Geek Native’s Irregular Reconnaissance column takes a look at geeky things that have been distracting us. Consider the post a series of micro reviews for episodic titles. This batch of anime was exclusively watched via CrunchRolly streaming via the Xbox 360 app. Attack on Titan Episodies 1 to 15 It’s easy to see why Attack […]
Anime reviews, trailers and news
Welcome to Geek Native's dedicated Anime section, your portal to the latest and greatest from Japan. From action-packed shonen and fantastical isekai to slice-of-life comedies and mech-filled sci-fi, we cover the full spectrum of anime. This is the place for news on upcoming series, reviews of current seasons, and trailers for the most anticipated new releases.
Whether you're a seasoned otaku or just starting your journey, we'll help you discover what to watch next. For those ready to dive in, you can explore a huge library of series, both new and classic, over at Crunchyroll. Stay tuned for our latest recommendations and updates!
Three minutes of Captain Harlock
Harlock has been many incarnations but this computer animated Space Pirate Captain Harlock looks like it’ll be one of the best. Jinx. You certainly can get a food feel for the movie with this chunky trailer, more than 3 minutes in length and full of beautiful space scenes of deadly battle and explosions. The Japanese […]
Will Little Witch Academia 2 awaken anime studios across Japan?
This isn’t yet another Kicktarter. For a start, this is a Kickstarter to do the wonderful Little Witch Academia a free anime from Studio Trigger. Also, this is the Kickstarter that introduced the Japanese anime studios to crowd funding. Here’s the original. If the promise of a sequel feels like a “shut up and take […]
Trailer for Kamisama no Inai Nichiyobi
Kamisama no Inai Nichiyobi is a fantasy anime from Madhouse. It is set 15 years after the Sunday God abandoned the world. Humans have stopped being born and have stopped dying. The anime features Ai, a young girl who acts as a “Gravekeeper”, someone who tries to give the “would be dead” some peace. Her […]
A review of 009 Re: Cyborg
009 Re: Cyborg is an anime from Ghost in the Shell’s Kenji Kamiyama and Production I.G. I watched it here in Edinburgh, on a big cinema screen, as it’s the debut title from new Scottish based anime distributor Anime Limited. In short; it’s a cracking film, thoroughly engaging and blisteringly contemporary. Then it stops and […]
Arpeggio of Blue Steel trailer
Global warming has resulted in much of Earth’s land being lost to the waters. It’s the early 21st century when a “Fleet of Fog” apepars on the oceans, armed with super weapons, and defeats all rival navies. Mankind can no longer even try by sea. Nearly two decades later, Gunzo Chihaya and friends get their […]
The Memories of Phantasm: Fan made game sees second anime
The Memories of Phantasm is the second anime to come out of the dojin game Touhou Project. Touhou Project is a shooter developed by ZUN. That’s all we know about her or him. A dojin game is a fan made project and ZUN is responsible for all the graphics, programming and music, well, pretty much. […]
Unofficial Attack on Titan poster looks scary awesome
Attack on Titan gets rave reviews. I still need to watch it but I gather it can be more than a little brutal at times. Right now the anime series is avaiable on Crunchyroll and a live action is expected out in the winter of 2013. It was one of those titles that gained popularity […]
Official Ghost in the Shell: Arise trailer
The Arise story is set in 2027, a year after the fourth non-nuclear world war. First a self-propelled mine explodes in the city and then a military member suspected of taking bribes in an arms-dealing scandal is shot dead. Daisuke Aramaki investigates, encountering the hacking guru and cyborg Motoko Kusanagi. Batou suspects Kusanagi is behind […]
First Squad review
First Squad is an anime set on the Eastern Front as Russia fought the Nazis. We watched it with English sub-titles and most of the dialogue was in Russian. The plot is straight forward with the twist at the start rather than the end. We follow a young woman, with a red blindfold and a […]
