May 25 to 27th at the Excel in London is MCM Expo aka Comic Con London. This is the largest pop culture festival in the UK with cosplay, a games expo and a whole comic village. Noel Clark will be there, stars from Teen Wolf, Once Upon a Time and Grimm along with C-3PO star […]
Anime reviews, trailers and news
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The first 20 minutes of the Rainbow-Coloured Fireflies
Toei have released the first 20 minutes of Rainbow-Colored Fireflies: The Eternal Summer Vacation (Niji-iro Hotaru Eien no Natsu Yasumi). They’ve said they’ll make it available until the 18th of May which is just before the cinema release. It’s not clear whether they’ll then pull this clip from YouTube. Yuta is a young boy who […]
Hagure Yuusha no Estetica trailer
The epic RPG anime Hagure Yuusha no Estetica adapts from the 2010 light novel series. The organisation BABEL is set up in the world of Areizaado after the hero Akatsuki Ohtorizawa defeats the Satan king. BABEL creates an academy to protect people coming back from other worlds, returning to Areizaado now it is safe to […]
Blood-C: The Last Dark trailer
Due for reason in cinemas in Japan this June, Blood-C: The Last Dark is an anime from CLAMP and Production I.G. Blood-C follows a group called SIRRUT as they try and oppose a politician called Fumito Nanahara who is high influential in Tokyo. Fumito is responsible for the Youth Ordinance Bill which not only has […]
Trailer for Fairy Tale movie: The Maiden of the Phoenix
Satelight and A-1 Pictures have brough together the original voice actors for the Fairy Tail anime series for a Fairy Tail movie. The Maiden of the Phoenix will hit the cinema in August of this year in Japan. A girl called Eclair finds the Fairy Tail wizard’s guild insisting that she’s lost all of memories […]
The 10 minute trailer: Space Battleship Yamato 2199
The team behind the anime Space Battleship Yamato have released a long trailer for their sci-fi epic. We’re not talking 2, 3 or even 5 minutes long. We’re talking about a 10 minute clip from the show. The first two episodes of the series will actually air in cinemas around Japan from the end of […]
MMORPG anime Sword Art Online gets extended tailer
When Geek Native wrote about Sword Art Online back in February there was some debate about the premise. The game – a “VRMMORPG” if you want – is one where you die in real life if you die in the game. How does that work? The trailer still doesn’t explain so we’re left to speculate. […]
Second Mass Effect: Paragon Lost anime trailer
We first had a peak at this trailer in a Mass Effect and Dragon Age anime feature from Dailymotion. That’s when we discovered that James Vega would be the main character. James Vega. Today, anime publisher T.O. Entertainment posted a longer video. It’s the same source; pencils and colouring but it shows off more of […]
AKB48 in spaaace: AKB0048 trailer
AKB0048 is an anime which takes a real life, popular, and pop all-girl band from Japan into an anime. It’s a bit harsh to describe this as Spiceworld/Spice Girls the Movie as AKB48 have a history on anime; ranging from the Dragon Ball Kai ending to other various anime scores. AKB48 isn’t just a girl […]
Jormungand trailer
Animation studio White Fox, the company behind Steins; Gate, are producing this (and a second series) of Jormungand. The anime features an unofficial arms dealer called Koko Hekmatyar, who works outside the law, with a team of ex-military bodyguards. Jonah is a new recruit to the team of body guards, but the child soldier seems […]
