After eight volumes of covers depicting the bright-eyed students and considerate teachers that have defined Coco’s journey so far, it feels grimly appropriate that Witch Hat Atelier’s ninth volume spotlights one of the wardens of magic, the enforcers dedicated to preventing its dangerous misuse. Through their collective efforts to create a magical accessory that might …
Witch Hat Atelier #03 — Pre-Test Testing
I can’t wait for the post-test paperwork. Impressions: Welp, Witch Hat. I just spent a week dragging you in posts about other shows for spending most of your second episode on setup for test certification, which itself is a pre-test for the real testing. So what’s the test going to be? No reason it …
New UK Anime Releases: 13th April 2026
This week sees two new releases from Anime Limited, namely the official release of SPY x FAMILY CODE: White, which is available on DVD, Blu-Ray and Collector’s Edition form, as well as the cinematic re-release of AKIRA. As a reminder AKIRA will be screened using a 4K remaster and will also be available in IMAX …
Spring 2026 Impressions: Scenes from Awajima, Eren the Southpaw, Kujima Utaeba Ie Hororo
Scenes from Awajima Short Synopsis: About the lives of several girls who live in the Awajima Opera dorm. Mario: The only thing I knew about this series coming in was that it’s an adaptation from Takako Shimura, whose works Wandering Son and Aoi Hana I absolutely adore. Just 5 minutes into this show and you …
Ghost Concert #02 — Welcome to The Compound
Japan, do you have something you want to share about cults? Impressions: Anime, how many shows are we going to have this season about a dude dragging a bunch of teenage girls off to a compound in the woods to learn magic? And same as all of them, the whole schtick of learning the …
Black Cat etc #01 — Ass Kissing
Yes, literal. Impressions: The most surprising thing about this episode is that for all the times that anime can’t wait to draw animal anuses, they decided that here and now, after finally getting the scriptwriters on board, they were going to chicken out. Also, that it’s actually pretty animated, and generally expressive. Certainly not the …






