*Spoiler warning: if you haven’t see the Steins;Gate TV series, then I recommended you watch that first before reading this review!*
Steins;Gate was one of the shows in 2011 that got plenty…
The promotional image for this film makes it look as if this would be your standard group magical adventure but little did I know that Aura: Koga Maryuin’s Last War is much more down to…
“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…
“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…
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” – Pablo Picasso
As a lover of manga and anime I believe that Bakuman is a must-read manga because…
“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…
Anime Mirai literally means “Future Anime”. The idea of this project is simple: to offer the opportunity to train new talent on the job, as they work on one of four short films that …
“I know that the human being and the fish can co-exist peacefully.” – George W. Bush
Squid Girl does something which is very clever – making a villain likeable. It is …
“A love hotel is a place to nurture love…and love wins against all odds.” Toshio Shirosaki.
High school student Yorozu Shirosaki helps his mother run the gloriously kitsch…
“The stars are majestic laboratories, gigantic crucibles, such as no chemist could dream.” – Henri Poincaré
Based on a series of computer games created by honeybee, this…
“Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and we cannot live in.” – James Baldwin
So, all good things must come to an end and this is no exception.
There are several problems…
It’s already a lottery within itself to have an anime series licensed for the UK, but to have multiple versions of the same story – especially one being a translation of the original book – is rarely…
“Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering she looks like a haddock.” – John Barrymore
I must confess that I have come late to the delights …
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,…
Presumably, Kyoto Animation had some spare change gathering fluff in their back pockets. It is the only possible explanation for this aimless bundle of whimsy. Only extremely dedicated fans…
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…
When The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya begins on the 16th of December, it appears to be just another episode: Kyon bemoans Haruhi’s now-permanent intrusion into his life, Haruhi voraciously…
“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:…
With his job on the line, Toraji sets out to get his team ready for the Preliminary Tournament, and with the new addition of Azuma to make a full Kendo team, the dream seems to be slowly becoming a reality.…
Unless you’re a newcomer to anime, you probably know the name Haruhi Suzumiya. The first series was widely recognized and soon became a cult classic in both eastern and western fandom.…
