Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, the responsible for the direction of the “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex” series and “Eden of the East”, 009 Re: Cyborg is an anime film based on Shotaro Ishinomori‘s Cyborg 009 characters. In Cyborg 009 nine people, from all over the world, are kidnapped by an organisation called Black […]
Cosplay videos – the best of Katsucon
Katsucon is an annual, 3 day long, fan festival held in the D.C. metro area for anime fans. It has a wider remit for multicultural entertainment but anime and cosplay are at the fore. Ackson Lee is responsible for some fantastic cosplay videos from Katsucon 18 (Katsucon 2012) despite her YouTube channel suggesting she may […]
Assault rifles as anime girls – Upotte!! trailer
Based on the manga by Kitsune Tennouji, Upotte! is an anime in which assault rifles have taken on the from of girls. Characters have names like FNC and M16A4. The anime tells the story by following a new teacher at the school where all this is happening. The director is Takao Kato who cooperated with […]
Eureka Seven Ao trailer
Eureka Seven Ao is the latest in the Eureka Seven line. It’s described as a “proper sequel” set sometime after the original series – thus avoiding the “alternative universe” sequel that some fans dislike. The anime follows two main characters; Ao Fukai is a child being raised by an old doctor called Toshio because both […]
NEO dives into the Oricon charts
The next issue of UK anime and manga magazine NEO is due out on the 23rd of Februry and it will feature an in-depth look at the Oricon charts. The Oricon charts are the J-pop equivalent of Mnet (K-Pop) and KKBox (C-Pop) and were founded in 1999. The charts look at what’s popular in CDs […]
Strike Witches movie trailer
Kadokawa have started to run a trailer for the Strike Witches movie. It’s due out on the 17th of March. It’s possible to use Google beta stage automatic captions in this trailer to try and translate the Japanese to English. At the time of posting the experience is pretty awful – Google appears to be […]
Pretty Cure New Stage movie trailer
There’s no shortage of Pretty Cure movies. Wikipedia counts 9 TV to movie creations and 4 All Star movies. Not bad for the Toei Animation which first aired in 2004.
The cosplay highlights of 2011
Photographer Omaru is also a videographer. In other words; he does photos and videos at the same time. That’s given him the chance to together a video montage of some of his favourite cosplays from 2011.
Redline (anime) review
It is impossible to review Redline without mentioning Wacky Races. However, let us be clear from the start: while the DNA of Hanna-Barbera’s classic might be present, this anime is a completely different beast. If Wacky Races were injected with nitrous oxide, animated by a team of adrenaline junkies, and set in a galaxy far, […]
Berserk Golden Age trailer: Egg of the Supreme Ruler
I liked Berserk. Let me put that in context – I watched it on YouTube back in the day you could easily find anime on the video site. I was single. I had a tiny flat, in an ancient building at the foot of a extinct volcano in the Scottish capital. It was freezing. An […]
