The SFcrowsnest archive
Anime, manga and Japanese culture.
‘Ronin Rising’ combines samurai-style combat with dystopian Science Fiction but, while the artwork is okay, the story doesn’t really make much sense. First,…
Makoto Shinkai, the Japanese animator hailed as the heir to Hayao Miyazaki, has crafted another visually stunning and emotionally resonant anime film with…
Kami are the spirits of Japanese folklore and an inukami, in particular, a dog-spirit that features in this manga series is called Yoko,…
In 1991, Gainax, the anime studio that would later go on to create ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’ (1995), made an OVA entitled ‘Otaku No…
The Critical Thinker is back for a little classic retrospective work, in this case a very fine review, of one of the greatest…
‘Afro Samurai: Volume 1’ is the basis for the hit anime Spike TV series ‘Afro Samurai’ which features the voice of Samuel L.…
Studio Ghibli has produced some of Japan’s most popular anime, with probably their most well-known film, ‘Spirited Away’, earning ¥30.4 billion, making it…
Our US chap, Chris Stuckmann, puts on the popcorn to review anime TV series, Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045, and its first season…
As the creators of ‘Reboot’ explain in their audio commentary, this was the first fully computer animated TV series that attracted children and…
I settled down to watch ‘Away’, an animated feature film with anticipation. It’s not Disney and it’s not Manga, so it’s going to…
‘Attack On Titan’ is the anime based series on the phenomenally successful debut manga by artist Hajime Isayama, has now had its second…
I haven’t seen the three films that followed the original ‘Starship Troopers’ (1997), although you don’t need them to follow this adventure. The…
