Features

Koji Yamamura

Koji Yamamura is one of Japan’s finest animators, who has even been nominated for an Oscar for best short animation with Mt. Head. He creates his animations mostly on his own, without a huge…

• 1st December 2012
News

Vividred Operation TV Commercial

A 15-second advertisement for A-1 Pictures’ forthcoming original anime Vividred Operation reveals some of the animation and the names of cast and crew involved.

The anime is directed by Kazuhiro…

• 30th November 2012
News

NEO awards open for public voting

Neo Magazine annual award has opened for public vote.

The nominations are in! After an intense year packed with the biggest franchises, the hottest new releases and some of the most exciting live…

• 28th November 2012
Anime Review

Naruto: Shippuuden Volume 10

With the Guren arc finished, we return to Orochimaru who is now bedridden and severely weakened. His plan to transfer himself to Sasuke’s body after his three year wait is almost at hand. However…

• 25th November 2012
News

Dog Days commissioned for third series

The fantasy kemono anime series Dog Days has been recommissioned for a third season. Takuya Fujima, who illustrates the manga adaptation of the series, said at a special promotional event the…

• 25th November 2012
News

Steins;Gate Movie Trailer Released

Today a trailer for the upcoming Steins;Gate movie was posted to the movie’s official website and on Kadokawa’s YouTube channel. The trailer features a few short unseen clips as…

• 24th November 2012
News

Podcast XI – Clan Aid!

By special request of Otaku-san, we take time out from our usual diet of blood, guts and carnage to discuss popular visual novel adaptation, Clannad. Along with the original series we’ll also …

• 24th November 2012
News

AnoHana Film Preview

A preview video for the anime movie adaptation of the Noitamina title “Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day” has been released on the official website.

The movie adaptation retells the story of …

• 23rd November 2012
Manga Review

Missions of Love Volume 1

To her classmates, Yukina Himuro is the ‘Absolute Zero Snow Woman’, a strange girl with cold hands and an equally cold stare, avoided by everyone apart from her cousin Akira. Little do they know …

• 23rd November 2012
Anime Review

Berserk: The Golden Age Arc

Let’s be honest, by now some of you may at least have heard the name “Berserk” thrown out there in some way, shape or form, and considering the series is nearing 23 years old (15…

• 21st November 2012