Author: Jonathan Clements

July 26, 2015 · 0 comments

By Andy Hanley. Much like any successful franchise, the Fate/stay Night universe has expanded from its original roots, as its success took hold to become something of an industry behemoth – its starting point as an adult visual novel has begat a number of anime adaptations which have bolstered and added notably to its popularity, […]

July 23, 2015 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Pixar’s new film, Inside Out, has had some localised changes in Japan, where it opened a week ago under the name Inside Head. In the English version, for example, there’s a gag that turns on kids’ dislike of the noble vegetable broccoli, which is rather popular in Japan. (Japan, remember, is the […]

July 20, 2015 · 2 comments

By Tom Smith. Oscar Wilde wrote, “Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life”, but for Japanese group Sayonara Ponytail, it could be said that their art imitates manga far more than life. In fact, when this mysterious band first appeared, via the ancient medium of MySpace, its members were said to exist solely […]

July 17, 2015 · 0 comments

By Raz Greenberg It’s funny how anachronistic certain science-fiction works can look in the face of modern technology – and when you live in the 21st century, it’s plain amazing just how fast they become anachronistic. Take Makoto Shinkai’s masterpiece Voices of a Distant Star, for example. It’s still every bit a masterpiece as it […]

July 14, 2015 · 0 comments

By Ellis Tinios. Under the sea a living woman — full-bodied and entirely naked — lies back amid rocks. A large octopus is pressing his beak into her crotch. One of his tentacles has moved under her thigh and up across her belly, parting her pubic hair. He has entwined other tentacles around her arms […]