The scar tissue builds up pretty fast with a series like Takopii no Genzai. It’s exhausting in that it’s like two cours worth of angst crammed into six episodes (or 16 chapters). And that may be an understatement. But also because you distrust anything he shows you that isn’t frankly terrible. So when you get …
Yofukashi no Uta (Call of the Night) Season 2 – 03
I speculated that Anko-san’s arrival might not have been an entirely bad thing, given how perilous Mahiru’s situation looked to be. But this episode was a reminder that as long as you consider vampires like Nazuna the good guys, Anko is the enemy. She’s quite a mystery still, both in terms of her motives and …
Summer 2025 First Episode Awards
Wooper: Now that we’re a couple weeks beyond 2025’s halfway point, the summer season is in full swing, with many of the shows we just sampled having dropped their second (and in some cases third) episodes. Personally, I haven’t moved past their premieres yet, but I’ll have to very soon, since we’re bringing back the …
Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing to screen at BFI IMAX on 28th August 2025
Ahead of its general release next month Anime Limited will screen Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing at the BFI IMAX in London on 28th August 2025 at 6pm BST as a special fan event. Tickets are not yet available to book, but they will become available to purchase through the BFI …
Animate Pop-Up Store to Open in London this October
A report on AnimeNewsNetwork has revealed that the Japanese retailer Animate, otherwise known as Animate Ltd, will open a pop-up store in London this October. The pop-up store will open in late October at London Waterloo Station, in The Sidings located underneath Platforms 20 – 24. Specific opening details and expected items being stocked have …
Long Title Porn Game #01 — Hump Day
Yeah, I get the joke. Just for the record, that other shounen thing about oni with magic demon blood or whatever began with a 5 minute info dump with a literal whiteboard to help the exposition along. When it seemed like a fight was about to break out, it smash cut past it so it …






