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Interview: Studio Trigger
By Andrew Osmond. Studio Trigger’s romping spectacle Promare had its British premiere at Scotland Loves Anime, and three of the film’s key staff were on hand to present it. Hiroyuki Imaishi is Promare’s director; he’s been a hero to fandom since he helmed Gainax’s mecha series Gurren Lagann back in 2007, before going on to […]
Cowboy Bebop
By Andrew Osmond. Cowboy Bebop turns 21 this year. For those who’ve never seen it, the 26-part series chronicles the misadventures of a cluster of spacefaring bounty hunters, in a future that’s lurid, farcical and tragic by turns. It’s somewhere between Blade Runner, Futurama and Kill Bill (predating the last two). It has an iconic […]
Books: Japanese Cinema Since 2000
By Jonathan Clements. Mark Schilling’s Art, Cult and Commerce: Japanese Cinema Since 2000 collates much of his writing from the last two decades, preserving it against future internet brown-outs and pay-wall enclosures. Conveniently going to print at the beginning of the Reiwa era, it is able to bring closure to the Heisei era that preceded […]
Books: Brief History of China
By Roxy Simons. It’s hard to deny the influence of China on the modern world, it has cemented itself as a global superpower and has the largest population on Earth. Chinese food is a staple takeaway choice, while you’d be hard-pressed to find an item in your home that doesn’t have the words ‘made in […]
Charlotte
By Andy Hanley. Charlotte is not a person. Charlotte is a comet that swings close to the Earth once every 75 years, seeding the local orbit with dust particles that can change the biology of pre-adolescent children. Some of them develop paranormal abilities, although how they use them differs widely. Be honest: if you found […]