Episodes 1-10
Although high schooler Raku Ichijo is the son and heir to a yakuza clan, he’s happy to make breakfast for all his father’s men every day – he’s that kind of a guy. But his father has plans…
Following an announcement four years ago and a series of successful television anime adaptations, the Japanese animation studio SHAFT will be bringing Nisio Isin’s avant garde Monogatari …
Hiyori Iki is a kind-hearted high school girl whose selfless nature nearly leads to her death as she pushes a young man chasing after a cat out of the path of an oncoming bus. Luckily (?) for her, the…
2015 marks the fifth year of the Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival, the only film event in Wales to show anime on the big screen. The festival takes place over the course of a day in Cardiff and …
The popularity of Yoshiki Tanaka’s famous The Heroic Legend of Arslan fantasy novel series has seen the exploits of the Pars crown prince retold over the years through a variety of different…
Episodes 1-7 (Streaming on Crunchyroll)
“Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter.” – James A. Garfield
If the stereotypes of the Far East are anything …
Details have been released about the movie adaptation of Reiko Shimizu’s sci-fi manga Himitsu – The Top Secret.
The manga is set in the late 21st century. A brain scanner is introduced at…
A trailer for Mamoru Oshii’s latest film has been released by the film’s official website and it’s a live-action production.
The film is about a talented girl in an art school. She is a genius who…
Just over a year has passed since the final episode of Noragami, Studio Bones’ twelve episode anime adaptation of Adachitoka’s supernatural manga, was broadcast in Japan. The…
“When your mother asks, ‘Do you want a piece of advice?’ it is a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway.”…
Last year, Aniplex and SHAFT blew expectations out of the water with their beautifully coloured and splendidly choreographed television anime adaptation of Naoshi Komi’s hit romantic…
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,…
Travelling back in time always has unforeseen consequences – as third-year high school student Koyomi Araragi (Hiroshi Kamiya) should realize. But when he asks vampire girl Shinobu Oshino …
“What one owes to one’s mother is never repaid.” – Basque proverb
Michiko & Hatchin is a series that has some pleasant features. Perhaps the best is that, unlike…
The 12th Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme has announced the line-up for its run in 2015 and the title for this year is “It Only Happens in the Movies?”
The website bills the festival as:
Showcasing…
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno opens tomorrow at selected cinemas across the UK from November 28th to December 04th. We knew the dates the sites and thanks to Anime News Network, we now know the…
Rurouni Kenshin 2: Kyoto Inferno (cert.15) opens in UK Cinemas on November 28th, 2014 courtesy of Warner Bros. UK and we now have a UK trailer and a list of cinemas the film will be screened at to share…
When Anime UK News broke news that the sequel to 2012’s Rurouni Kenshin would be released in the UK reaction was quick as fans took to the forums to celebrate. Almost two months on from that early …
“Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.” – Carl Jung
Following on from the original…
“All that matters is the robot of justice wins!” Akiho Senomiya
Building a giant robot has always been Akiho’s dream – and with the help of the Robot Research Club at her high school on the island …
