Back in September retail listings revealed that Anime Limited would be releasing the feature-length film Lonely Castle in the Mirror on Blu-Ray in the UK, with the tentative release date scheduled for 4th November 2024. Well, updated listings have now revealed that the film will be released on 25th November 2024. It is unclear what …
This week sees a wide variety of releases from Anime Limited and Crunchyroll with highlights including 86 EIGHTY SIX from Crunchyroll and Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – Part 1 from Anime Limited. As a reminder My Hero Academina: You’re Next is still screening in cinemas across the UK with tickets available through the website. Out …
Uzumaki Mini-Series Review During the spooky season of the year, I like to ignore my usual tendency to avoid horror and find things freak me out. The problem is that there’s still that upper limit of what I can tolerate before I get too scared to sleep. I’ve gotten better at pushing that limit as …
Ranma ½ is another of those series in the Patron Pick election (hey, it’s election season – Japan is having one today). And spoiler, it’s doing quite well. I don’t know if it will win but it definitely has patrons – including a few who said “I like it the best of those five but …
I made the comparison between Shogun and Chi.: Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite earlier. And I think it’s absolutely valid in the context it was offered – both reveal a bit of a myopic view towards “historical accuracy” in fiction. But in terms of content the stories could hardly be more different. While neither is …
October. Halloween, Beltane, the occult is in the air. What better time to address Japan’s youkai culture in all its diverse and sometimes mystifying forms? As anime and manga fans, we certainly have our fair share of exposure to this side of Japanese culture. Japanese is a bit of a singularity when it comes to …
