Illustrated by French Deviant artist Sayuki-hime is Saya from Blood-C. In the Blood-C anime Saya Kisaragi is an extremely polite girl who has a secret job as Furukimono hunter or monster hunter. If that’s not tough enough for her; her eyes have the tendency to glow red during combat and over time she begins to […]
Persona 3 The Movie #2: Midsummer Knight’s Dream trailer
Aniplex has released the first trailer for the second movie in the Persona 3 trilogy. The first film is just about to hit DVD and Blu-Ray in Japan. The trailer features a song called “Fate is in our Hands” by Lotus Juice. Persona 3 began life as an RPG for the PlayStation 2. In the […]
Splutter, Bang and Kickstart: Mai Mai Miracle
Glasgow based All the Anime had an interesting start to their Kickstarter project. They announced the launch – and then, well, it didn’t happen. There was a last minute delay at Kickstarter and I’d love to know what it was. Why? This is a project to bring an animation from Japan over to the UK […]
Subaru surprises audiences with Attack on Titan ad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQkgmHEA5_E This TV ad from Subaru is a collaboration with the manga Attack on Titan. There’s a live action movie coming and so these Titans give us a glimpse at how scary they could be. It reminds me of the section the anime had on the Survey Corp horses and how important it was they […]
Madhouse anime teams the Punisher with Black Widow
Marvel’s Avengers are getting the anime treatment – no longer a rare thing for American successes. The series is created by Madhouse and gets off to a cracker by pairing two low level but sneaky bastard fighters together. Black Widow and Punisher, who both look anime-impressive, team up to take on Leviathan who have been […]
The countdown to oblivion: Dragon Ball GT review
Dragon Ball GT season 1 is out in the UK this week. That’s 34 episodes, enough to start and finish the Black Star Dragon Ball Saga and take you deep into the Baby Saga. Dragon Ball GT (Grand Touring) is the last in the three original Dragon Ball runs as Dragon Ball Kai is a […]
Irregular Reconnaissance: Anime #4
It’s time for an Irregular Reconnaissance: Anime catch up. The holidays have provided some time to catch up on a series or two. Geek Native’s recently looked at part two of Blue Exorcist and Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere but what of those shows that are being watched one episode at a time? In […]
Dead Agressor: Exodus trailer
The trailer for Fafner in the Azure: Dead Agressor: Exodus contains some fantastic animation. The harbour scene looks incredibly well drawn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWEh8X0xPEc The video also seems to focus on stern or gloomy looking people. This is actually a sci-fi anime, a mecha series, that had been planned for 2013 but now has a Q3 2014 […]
Don’t piss off Satan: A review of Blue Exorcist part 2
In Blue Exorcist part 1 we meet Rin. It’s a tough ride for Rin as he discovers he’s adopted, his foster father is an exorcist and his “natural father” is Satan himself. Rin even has a brother, but he had been too weak at birth to inherit the demonic taint and the deadly blue flames. […]
Nobunagan trailer
Oda Nobunaga started the process behind the unification of Japan in the late 16th century. In Nobunagan, Shio Ogura visits Taiwan on a school trip and is attacked by monsters. Agents from the government agency DOGOO arrive on the scene too, known as E-Gene Holders, they use weapons fused with the spirits of people from […]
