Journey to Agartha
March 23rd, 2013
Nowadays every successful Japanese animator and their mother is held up as ‘the next Miyazaki’, but first to be touted as such was director Makoto Shinkai. His twenty five minute interstellar long-distance love story Voices of a Distant Star earned [...]
Trigun: Badlands Rumble
December 19th, 2012
Often cited as an example for how anime can do action with a better balance of brains, comedy and emotion, Trigun is still held as a hallowed treasure by its American fanboys, who in many ways gave the franchise a [...]
Anime Round Up August 2012
August 18th, 2012
Check out Rhythm Circus’ round up of this month’s hottest anime releases
Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society
May 31st, 2012
It’s odd that as our eyes linger longer at bright screens and as the online social worlds eclipse our own in size and prominence, the sci-fi anime behemoth once considered the definition of cult, Ghost in the Shell, has faded [...]
Anime Round Up May 2012
May 24th, 2012
Bleach: Series 8 pt2 Released by Manga Entertainment 14 May 2012 on DVD Out of all the long-running, weekly soap opera-esque anime instalments, Bleach remains the one still able to inject complexity and intrigue into its episodic format. In this [...]
Mardock Scramble – The First Compression
April 24th, 2012
From William Gibson’s Neuromancer, to Scott Ridley’s Bladerunner; the Deus Ex series of videogames, to Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell anime, cyberpunk’s technological dystopia is a setting beloved by creators and audiences. Marrying social commentary on a near-future gone [...]
Anime Round Up March 2012
March 8th, 2012
Fairy Tail – Part 1 Director: Shinji Ishihira Released: 5 March 2012 on DVD by Manga Entertainment Around the world the action anime is dominated by the big 3 namely Dragonball, Naruto and One Piece, but every year sees the [...]
Anime Round Up: February 2012
February 21st, 2012
Tekken: Blood Vengeance Director: Yoichi Mori Released 6 February 2012 on DVD by Manga Entertainment With fighting games back on top in the world of video games with Street fighter, Mortal Kombat Marvel Vs Capcom, Soulcalibur and King of fighters [...]
Anime Round Up: December 2011
December 20th, 2011
K-On 3 Released: 5 December 2011 on DVD by Manga Entertainment Director: Naoko Yamada The adventures of the light music club of Sakuragaoka Girl’s High School continue in K-ON volume 3 and as usual it’s lighthearted adventures and hijinks galore [...]
Eden of the East 2: Paradise Lost
November 23rd, 2011
Eden of the East: Paradise Lost, the second full length spin-off of the popular political conspiracy anime, sees the many loose plot threads of the series and the first film tied up in a largely resolute manner. But for anyone [...]