Author: Jonathan Clements

December 5, 2016 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. The PSYCHO-PASS franchise has returned with the feature film, PSYCHO-PASS The Movie, on Blu-ray and DVD on October 3. After two TV series, the film takes the story beyond Japan for an action-heavy war story. More significantly for fans, it sees the return of former Enforcer Shinya Kogami, who went AWOL at […]

December 2, 2016 · 0 comments

By Hugh David. And so the twin evolutions of sports and ecchi anime reach an apotheosis of sorts in new show Keijo!!!!!!!! aka Hip Whip Girl from XEBEC.  Everything about this show at first seems perfectly in keeping with the sports show tradition, as well as the studio’s usual quality thresholds. Former Judo champ Nozomi  […]

November 29, 2016 · 0 comments

By Andy Hanley. Just the opening notes of a song can put a smile on your face, while a few bars can similarly reduce you to tears. But when it comes to playing classical music at a competitive level, technical proficiency is just as important as recreating the emotional resonance of a piece. That, however, […]

November 26, 2016 · 2 comments

By Andrew Osmond. There are some anime whose best advert is their pedigree. Tatami Galaxy is a series by Masayuki Yuasa, the director of the extraordinary anime Ping Pong. It’s based on a novel by Tomihiko Morimi, whose delightful The Eccentric Family has inspired one anime series and will receive a sequel soon. Additionally, Tatami […]

November 23, 2016 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. The Guest of Honour for the Edinburgh leg of this year’s Scotland Loves Anime was a specimen of professional who’s often overlooked by anime fans: the anime producer. Kohei Kawase hails from Warner Brothers Japan and was at Edinburgh to support Accel World: Infinite Burst, the film of the Accel World TV […]