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 …
I can already kind of tell that Ao no Miburo is going to be one of those series I want to like more than I actually do. The premise is an A+ for me. Shinsengumi, new recruits, trying to make sense of the good vs. evil dynamic in a time where – as Nio says …
The schedule on the MCM Comic Con website has revealed that Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning, the latest feature-length-film in the Digimon Adventure franchise, and ONE PIECE FAN LETTER, which is an adaptation of the Straw Hat novel stories, will be screened at MCM x EGX this weekend. Both features will be shown on centre …
Sengoku Youko is a series that really knows how to stage the big moments. But truthfully we’re still on the undercard here – the main events are still very much to come. This series is divided into three roughly equal-sized arcs, and while I personally love the second the most there’s no denying this third …
