Spring 2012 Anime Preview
This is a preview of the shows that are expected to air in the Spring 2012 block. This season is packed full to bursting with idols, bishonen and moe from major players like Sunrise and Studio DEEN.…
This is a preview of the shows that are expected to air in the Spring 2012 block. This season is packed full to bursting with idols, bishonen and moe from major players like Sunrise and Studio DEEN.…
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 …
The classic anime, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water is getting a Blu-ray box set release in Japan on the 23rd of November.
Based on the works of Jules Verne the anime followed the story of a young inventor…
In June I had the opportunity to watch and review the first of four new movies that re-imagine the Neon Genesis Evangelion series. The reworking of this classic came with the promise of not only …
Thankfully, after a few delays, Anime On Demand has all of their line-up for the summer anime season up and I’m here to give you a quick guide on what to expect from the new offerings that Japan…
Anime studio Gainax and car maker Subaru have teamed up to create a new magical girl anime named Hokago no Pleiades (Afterschool Pleiades), which will be streamed over the internet exclusively…
How a series ends is important. Perhaps more important even than how it begins. The final moments of a show are key to how it will be remembered. It’s impossible to please all of the people …
Carmaker Subaru and Gainax joined forces to produce a new anime. So far, the only details released were the name of the main creators, as well as a less than revealing image from it. Shouji Saeki …
It used to be that every male Japanese Otaku worth his salt wanted nothing more than to pilot his own giant robot. Then later it became their ultimate fantasy to be surrounded by a harem of adoring…
Gainax have shown time and again that they can take a genre and create something that plays fast and loose with the rules and Mahoromatic is one such series. In this case, the show takes the conventions…
In order to talk about Evangelion: 1.01 You Are (Not) Alone it’s best to start with a bit of history. For Evangelion diehards I apologise for this brief interlude, but it’s important…
A new Evangelion manga drawn by Takumi Yoshimura has been announced at the Kadokawa’s Asuka magazine. Shin Seiki Evangelion: Ikari Shinji Tantei Nikki (Neon Genesis Evangelion: Shinji…
Gainax’s Hanamaru Kindergarten is going to be streamed for free at Crunchyroll one week after it’s airing in Japan. Hanamaru Kindergarten is a slice-of-life comedy centered in…
First, a warning. This review contains a couple of major spoilers for the *first* volume of Gurren Lagann because, well, I don’t see how I could possibly review this volume without doing…
Gurren Lagann is not the best anime ever made.
There, I’ve said it.
On the surface, Gurren Lagann isn’t even particularly original. Go Nagai was doing “Over the top manly super…
The UK release of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann has been announced for the 22nd of June with both regular and limited editions. Whilst the content of the limited edition is still unknown, but considering…
Today’s anime releases are two Gainax shows released by ADV as box sets:
–Mahoromatic –Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
The Spiral Box set release has been pushed to the…
From ANN
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can [Not] Advance, will open on 27th of June in Japan.
“The project’s official website and the second film’s teaser, which was shown with the first…
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 …