I watched a chunk of the Black Butler anime before giving up. I wasn’t the target demographic. The live action is very different. It’s set in the future. There’s a different sort of the anime-esq gender role tensions. Sebastian is still one hell of a butler. He’s looking after a young noble who has had […]
Black Butler live action trailer
I’m not sure what I made of the anime Black Butler series. I started to watch it but then it was overtaken by others. Even though the butler, Sebastian Michaelis, is one Hell of a butler and he helps his lord out of all sorts of situations I suspect I’m not entirely the target audience. […]
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 […]
Yen Plus retires print magazine, announces refunds and goes online
The end has come for Yen Press‘ magazine Yen Plus. Well; one end, a type of end anyway as the publisher is (wisely, perhaps) putting a stop to the print magazine in favour of an online only model. Yen Plus is two years old and has had some success. It was the vehicle by which […]