Author: Jonathan Clements

November 16, 2015 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. It is the year 0079 of the Universal Century. Fifty years have passed since Earth began moving its population into gigantic orbiting space colonies… Nine months ago, the cluster of colonies furthest from the Earth proclaimed itself the Principality of Zeon and launched a war of independence against the Earth Federation. Initial […]

November 10, 2015 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. In her book Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke, the author Susan Napier recounts a strange story. In 1993, a Japanese critic called Toshiya Ueno visited the city of Sarajevo in Bosnia, during its ghastly four-year siege by the Serbians. Wandering through the bomb-blasted buildings, Ueno came across a wall on which […]

November 7, 2015 · 0 comments

By Andy Hanley Given how much anime loves to jam music into its plots and story-telling, whether its playing a part in saving humanity in Macross or idols working hard to achieve their dreams in the likes of Love Live, it’s perhaps surprising that there aren’t more musicals. Sure, a show might occasionally break into […]

November 4, 2015 · 0 comments

By Jasper Sharp. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that brought about Japan’s surrender and an end to World War II. The period between the two dates of the blasts, on the 6th August and 15th August respectively, saw the usual intense focus in the international media, […]

November 1, 2015 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Samurai Flamenco is… Well, the safest way to describe it is as a highly eccentric superhero series from the director of Durarara!! and a writer of Excel Saga. It’s also a show given to more mutations than Bruce Banner (or for 1970s TV oldies, David Banner). You may feel you have Flamenco’s […]