All Posts: Page 48
April 11, 2022 · 0 comments
Books: In Another World with My Smartphone
By Shelley Pallis. And then he was struck by lightning, and it was a mistake, but it was too late, and he was dead. Well, that’s not a customer complaint that the Guardian is going to be able to deal with in a couple of phone calls. Fifteen-year-old Touya Mochizuki has indeed just been killed […]
April 7, 2022 · 0 comments
Manga: Today’s Menu
By Jeannette Ng. Should one be somehow oblivious to the sprawling Fate/ series, Today’s Menu for the Emiya Family would probably pass muster as another fluff, food-centric slice-of-life manga, such as Sweetness and Lightning and What Did You Eat Yesterday?. Like them, Today’s Menu is structured around meticulously detailed recipes as characters cook for each […]
April 4, 2022 · 0 comments
Hiruko the Goblin
By Tom Wilmot. Unhinged, abrasive, chaotic, loud; these are some of the characteristics that many have come to associate with the work of cult-favourite filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto. Throughout his 35-year long career, Tsukamoto has left his highly stylised and instantly recognisable thumbprint on all of his films, except one – Hiruko the Goblin (1991). Marking one of […]
April 1, 2022 · 0 comments
Jujutsu Kaisen
By Andrew Osmond. “My student’s watching,” the white-haired youth in the snappy eye-mask says cheerfully, “so I’m going to show off a little.” His enemy is muscled, magically tattooed, and possessed by a deadly demon. None of which bothers the youth in the slightest. He ducks round the demon, smacks him hard in the head […]
March 31, 2022 · 0 comments
NEWSWIRE: April 2022 Pre-Orders
It’s almost April, but we know that you’re no fools… you’re here for pre-order news. With the in mind, it would be rude of us not to deliver, so let’s talk through what new titles you can grab in pre-order form over the coming month… although not before we remind you about the AllTheAnime.com Easter […]
March 29, 2022 · 0 comments
Future Boy Conan & the Ratings
By Jonathan Clements. In a tongue-in-cheek reminiscence, Yasuhiko Tan, the NHK producer who greenlit Future Boy Conan over dozens of other possible projects, wrote of his interest in the show as if it were a deluded romance. Bewitched by the charms of the original offer, and over-awed by the appearance of the pilot episode, he […]