“Look at the darkest hit musicals – Cabaret, West Side Story, Carousel – they are exuberant experiences. They send you out of the theatre filled with music.” – John Lithgow
While …
“You must believe in God, despite what the clergy tell you.” – Benjamin Jowlett
If Death Note succeeds in at least one thing, it is that it has possibly created the most interesting and intriguing…
When I was given the chance to review the first Collector’s Edition of Fullmetal Alchemist I was overjoyed (you can find my first review here). I really love this series and so it’ll come as no surprise…
Studio Ghibli has been a household name in Japan for many decades now but its movies have touched many hearts across the world, especially in the UK, where several playwrights have taken the magic…
“As the poet said, ‘Only God can make a tree’ – probably because it’s so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.” – Woody Allen.
It has been nearly two years since the last Fairy Tail collection was…
*** 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…
I think it goes without saying that the original Fullmetal Alchemist anime is an important series for the anime industry. It paved the way for a whole new generation of people to stumble into Japanese…
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?(henceforth referred to by its Japanese abbreviation DanMachi) is one of my favourite light novel series, so when a spin-off series was licensed…
“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…
SAITEIHEN NO OTOKO -Scumbag Loser- vols 1, 2, 3 © 2012, 2013 Mikoto Yamaguti / SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
“Employee of the month is a good example of how somebody can be both a winner and a loser at the same…
Makoto Shinkai is currently known as the director of 2016’s biggest Japanese animated film, Your Name. But many years prior he was a beloved director of shorter, more unconventional pieces, …
Episodes 14-24
The warriors of the Western and Eastern Star battle on to determine who will be the Saviour King to rule them all and to bring about the coming of the Holy Grail. Jeanne Kaguya d’Arc,…
About a month ago (at the time of writing) I was given the chance to review the latest Pokémon movie,Pokémon Hoopa and the Clash of Ages, and in doing so it reminded me of how much I enjoyed some of the…
Recently I was given the chance to dive back into the Log Horizon series by reviewing the first part of Season 2. Now I’ve returned to finish the job by reviewing the second half of this fantasy anime.…
“Just like you said, we might not be able to turn in a performance that we can live with. But we’re going to play. So long as we have a chance to play, and an audience that will listen, I’m…
In the future, after a nuclear war and disease have destroyed most of the world; Japan has adopted a new modern way of living called ‘lifeism’. The aim is to preserve life at all costs via implants…
“When you were here before Couldn’t look you in the eye You’re just like an angel Your skin makes me cry
You float like a feather In a beautiful world I wish I was special You’re so very special”
– “Creep”…
Due to the huge success of the Sibyl System, a surveillance and biological monitoring system that gauges the likelihood that individuals will commit a crime before they do so, Japan has begun …
Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Vol. 1 © coolkyousinnjya 2013
Everyone who has ever gotten drunk has probably done something they have come to regret, whether it’s making drunk texts to ex-loved…
