TrailerAnime/manga
Japan Sinks (Netflix anime SF disaster movie: trailer).
In SF disaster anime movie Japan Sinks, an ordinary family is put to the test as a series of massive earthquakes throw Japan…
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Anime/manga
Anime, manga and Japanese culture.
May 2020
ReviewAnime/manga
Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045 (TV anime review).
Our US chap, Chris Stuckmann, puts on the popcorn to review anime TV series, Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045, and its first season…
TrailerAnime/manga
Steampunk anime Kurayukaba moves to get funding (anime trailer).
The crew behind the steampunk anime movie Kurayukaba – led by Shigeyoshi Tsukahara – have now produced their pilot piece, off the back…
April 2020
NewsAnime/manga
Quentin Tarantino talks Kung Fu flicks (audio interview).
Quentin Tarantino chats about his high-kicking obsession with the Kung Fu movie genre. Yes, Dan Halsted, head programmer at Portland’s Hollywood Theatre, sits…
NewsAnime/manga
Studio Ghibli release splendid anime backgrounds for Zoom conferencing (news).
Are you still using fake billion-dollar apartment pictures as your Zoom background to make work colleagues jealous? That’s so last week, my friend.…
March 2020
TrailerScifi
Altered Carbon: Resleeved (Netflix anime: trailer).
Anime Altered Carbon: Resleeved comes to Netflix on March 19th 2020 via the team behind Cowboy Bebop, exploring the expanded universe of science…
February 2020
TrailerAnime/manga
Transformers War For Cybertron Trilogy: Siege (anime trailer).
Here’s the trailer for the new animated Transformers War For Cybertron Trilogy: Siege coming to Netflix in the near future. In the midst…
ReviewAnime/manga
Reboot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition (DVD TV series review).
As the creators of ‘Reboot’ explain in their audio commentary, this was the first fully computer animated TV series that attracted children and…
January 2020
NewsAnime/manga
Gundam: real-scale walking mecha to become major Japanese tourist attraction (news).
If you like your Japanese mecha big, as in Gundam-size, then you’re in luck! The City of Yokohama in Japan is opening a…
December 2019
ReviewFantasy
Away (2019) (animated film review).
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…
November 2019
NewsAnime/manga
Ten Years with Hayao Miyazaki (interview/documentary – part one).
A behind-the-scenes examination of the genius of Japan’s best known anime film director and co-founder of Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki. Miyazaki allowed one…
October 2019
TrailerAnime/manga
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.: Reawakened (Netflix anime: trailer).
Anime The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.: Reawakened is arriving December 30th 2019 on Netflix. Kusuo Saiki is a high school student who…