Author: Jonathan Clements

August 2, 2016 · 0 comments

By Chris Perkins. Anime has had a long love affair with western literature. Since the early days of television, anime studios have adapted beloved stories from Europe and the Americas. Many of them were part of the long-running World Masterpiece Theatre strand which included such classics as Heidi, Anne of Green Gables, Little Women and […]

July 30, 2016 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. The guests at this year’s London Anime and Gaming Con included animator Aya Suzuki, who has worked on a remarkable list of productions. Following a four year stint on Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist, she worked on Satoshi Kon’s unfinished last film The Dream Machine, Mamoru Hosoda’s Wolf Children, Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind […]

July 27, 2016 · 0 comments

Jonathan Clements on ANN’s 18th Birthday. Dateline: 27th July 1998. This is the anime news. ADV Films have decided to go after the Evangelion movies after all. Urban Vision will be releasing Vampire Hunter D. Drama at Anime Expo as security shuts down a “night of bishonen pleasure.” And Disney announces its English-language voice cast […]

July 24, 2016 · 0 comments

By Tom Smith. I’ll always remember the first time I saw Electric Eel Shock live. It was around five years ago, relatively late in their career considering their UK tour last year celebrated 21 years of the garage rock trio. I had heard so many stories about the band, mostly relating to their crazy live […]

July 21, 2016 · 0 comments

By Tom Smith These days the boundaries of being an indie band can be difficult to define. Acts like England’s own Enter Shikari, despite being signed to their own label, manage to achieve mainstream chart positions without the need for a major record company’s backing. Yet, if you look at them, their site, their merchandise, […]