Anime Review
Love Live! Sunshine!! Season 1 Review
A new season brings with it a new cast in Love Live! Sunshine!! Can these new girls live up to idols past?
News
Yuri!!! on Ice performed at the Winter Olympics
Miu Suzaki and Ryuichi Kihara performed to music from the figure skating anime.
Opinion
Feature: The Soundtrack of Yuri!!! On Ice
“I was in a Little Chef once, and I read the menu, and it said: ‘Try one of our desserts. Go on, you only live once.’ And I thought: ‘That’s a bit of blow for the Buddhists, isn’t it?’ What a way to find …
Film Review
Ian Wolf reviews We Are X
“To create some kind of art, I don’t think you should be in a normal mental state of mind. It’s a war.” – Yoshiki, X Japan’s drummer, pianist and composer.
As this is an anime website, it is probably…
Anime Review
Show By Rock Review
Cyan Hijirikawa has always regarded herself as nothing more than an ordinary girl in a mediocre world. She has great talent and skill at playing the guitar, but can never muster up the the courage…
Anime Review
Love Live! School Idol Project Season 1 Review
A large cast of varied and fun characters, as well as fantastic music, animation and voice acting make Love Live a joy to watch
Anime Review
Love Live! School Idol Project
“I’ve never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down.” – Virgil Thomson …
Anime Review
Super Sonico: Complete Collection
If you’re a follower of modern Japanese culture you may have heard, or at least have seen an image of, Super Sonico. She’s a mascot for the visual novel company Nitroplus, first appearing in 2006…
Anime Review
K-On! The Movie
“I’m leaving because the weather is too good. I hate London when it’s not raining.” – Groucho Marx.
This film does make for a pleasant change, because usually…
Anime Review
K-On! Season 2 Volume 2
“Pop music is about stealing pocket money from children.” – Ian Anderson.
We are now moving into a closing movement in the life of Ho-kago Tea Time, the five-piece band unique…
Anime Review
Kids on the Slope
“Jazz is not dead … it just smells funny.” – Frank Zappa.
MVM clearly have high hopes with this series. For starters it was only released this year so it has been a quick turnaround…
Anime Review
K-On! Season 2: K-On!! Season 2, Part 1
“Music is powerless to express anything.” – Igor Stravinsky.
Liverpool gave us the Fab Four called “The Beatles”, Rutland gave us the Pre-Fab Four called “The…
Manga Review
FLCL: FLCL Omnibus: The Complete Manga Series
“Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened.” – Thomas Hardy.
If you are into your anime and manga then you will no doubt have come across…
Anime Review
K-On! Volume 3
Starting from where we left off, Azusa – a first year student – wants to join the Light Music Club after watching their performance in front of the new pupils. As a guitarist herself,…
Anime Review
K-On! Volume 2
My impressions of the first volume of K-ON! were positive in regard to its approach to providing an entertaining and light-hearted Slice-Of-Life show, yet I felt it had some flaws in the music…
Anime Review
K-On! Volume 1
“I laugh at your conversational skills, or lack of” Idlewild – When I Argue I See Shapes
As a person who has constantly listened to new music for eleven years and considers BECK:…
Anime Review
FLCL (Furi Kuri) Volume 1
When it comes to reviewing anime, one of the most frustrating tasks can be screen-capping. Sometimes you’ll remember the cool scenes, jump straight in and snap away. Job done. But with FLCL, it’s…
Anime Review
FLCL (Furi Kuri)
FLCL bears all the hallmarks of a post Eva anime, there’s the pre-requisite fighting robots and angst ridden teenagers all thrown headlong into a melting-pot of emotion and intrigue, …