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Books: Yoko Kanno
By Jonathan Clements. “I think it’s time we blow this scene. Get everybody and the stuff together. Okay: 3-2-1, let’s jam.” Admit it, you’re already hearing those brass notes as the theme song kicks in. As Rose Bridges argues in her lively, smart and revealing book Yoko Kanno’s Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack, it’s the music that […]
Grimgar: Ashes and Illusions
By Andy Hanley. Although it was hardly the first of its breed, the success of Sword Art Online in both its original light novel and later anime adaptation form has seen an explosion of stories based around a similar concept – being trapped in a video game world, usually based around the settings and mechanics […]
Books: Promiscuous Media
By Jonathan Clements. Hikari Hori’s new book Promiscuous Media: Film and Visual Culture in Imperial Japan 1926-1945, examines the first phase of the Showa Era, from the enthronement of Emperor Hirohito through to the end of World War Two. She offers an enthralling narrative of Japan’s first mass-media sovereign, but also the theories and critical […]
Anime Streaming Guide 2018
By Chris Perkins. The world of anime streaming is a fast-moving one. So much so that since the last time we published one of our UK anime streaming guides there have been some major shifts in the landscape. Daisuki (the site run by Japan’s anime consortium) shut down towards the end of 2017, and a […]
No-Rin
By Andrew Osmond. No-Rin is about farming, pop idols and big boobs, but most of all it’s about being silly. You might see it as a companion piece to Baka and Test a few years ago, which had both No-Rin’s future director (Shin Oonuma) and its production studio (Silver Link). We could tell you about […]