(This review covers both the first season and the second one, Bananya and the Curious Bunch) Now here’s an anime that I’m sure not a whole lot of people know about. Bananya is a short TV series that’s literally about the adventures of cute pocket-sized kittens that live in banana peels. That’s it. It’s a …
Apocalypse Hotel #04 — Return of the Graboids
Ew, Tremors. Impressions: It was definitely stronger than the previous episode, and I kind of approve of its attempt to invoke horror tropes. Tremors being the obvious one, but it also did the Jurassic Park scene and Ash/Doomguy’s chainsaw. But that only came about 17 minutes into the episode and lasted for less than …
Celebrate Ani-May 2025 with Crunchyroll
The month of Ani-May starts this week, on 1st May 2025 to be exact, and to celebrate Crunchyroll in the UK will be offering discounts at retail, an exclusive competition at HMV, new merchandise, free anime to watch on the Crunchyroll streaming platform for non-subscribers, and new games for subscribers. Discounts at Retail: Online retailers …
Sony Pictures announces “SCARLET” for UK cinema release
Sony Pictures, through the official Sony Pictures social media accounts, have today announced that they will release SCARLET, the latest anime film from Studio Chizu and Mamoru Hosoda, in cinemas across the UK in the near future. SCARLET is the latest anime film from director Mamoru Hosoda, who is known for his works such as …
Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals – 04
Boy, Vigilante is just really good. It should be getting way more hype than it does, but when you consider that Boku no Hero Academia’s fanbase is one of the most intrinsically negative in animanga history, I guess it’s not surprising. Most of these people would bitch about getting a box of diamonds gift-wrapped in …
Aharen-san wa Hakarenai Season 2 – 04
If you asked me about the prospects for an entire episode spent wandering the hilarious and slightly terrifying hallways of Raidou’s mind, I’d have been extremely bullish. And unsurprisingly, the results were just as glorious as you’d expect. Matsuboshi’s imagination is one of animanga’s great comedic superpowers. The winning formula for Aharen-san wa Hakarenai is …