
“O douleur! O douleur! Le Temps mange la vie.” (Oh pain! Oh pain! Time eats life.) – Charles Baudelaire.
Flowers of Evil was one of the more controversial anime of recent years,…
Win Dragon Ball Z Kai, Danganronpa or Coppelion!
The epic showdown between Goku and Frieza reaches its climax as planet Namek crumbles beneath their feet! In the aftermath of battle, neither fighter is anywhere to be found, but Earth’s…
Chivalry of a Failed Knight: Episodes 1 – 4
When streaming service Viewster first picked up Chivalry of a Failed Knight I decided to give the first episode a go to see what the show’s all about. With the anime being handled by Silver Link I …
Gundam The Origin: Part III To Premiere In Spring 2016
Following the release of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Part II – Artesia’s Sorrow in Japanese cinemas this weekend, the staff of Sunrise’s OVA series have announced at a …
Movie & Sequel Announced for Sound! Euphonium
In September 2013, the renowned Kyoto Animation released Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions: Rikka Takanashi Revision, a cinematic retelling of their television anime series, before the…
Koimonogatari
Araragi, a high school student and supernatural problem solver, and Shinobu, his 500-year-old vampire companion, would have been killed by the junior high girl turned Goddess Sengoku Nadeko,…
Takashi Miike’s Yakuza Apocalypse to Play at Cardiff’s Chapter Arts
The Chapter Arts centre in Cardiff will partner with Wales’ International Horror Festival Abertoir to bring a selection of horror movies to cinemagoers on Halloween night and the highlight …