Manga Review

Love Hina Volume 2

When I think way back into the early days of my anime and manga fandom, I can remember a time when I couldn’t walk into a WHSmiths and easily find a manga section to pick from. I had to take trips to …

• 1st February 2012
News

Star Driver Movie in the Works

MBS chief producer Takeda Seiji revealed news of a film adaptation of the anime Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto at the recent Anime Business Forum +2012 event.

Synopsis

South of Japan is a tropical…

• 1st February 2012
News

Trailer for Zetman

The official website for the TV anime series adaptation of the Zetman manga is streaming this 90 second trailer.

Synopsis

Jin is a poor kid living with his grandfather and other destitute people…

• 31st January 2012
News

Manga and Cosplay in Gateshead

The Gateshead Central Library Library in Prince Consort Road, Gateshead will host two cosplay and manga-related events at the beginning of March.

Friday 2nd March: “Nintendisco,”…

• 30th January 2012
News

Strike Witches Movie Plot Revealed

Everybody’s favourite moe alternate-reality World War II anime is due out in cinemas soon and the plot has been revealed.

Synopsis

It is 1945 and Yoshika Miyafuji, who lost her magical witch powers…

• 29th January 2012
News

AmeCon Announce First Guest

AmeCon has announced that the voice actor Brad Swaile is set to attend. Swaile, who made a huge impression at the last amecon in 2010 should be familiar to people from his roles as Light Yagami in …

• 28th January 2012
News

Sora no Otoshimono Gets Third Season

Kadokawa’s official website and the March issue of Monthly Shōnen Ace both confirm that the anime Sora no Otoshimono (Heaven’s Lost Property) will get a third season.

Synopsis

High school boy…

• 26th January 2012
News

Trailer for New Precure Movie

Toei has releaed a new trailer for the latest instalment in the popular Precure anime franchise.

Synopsis

The city of Minato Mirai has been saved from Fusion by the Pretty Cures and they are the …

• 20th January 2012
Manga Review

Pluto Volume 8

This review covers all eight volumes of Pluto.

I imagine Naoki Urasawa suffered butterflies the first time it truly dawned on him that he was about to adapt Osamu Tezuka’s flagship work,…

• 17th January 2012
Anime Review

Cutie Honey

Cutie Honey stars, well, Cutie Honey who lives a double life as an office worker and the super heroine with extraordinary powers given to her by her father one year ago after a car accident. When …

• 11th January 2012
Features

An interview with Makoto Shinkai

In October, Film Director Makoto Shinkai made a surprise appearance at the screening of “The Children Who Chase Lost Voices From Deep Below”. We took that opportunity to request…

• 10th January 2012