Christmas or Halloween? Technically, Krampus comes out at Christmas to punish little children who have behaved well enough. You can change that. Pick up this Ice Lord Krampus mask from Etsy and you can have the demon come out for Halloween and punish whomever he wants. Just leave me alone. Not sure I’d want to […]
Archives for October 2016
Competition: Independence Day Resurgence
Did you watch the movie? Here’s a chance to win the official movie novelisation by Alex Irvine. In Independence Day, the first movie, the world is caught unaware of the alien threat. Since then mankind has managed to merge alien technology with theirs to build huge cannons on the moon and on Mars. An entire […]
The dark hour: A review of Persona 3 – The Movie #1 Spring of Birth
There are more than 24 hours in the day. There’s a dark hour that exists between days, when machines stop working, people vanish into coffins and monsters called Shadows come out to hunt. The occasional human isn’t lucky enough to transform into a safe coffin clad item during the Dark Hour. They stay real, active […]
Turn off your brain: Girls und Panzer der Film
I hadn’t seen any Girls und Panzer before catching the film during the Scotland Loves Anime festival. Now I don’t need to. I think I’ve got the hang of this anime but if I’m visiting a friends flat, they want to watch some more, I won’t object. You might assume you know what’s in Girls […]
12 Masks of Halloween: #6 Six-eyed Demon
This leather mask is a hundred quid cheaper than some of the paper mache masks featured this year. It’s half the prize of some of the ‘high art’ entries in the 12 Masks of Halloween. That’s right; this weavy wonder will set you back only £530. Created by Winter’s Edge this six-eyed demon has glowing […]
Stunningly clever: A review of Your Name
Your Name is something of a slice of life anime from the acclaimed Makoto Shinkai. Makoto Shinkai is probably best known for titles like Garden of Words and 5 Centimeters Per Second and while they’re both good, especially Garden of Words, I think Your Name is a significant step up. I think Your Name has […]
The anime to move you: A review of A Silent Voice
A Silent Voice is the anime to show those nagging friends who think anime only features bikini catgirls in space pirate battles. This is a hard-hitting slice of life drama about bullying. The anime was directed by Naoko Yamada who is probably best known for K-On – another school drama but a world apart from […]
12 Masks of Halloween: #5 Steer Skull Mask
There’s something just right about wearing an ancient bone mask for Halloween. Perhaps, though, rather than actual bone a mask made from plaster and wire would be wiser. This Steer Skull Mask from Danni Lange looks like just the thing. Don’t be fooled by the simple elegance of the design; masks like this aren’t easy […]
Destiny fan creates awesome anime-esq intro
A mash-up of two of my favourite things; anime and Destiny. PopeOwned‘s video imagines what the intro credits would be like if Destiny was an anime series rather than a quasi-MMO that mixes fantasy with sci-fi. We’ve plenty of the usual anime opening tricks; a good look at the characters, some mythic landscapes, space combat […]
Always accelerating: A review of Accel World Infinite Burst
I’ve not seen any of the Accel World series before watching Infinite Burst. I’m not especially keen to watch any of it now that I have. My main challenge with Accel World: Infinite Burst is that I don’t know when the re-cap finished and the actual movie started! That’s a weird one but at least […]
