Category: Features

June 20, 2017 · 0 comments

By Jasper Sharp. Toshio (Kanji Furutachi) is a self-employed metal worker who welcomes his acquaintance Yasaka (Tadanobu Asano) into his family when he appears at his workshop one day. The consequences, however, are disastrous. Soft-spoken, polite and immaculately turned out in crisp white shirt and black trousers, Yasaka is the very model of respectability, although […]

June 17, 2017 · 0 comments

By Andy Hanley. Assuming you’ve made it through to the end of Keiji Gotoh’s Assassination Classroom’s first series in one piece, you’d be forgiven for needing some time to regain your composure after the tumultuous events that closed it. Having seen the octopus-like alien Koro-sensei come close to defeat at the hands of his students, […]

June 14, 2017 · 0 comments

By Shelley Pallis. Yato is a god. But Yato is such a minor god that he doesn’t even have a shrine to his name. He supposedly rules over Calamity, but hardly anyone has even heard of him. Even his Regalia, the magical artefact that contains the essence of his powers, has taken to arguing with […]

June 11, 2017 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. It’s been about two decades since the birth of MMORPGs – that’s Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games, for anyone who doesn’t know. Hollywood has seen these monster Middle Earths both as a threat – they’re among the greatest media rivals to the movies – and as a property to exploit; witness last […]

June 7, 2017 · 0 comments

By Roxy Simons. Black Butler has had an interesting history when it comes to adaptations. The first series was released in Japan almost nine years ago, and since then two more series, several straight-to-video releases and, later this year, a film have been followed. The original Black Butler series saw A-1 pictures adapt and go […]