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Not the B-class anime it threatens to be: A review of Pompo the Cinephile

October 22, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A surprise hit, even if… and we can all soak up the irony, the editing arc could maybe have done with a fraction more editing.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: pompo: the cinephile, reviews, scotland loves anime

Not ordinary at all: A review of Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

October 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko won the Judge’s Award at Scotland Loves Anime and is about a young teen coming to grips with life with her unusual mother.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko, reviews, scotland loves anime

Skynet Glee: A review of Sing a Bit of Harmony

October 20, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Our friendly robot needs to pass for a human, but she wants to make people happy. Is that human?

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: reviews, scotland loves anime, sing a bit of harmony

Spaces battles and alien romance: A review of Knights of Sidonia – Love Woven in the Stars

October 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you’ve invested time into seeing whether humanity can survive, then this movie has the answer, and you won’t feel cheated by it.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: Knights of Sidonia, love woven in the stars, reviews, scotland loves anime

The Dragon and U: A review of Belle

October 17, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Belle is evolved so far from Beauty and the Beast that it highlights the faults of the former. It does so in a non-critical way, Mamoru Hosoda is a fan.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: belle, Mamoru Hosoda, reviews, scotland loves anime

You’ll remember: A review of Over the Sky

October 17, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Over the Sky looks gorgeous. That was the plan. Stunning backdrops and magical dream sequences are all part of the sentiment hammer it hits you with.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: over the sky, reviews, scotland loves anime

Surprise, you’re an evil princess: A review of The Relative Worlds

October 14, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Then you discover that lots of people have dropped dead. It just happens now and then. No one knows why and people are scared. Could it happen to them?

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: reviews, scotland loves anime, the relative worlds

Living with Crying: A review of I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

October 21, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Here’s an anime worth making an effort to watch. I Want to Eat Your Pancreas aired at the Scotland Loves Anime festival in 2018 in Edinburgh on the same day as Calamity of a Zombie Girl. Don’t let the coincidence of names fool you; I Want to Eat Your Pancreas is not a zombie anime. […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: a-1 pictures, a1-pictures, anime, scotland loves anime

Tarantino gone wrong: A review of Calamity of a Zombie Girl

October 20, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I watched the UK premiere of Calamity of a Zombie Girl in Edinburgh during the Scotland Loes Anime film festival. The whole audience was laughing at it, snorting in disbelief at times, but probably not in the way the director or Gonzo, the production company, wanted. I’m not sure what sort of story Calamity of […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: Calamity of a Zombie Girl, reviews, scotland loves anime, zombies

The dark hour: A review of Persona 3 – The Movie #1 Spring of Birth

October 24, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: a1-pictures, demons, persona 3, reviews, scotland loves anime, Shoji Meguro

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