Author: Jonathan Clements

March 29, 2016 · 0 comments

By Meghan Ellis. Satoru Noda’s Golden Kamui beats stiff competition to be crowned winner of the 9th Manga Taisho at the awards ceremony on the 29th March. Known as the Cartoon Grand Prize, this award is a prestigious accolade open to only those manga with eight or fewer collected volumes. This year, a surprise contender […]

March 28, 2016 · 0 comments

By Tom Smith. It’s never too late to become an illustrator. Take Japan’s Tomoyuki Yamasaki. He entered the field at age 32 under the pseudonym “redjuice”. Now he’s become one of the top names in the industry, lending his talents to the likes of vocaloid-inspired chart heroes supercell, the action anime Guilty Crown, and most […]

March 25, 2016 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. One of the central sequences in Durarara!!x2 Sho has several characters – including a headless faerie biker, her mad scientist boyfriend, a super-strong bartender, a shy girl with lethal occult powers, and a boy who’s the secret founder of an anarchist army – enjoying a hot pot party. “Hot pot” is also […]

March 22, 2016 · 0 comments

By Paul Browne. The evocative melodies of the opening theme in the science fiction anime Noein take the listener away on a journey fuelled by strings and gentle electronica. It’s a gentle, uplifting number that comes via pop outfit Eufonius. Primarily a duo comprised of Riya, who handles vocals and Hajime Kikuchi who composes and […]

March 19, 2016 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Noein takes place in several worlds at once, and it’s several kinds of show at once. It’s a time-travel story; it’s a show about playful children and grim warriors, about first love and state conspiracies, about slice-of-life comedy and war between dimensions. The first episode starts in sensory overload, with giant statue-like […]