“One by one, the new generation will catch up to you, and in the end, they’ll surpass you,” says Kakashi to the defeated Akatsuki member Kakuzu.
Since Naruto tried out his new powerful jutsu “Rasen…
Going to the Midland Expo for the second time, I was again overcome with excitement. This time I travelled by train; on my way from Birmingham to Telford, I saw the place full of energetic cosplayers…
A trailer for Pokemon and Tecmo KOEI’s team-up Pokemon + Nobunaga’s Ambition has been unveiled.
The game is a spin-off crossover between the Pokemon franchise and the Nobunaga’s Ambition RPG…
“Never lend books; no one ever returns them. The only books I have in my library are books other people have lent me.” – Anatole France
When reading Library Wars I cannot help but make…
A trailer for the latest Eureka Seven anime has been released on the official website. Unfortunately it is restricted to users based in Japan but it has found itself on YouTube. Check out the trailer.…
Howl’s Moving Castle on BBC Two, 25/2/2012, at 12.00.
The dubbed version of the 2004 Studio Ghibli film Howl’s Moving Castle will broadcast on BBC Two at noon on 25th February.
Winners of the Tokyo Anime Award 2012:
The winners of the 11th annual Tokyo Anime Awards have been announced with Studio Ghibli’s From Up On Poppy Hill walking away with Animation of the …
The Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square is to show a classic anime movie double bill on 2nd April.
The cinema will be showing the subtitled versions of Akira at 19.00 followed by the original…
“Wine is sunlight, held together by water.” – Galileo Galilei
I myself am not a wine connoisseur. I, like most British people, look at them with a slight sense of annoyance and confusion.…
Namco Bandai Games is streaming a 12 minute video covering the beginning of .hack//The Movie (.hack//Sekai no Mukou ni) which was theatrically released on the 21st of January.
Synopsis
The story…
Media Factory has posted a trailer for Queen’s Blade: Rebellion the latest in a series of anime.
Synopsis
After the 30th Queen’s Blade tournament Claudette takes the crown. At first she…
A new 009 RE:Cyborg trailer was recently released and it shows more impressive animation.
Synopsis
The story follows a group of nine people who have been kidnapped from across the world for a project…
In 2004, all four single volumes of Fruit Baskets were reviewed very favourably on this site and as years went by, it became harder for me to find these single volumes that were rated so highly. Eight…
The official website for Sword Art Online reopened on the 10th of February and it contains images of the world and characters plus the official Twitter feed.
Synopsis
Kazuto “Kirito”…
The Japan Foundation has two lectures coming up on the 21st and 22nd of February named Video Games in Japan: Past, Present and Future.
The first night will deal with the question of how to preserve…
A new TV anime has been announced and it is based on Comfort Soft’s PSP adventure game for female gamers, La Storia Della Arcana Famialia, HuneX.
The story occurs on a small Mediterranean island…
With the US release of Studio Ghibli’s Arrietty nearing Walt Disney Pictures has pulled out all the stops to ensure that everyone is aware of it hence the collection of clips.
Based on Mary Norton’s…
Manga-ka Junjo Ito (Tomie, Spiral) is no stranger to having his weird fiction work adapted what with the numerous Tomie and Uzumaki live-action films and now Ito’s manga Gyo is the latest to get…
This review covers all volumes of Princess Knight.
Tezuka was not afraid to try anything. Alongside shounen, seinen, gekiga, political works, psychological, medical dramas, fantasy, and …
Kadokawa’s official YouTube channel has started to stream a trailer for the forthcoming Strike Witches film.
Synopsis
It is 1945 and Yoshika Miyafuji, who lost her magical witch powers during…
