ReviewScifi
Starship Troopers: Traitor Of Mars (2017) (Blu-ray film review).
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…
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Anime/manga
Anime, manga and Japanese culture.
January 2018
December 2017
TrailerAnime/manga
Alita Battle Angel (first trailer for James Cameron film).
Here’s the first look at James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez’s live action version of Alita: Battle Angel with the release of the first movie…
October 2017
ReviewAnime/manga
Ghost In The Shell by Andrew Osmond (book review).
Probably in common with a lot of the audience who have seen the 2017 live action film ‘Ghost In The Shell’ starring Scarlett…
August 2017
ReviewFantasy
Monster Hunt: English Version (DVD film review).
‘Monster Hunt’ is a Chinese comedy film that is part-live action and part-animation. Telling the story of a human man who gives birth…
July 2017
NewsAnime/manga
The geek heaven that is Akihabara, Tokyo.
In this video, Chris Broad brings us an exclusive behind the scenes look at the geek uber-heaven that exists only in the Akihabara area…
March 2017
TrailerAnime/manga
Seoul Station (trailer).
Directed by Yeon Sang-ho who also directed Train to Busan, Seoul Station is a new animated prequel to the zombie horror anime. In…
February 2017
TrailerScifi
Ghost In the Shell: it’s a shell game (new trailer).
Here’s the new trailer for the paramount movie of Ghost In the Shell … if you like your scifi films based on the manga…
January 2017
TrailerAnime/manga
Ronja, The Robber’s Daughter (Studio Ghibli trailer).
Here’s the new trailer for the anime version of Ronia the Robber’s Daughter (Swedish: Ronja Rövardotter), the 1981 children’s fantasy book by Swedish…
November 2016
TrailerAnime/manga
Ghost In The Shell movie (trailer).
Here’s the trailer for anime/manga favourite Ghost In The Shell, this time redone as a live action film with Scarlett Johansson. Masamune Shirow will be…
October 2016
NewsAnime/manga
Yo-Kai Watch: The Movie Event (2016) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
Fast-paced and amusing, ‘Yo-Kai Watch: The Movie Event’ is a Japanese animated fantasy action film aimed seemingly at children but in Japan probably…
August 2016
NewsFantasy
Kubo And The Two Strings (a film review by Frank Ochieng).
Every once in a while there is family-friendly entertainment that lives up to its wonderment in imaginative storytelling and stunning visual scope. Certainly…
TrailerAnime/manga
The Animated Adventures of Firefly (teaser trailer).
Here’s the teaser trailer for The Animated Adventures of Firefly. Now, what do we need to do to make Stephen Byrne’s vision of an…