Author: Jonathan Clements

July 10, 2015 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. It starts with a grieving girl on a boat on Japan’s Inland Sea, travelling unhappily to a new island home, while three strange-looking raindrops fall on her head. By the climax, the girl is racing against time, rushing through a torrential storm in the company of wondrous magic creatures. This is the […]

July 7, 2015 · 1 comment

By Tom Smith. What results when a Naruto addict and a vocaloid producer combine forces? Anime song goodness, obviously! That’s exactly what happened when Japanese twosome GARNiDELiA exploded onto the scene in 2014, unleashing their first single “Ambiguous”, a track that will no doubt be familiar with anyone watching Kill la Kill – it’s the […]

July 5, 2015 · 0 comments

By Meghan Ellis. One man eats Japan. That’s the basic premise of Michael Booth’s book (and, now, anime series) Sushi & Beyond. In fact, it’s called British Family Eats Japan in translation; as far as travel/cookery literature goes, there are few better places to visit if you’re a veteran foodie with a knack for writing. […]

July 2, 2015 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Ikebukuro, the Tokyo district that’s the setting for Durarara!!, will strike bemused Brit tourists as a cross between London’s West End and a funfair, a cornucopia of neon lights, bars, restaurants, department stores, amusement arcades, cinemas, karaoke chains, manga joints and stone owls. But it will not strike most tourists as an […]

June 29, 2015 · 0 comments

by Chris Perkins. Not so long ago the dream of the average British anime fan was a 24-hour TV channel dedicated to nothing but Japanese animation. Today, thanks to the streaming revolution, we have something even better. Fans from the four-episode DVD single era (or the three episodes – if you were lucky – VHS […]