With the latest addition to the Netflix Originals line-up; BLAME! launching on May 19th, we take a look at the film among five other titles that are confirmed to arrive onto the service in the future…
Every so often an anime will take people by surprise and become the talk of the (anime-based) internet, and last year My Hero Academia was just such a show. Blending western comics with shonen manga…
A study by the Japan Press Research Institute to find the most recognised Japanese people alive and dead has revealed some surprising results.…
Not long after we posted our news report of In This Corner of the World being part of the Annecy competition for this year, we noted that two other anime films will also be part of the animated category.…
This June distributor Manga Animatsu will be bringing In This Corner of the World, the inspirational and anticipated tale from acclaimed director Sunao Katabuchi (Mai Mai Miracle) to the UK …
Spring Preview 2017
The return of Attack on Titan! Season 2 of My Hero Academia! Yet more Berserk! The Eccentric Family re-appears for more tanuki mishaps and mayhem! Rage of Bahamut returns, …
After being orphaned as a child, Riki Naoe shut himself out from the world. However, he was soon saved when he met a boy named Kyosuke, and was recruited into the Little Busters, a group of friends…
At the time of writing we’re just days away from the release of the latest Persona game, Persona 5, so what better way to get into the mood than with the second movie adaptation of Persona 3? This movie…
Reviews for the long-awaited live-action Hollywood remake of Ghost in the Shell are in, and the reaction is mixed.
Most critics agree that the film directed by Rupert Sanders looks great, and …
With a lot of series, I would point to the writers or directors and put in brackets their most famous work, but Serial Experiments Lain IS the most famous work of writer Chiaki J. Konaka, character…
Some spoilers ensue…
Crimson-haired Princess Yona, the only child of murdered King Il of the kingdom of Kouka, is on the run from the forces of her cousin Su-Won, who has killed her father…
Seraph of the End is a title I’ve been especially fond of since Weekly Shonen Jump started publishing the manga in English a few years back. When the anime aired back in 2015 I regarded it as one of…
Every year The Japan Foundation offers a list of Japanese films for new audiences to explore, and not long ago their latest line-up was revealed! Here’s a look at what they have in store.…
Contains spoilers for The Heroic Legend of Arslan Episodes 1-13
After finding refuge from the Lusitanian forces in the fortress of Peshawar and reuniting with his allies Kishward and Bahman,…
“If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious.” – Alphonse Karr.
It is a question that many anime fans have asked themselves: what is it about high school male sports…
*** This is an edited/revised version of our original reviews of Ouran High School Host Club which deals with the content of the series: story; script; music etc. posted to celebrate the new Collector’s…
“Galocher – to kiss with tongues.” “La galoche – an ice-skating boot.” – Definitions from Petit Robert, France’s most popular dictionary.
It seems that in France ice skating and kissing go hand-in-hand…
One autumn evening, a college dropout stops at a ramen stand where he crosses paths with a self-proclaimed deity of matrimony. This odd encounter sends the man hurtling back through space and …
“About time!” screamed Gundam fans when Gundam Reconguista in G was announced. Yoshiyuki Tomino, the man behind the original 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam series, was returning to write and direct…
Arata Kusaga’s life changes when the sun turns black and his world (ours?) – and his beloved cousin Hijiri – are swallowed up by the Breakdown Phenomen. Gifted with a grimoire by Hijiri, Arata …
