We seem to be transitioning into a period where Shoushimin Series returns to something close to the format of the first season. That’s obviously a danger zone for me, given that I pretty much lost interest in it and would likely have dropped it were it not the Patron Pick that season. The underlying dynamic …
A new Happy Meal promotion has begun at McDonald’s in the UK, and this time it sees the return of Pokémon with a Dragon-Type theme. Available now, and available until 17th June 2025 (or while supplies last), McDonald’s UK will be offering Pokémon themed items inside their Happy Meals, with the assumption that they will …
With MCM London Comic Con taking place this weekend, between 23rd and 25th May 2025, at the ExCeL Centre in London, it is now the perfect time to highlight some of the anime related activities and guests that will be taking place throughout the weekend. Of course, this won’t be an exhaustive list of things …
The week sees a single release from Crunchyroll in the form of Shangri-La Frontier – Season 1 Part 2, but there is more to explore this week with MCM London Comic Con taking place this weekend at the ExCeL Centre. Out This Week: 19th May 2025: Shangri-La Frontier – Season 1 Part 2 (Blu-Ray) Out …
It hasn’t escaped my notice that there’s an odd symmetry between the two Patron Pick winners, past and present, occupying Sunday nights on my schedule. Shoushimin Series (like Kusuriya no Hitorigogo, as I’ve noted more than once) is better when it’s about something. But Witch Watch is very much in the opposite camp. I find …
Welcome back for another episode of My Taste is Better Than Yours. This week Samu and I are back in JUMPing mode, as we take a first look at the two new Weekly Shounen Jump serializations Tomoshibi no Otr (Otr of the Flame) by Kawaguchi Yuki, and Nice Prison by Suganuma Tatsuya. Spoiler: it’s a …
