Anime Review
Blood Lad
“The geek shall inherit the Earth.” – Alexander Robbins
Blood Lad is an anime which stirs up strange thoughts. Thoughts such as: “Is Blood Lad the most northern-sounding…
Anime Review
Kamisama Dolls
Kyohei looks like a normal college boy, but in fact he’s from a rich family and a long line of ‘Seki’ – humans with the power to control kakashi, ancient wooden God-like beings. But many years ago …
Manga Review
Drug & Drop Volume 1
Drug & Drop is the long awaited continuation of Legal Drug, picking up with Kazahaya and Rikuo still working in the drugstore whilst picking up additional supernatural side jobs from owner…
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Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax Coming West This Summer
If your jaws are still on the floor from Bandai Namco Games’ announcement of a western release for the Shonen Jump fighting game crossover Jump Stars Victory Vs.+, you might be better off…
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DMP unveil new Kickstarter – Osamu Tezuka’s “Alabaster”
Digital Manga Publishing’s latest Kickstarter project is to release both volumes of Osamu Tezuka’s thriller Alabaster.
The series concerns an athlete turned villain James Block…
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My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU’s Second Season Teaser Streamed
This April, the anti-social misadventures of Hachiman Hikigaya returns with the second season of My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU. This time, studio feel will be taking over the animation duties…
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Anime Limited’s Q2 2015 Slate Revealed!
It was only a week ago when Anime Limited revealed the release dates currently filling up their schedule for 2015’s first quarter, which included the likes of Blood Lad and Wings of Honneamise …
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Third Window Films Release Greatful Dead Today
Third Window Films have some interesting releases in store for the UK with the highly anticipated crime-thriller, The World of Kanako, (the latest film from the director of Confessions) and …
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MVM To Release Super Sonico This Summer
Following Animatsu and Anime Limited’s recent announcements regarding upcoming anime releases, the distributor MVM Entertainment has revealed their first brand new license of the…
Anime Review
Giovanni’s Island
“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.” – Leo Tolstoy
When it comes to Japan covering the World War II, it is always a subject treated with wariness. …
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Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2015 Update
The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme starts in London in just under a week’s time and will visit various venues across the UK from January 30th to March 26th. This is the 12th festival and…
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Film4 to premier ‘The Wind Rises’ on 7th February
Film4 has announced on Twitter that it premier Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises on Saturday 7th February at 15.25.
On 23rd January Film4 posted the following tweet: “Heads up, Studio…
Anime Review
Durarara!! x2 Shou
Episodes 1-2 (Streaming on Crunchyroll) – This review contains spoilers.
“Biologically speaking, if something bites you, it’s more likely to be female.” –…
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Marvel To Release Attack On Avengers Crossover On Free Comic Book Day
Last year, two different geek worlds endured an incursion unlike any other when the Japanese popular culture magazine Brutus published Attack On Avengers, a one-shot crossover featuring …
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Anime Limited Reveals Q1 2015 Slate
The leftover Christmas Pudding is now in the bin, the festive trees are now once again in the loft and the tired trecks to work resume – it must be the New Year! 2014 is now a distant memory and…
Anime Review
Otorimonogatari: DVD Review
Back when Bakemonogatari was released, there were two female characters that never really engaged me throughout that series: Tsubasa Hanekawa and Sengoku Nadeko. In Hanekawa’s case,…