A translated interview with anime director Shoji Kawamori and soundtrack composer Yoko Kanno discussing the making of their popular new soundtrack for Macross Frontier has been published …
After following this series via fansub I was keen to revisit the second Gainax tale of Angsty Girls in Space battling hoardes of invading alien space monsters in order to save the Earth. As with …
The third volume of Bleach commences with Ichigo, Yoruichi and their friends arriving at the Soul Society in order to save Rukia from her planned execution.
Entering the Rukongai district; a …
‘Claymore’ volume three is basically Yagi coming back into form. This volume begins to really unravel Claire’s past whilst simultaneously setting up her future. The conclusion to the long and…
At the start of this volume the moon continues to pour out the same fluid that animates the series Armours, Ray, Priscilla and the Eldora Folks try to hold off an army of unmanned vehicles, and the…
After months of hype from the North American anime distributor Bandai Entertainment boasting that a “new era” is coming as part of the Nebula Project, and our own representitive…
Spanning from July 3-6, Anime Expo is arguably the biggest anime convention in America, usually where the American anime distributors announce several titles.
Amongst all the noise Funimation…
Having just revealed his plans – albeit without much elaboration on the details – the Claw prepares to reshape the minds of everyone in th world, so they can live together in peace,…
Information is scarce, but Canned Dogs is reporting that Japanese animation studio Bones has a sequel to Fullmetal Alchemist in its planning stages – with Irie Yasuhiro as the director,…
With the Los Angeles’ Anime Expo in full swing this weekend, several announcements are either forthcoming or have already been made. Worthy of note so far has been the activity of Funimation,…
As the Western manga industry further establishes itself with consumers, more and more Japanese publishers are taking a firmer grip with their international sales. The latest manga label to…
Years ago, when I was at school, an openly gay friend let me borrow Gravitation, and it was quite timely, so I’m glad to have the chance to look at it again, to own the English release, and finally…
Throughout the multitude of different worlds and dimensions, she is known by many names, such as ‘The Dimension Witch’ or ‘The Far Eastern Witch.’ But in this gothic fantasy story from CLAMP,…
While the likes of Funimation and Bandai continue to thrive, international anime publisher ADV Films appears to be undergoing something of a financial crisis. In the last few weeks alone, several…
Continuing their recent spate of anime acquisitions, last night Funimation confirmed their licensing of Heroic Age; a 26-episode Greek mythology inspired space opera/mecha anime from 2007.…
The BFI have recently published “Spirited Away: BFI Film Classics” by British writerAndrew Osmond, describing his book as tracing “connections between Spirited Away …
A brand new 5 minute preview of The Sky Crawlers has been posted online for your streaming pleasure. Directed by Mamoru Oshii and animated by Production I.G, this highly anticipated science-fiction…
Manga Ent. have posted online a trailer for their sci-fi/fantasy flick Origin: Spirits of the past (a.k.a Gin-iro no Kami no Agito), originally released in Japan during January 2006 as animation…
Following on from the death of Elena and Raki becoming Claire’s cook they both travel to Rabona which is a holy city where there is a huge religious community. A Yoma is present here however holy …
Bringing the series past the midway point and with a greater emphasis on the story, volume five is probably the most informative and forward-moving so far.
Or, at least, that is the case after the…
