Category: Features

January 22, 2017 · 1 comment

By Hugh David. Fans of Berserk and Fullmetal Alchemist will find a lot to like in this epic twenty-six-part saga from 2007, which adapts the first eleven volumes of Norihiro Yagi’s manga, published from 2001 to 2014 across several magazines in the Jump family. But what sets Claymore apart from the run-of-the-mill fantasy/swords-and-sorcery manga and […]

January 19, 2017 · 0 comments

By Jasper Sharp. The Japan Foundation’s annual touring film programme rolls out in venues across the country from 3rd February to 29th March 2017, presenting a glimmer of sunshine at the end of another gloomy British winter for film fans. This year’s season is even more welcome than most, given the distribution prospects for Asian […]

January 16, 2017 · 0 comments

By Roxy Simons. 2015 marked the 50th anniversary of the mystery writer Ranpo Edogawa’s death. Taking his pseudonym from Edgar Allen Poe (as in “Edoga Waran Po”), one of his many influences, Ranpo Edogawa wrote many novels, short stories, and essays over his 42-year career. He changed the face of Japanese mystery fiction, and his […]

January 13, 2017 · 0 comments

By Hugh David. In the bustling future city of Metropolis, Japanese detective Shunsaku Ban and his nephew-assistant Kenichi arrive in search of fugitive scientist Dr Laughton. They find themselves embroiled in a family affair with wider repercussions for all across the city, for Laughton is working on a secret project for premier wealthy industrialist Duke […]

January 10, 2017 · 0 comments

By Raz Greenberg. Legend of the Galactic Heroes is one anime phenomenon that took its time to reach western anime fans. Starting as a long-running series of space-opera prose novels by the prolific Yoshiki Tanaka (who also wrote the equally popular Heroic Legend of Arslan fantasy series), it went through several anime adaptations – the most famous being […]