Author: Jonathan Clements

May 2, 2023 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. The comedy-space series The Irresponsible Captain Tylor has a puzzle at its core, one that’s summed up very well by a 1970s Doctor Who story. In that serial, two characters are discussing the infuriating title hero. Played by a long-scarfed Tom Baker, he’s crazy and shambolic, yet has a weird knack for […]

April 29, 2023 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Looking for Magical Doremi is an anime about three women and their friendship. Unusually for a “friendship” anime, the characters are all past school age, entering into the world of work and serious relationships, and yet the magic from their childhoods is still with them. They’re brought together by their shared love […]

April 26, 2023 · 0 comments

By Shelley Pallis. What if you could stop the world? What if you had the ability to freeze time for everyone else, but had the power to stay in motion yourself? You could catch that bus. Actually, come to think of it, you could ignore the bus altogether and just walk to work, knowing that […]

April 23, 2023 · 0 comments

By Jonathan Clements. Joelle Davidovich Pomponette, or Pompo for short, is a pint-sized producer, grand-daughter of a studio founder, who simply loves making movies. In the fictitious movie capital of “Nyallywood”, she is known for highly-regarded B-pictures – the anime lovingly recreates posters for works such as Guns Akimbo and Zombizarre, alongside her latest horror-from-the […]

April 20, 2023 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Free! The Final Stroke is the three-hour long finale to Kyoto Animation’s franchise about male competitive swimmers. This conclusion was released in Japanese cinemas as a two-part movie, with the first part in September 2021 and the second in April 2022.