The Battle for Doldrey, the second Berserk movie, ensures that anime lives up to its 18-certification with plenty of blood, sweat and tears – blood from a torture scene and some deadly combat and the sweat and tears from all the other physical activities people tend to get up to. The hybrid form of animation […]
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Berserk: Movie 1 – The Egg of the King review
Toshiyuki Kubooka’s trilogy of new Berserk movies begins with The Egg of the King. This is an 18 rated movie and with good reason. There’s blood and nudity. The hero is called Guts. There is plenty of Guts. Berserk has a loyal fan base. The manga is more than a dozen years old. There’s been […]
Afterschool Midnighters review
Bonkers is a good word for Afterschool Midnighters. This anime is a CG effort. In fact, the film came about after a demo reel from director Hitoshi Takekiyo became so popular that a full length feature was commissioned. The quality of the CG is really high. Afterschool Midnighters shows what is possible with virtual animation […]
Nerawareta Gakuen review
This review of Nerawareta Gakuen (Psychic School Wars) is the result of the world premier held in Edinburgh, in Scotland Loves Anime, in October 2012. The anime was directed by Ryosuke Nakamura and is his first feature film after the TV series Box of Goblins. It’s based on the novel written by Taku Mayumura. Nerawareta […]
Psycho-Pass trailer
Psycho-Pass is set in the near future and a future when it is possible to measure a person’s state of mind and personality. All this can happen instantaneously, is recorded and measured – hence the term “psychopass”. The plot follows Shinya Kogami, a police officer or enforcement officer, who fights crime in this world. The […]
K premiers on Animax today
Animax Asia are providing this English language trailer for K. The series starts on the 5th on TBS and Animax. K is directed by Shingo Suzuki or Mardock Scramble and Makoto Furuta is chief animation director. The show is from the Starchild label, the same people who did Bodacious Space Pirates and Toradora!
Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack trailer
Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack is surreal horror from Junji Ito. Ito is well established an manga horror master; contributing to The Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection, Museum of Terror, Uzumaki and Hellstar Remina. In Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack a strange “Death Stench” turns fish into zombie like creatures with six, very sharp, legs. It follows […]
Anime complete series sets in Zavvi’s Mega Monday sale again
UK retailer Zavvi has a “Mega Monday” sale promotion that, as the name suggests, happens once a week. The sale drops the price of everything from games, through to technology, blu-rays and DVDs by up to 80%. Once and a while the sale features some anime and when it does it becomes the source of […]
Gothicmade trailer
Hana no Utame Gothicmade is a mecha anime following Berin, a song girl, who is responsible for the “hope” of humanity. Gothicmade is being produced, directed and written by Mamoru Nagano who is also responsbile for character and mechanical design. Previously, Nagano contributed designs to Zeta Gundam and The Five Star Stories. His style is […]
Ninja Scroll Steelbook (limited edition) trailer
Ninja Scroll is coming to Blu-ray. Hoo-ray! It’s a digitally transfered edition and looks far more crisp than I’ve ever seen it before. The Steelbook is a combination Blu-ray/DVD set, with a 20 page booklet and exclusive commentary by Director Yoshiaki Kawajiri. What works for this trailer is that they take the time to show […]
