NewsAnime/manga
Cowboy Bebop, the live action Netflix show: did it do the anime honour? (video)
The Critical Drinker finally settles down in front of the live action version of anime Cowboy Bebop on Netflix, a wee dram in…
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Anime/manga
Anime, manga and Japanese culture.
December 2021
November 2021
NewsAnime/manga
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: there is no better anime (documentary).
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is one of the best manga series, like, ever. It was also Miyazaki’s magnum opus. Let’s…
October 2021
NewsAnime/manga
Appleseed: Masamune Shirow’s true classic – let’s burn Ghost in the Shell (video).
Ed and Jim examine Masamune Shirow’s true classic. No, you muppet, not that silly old crap Ghost in the Shell, but Appleseed –…
September 2021
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Cowboy Bebop (Netflix anime live action scifi adapation: opening sequence teaser).
Cowboy Bebop is a new live-action scifi anime adapation from Netflix – concerning three futuristic bounty hunters, known as “cowboys,” who are attempting…
NewsAnime/manga
Star Wars Visions (the Disney Plus Star Wars anime TV series: reviewed).
The Dark Lord is back with us to tell us what he thought of Star Wars Visions, the Japanese-American anime anthology series on…
June 2021
NewsAnime/manga
Inside the Tokyo Akihabara’s anime stores (video).
Let’s take a visit through the anime stores of that most geekiest of areas, Tokyo’s Akihabara district. Hey, it’s like we’re really there!
NewsAnime/manga
What’s it like to work as an anime and manga figure sculptor? (video)
There’s a whole universe of manga/anime figures available on the shelves of model and toy stores in Japan. And you know what, some…
March 2021
NewsAnime/manga
Gundam Factory Tokyo – a full tour (video).
Paolo is on hand to bring us a 10-minute-long video tour of Gundam Factory Yokohama, just outside of Tokyo in Japan. The Gundam…
February 2021
NewsAnime/manga
Battle of the Planets: an anime documentary (video).
Back in the late 1970’s, the film Star Wars was released and it became a sensation. It made so much money everyone was…
NewsAnime/manga
Studio Ghibli theme park to build a life-size Howl’s Moving Castle.
The monster-massive Studio Ghibli theme park which is being designed for construction in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture has just released details for its life-size…
January 2021
NewsAnime/manga
Tomb Raider and Skull Island cartoons on the way from Netflix (news).
Netflix and Legendary Television are now collaborating to produce two new anime series, one based on Skull Island and the second on Tomb…