April 1, 2020 · 0 comments

By Jasper Sharp. Cinema is a Cat: A Cat-Lover’s Introduction to Film Studies, as its subtitle highlights, is less a scholarly survey of cats in the movies than a cat-led guide as to how to conduct cinematic analysis. Yes, you read that right. This is a book that casts a curious cat’s eye across a […]

March 30, 2020 · 1 comment

ALL THE ANIME PODCAST – 30th March 2020 “Calls herself, Maple” It’s the start of a new week, so Jeremy Graves and Andy Hanley are back to bring a new episode of the podcast to ease you into what lies ahead. Today on the show, they look back on the Cardcaptor Sakura special podcast from this […]

March 30, 2020 · 0 comments

By Jonathan Clements. This is the water that you are swimming in. In the last few years, the nature of television has undergone a drastic transformation, the implications of which is still playing out in all sorts of aspects of modern life. Are you still talking about the latest episode of your favourite show at […]

March 27, 2020 · 1 comment

ALL THE ANIME PODCAST – 25th March 2020 “Tomoyo’s Support Crew – The Cardcaptor Sakura episodes 1-3 special” We’re back for yet another podcast to help you pass the time, but to conclude the week we’re shaking things up as we bring you the first of our watch-a-long discussion series of podcasts! Today Jeremy Graves and Andy […]

March 27, 2020 · 0 comments

Sankichiro Kusube, who died of liver cancer on the 20th March, did not lend his name to many anime productions, even though he worked on dozens. A high-ranking producer at A-Pro, and then at its successor studio Shin Ei, he used to say that the production credits should belong to the people who were actually, […]

March 27, 2020 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Early in Jin-roh, a young girl who’s more child than woman slumps against a wall in a sewer, a dark limbo of brick and water. She’s been running a long time, but there’s no escape. She looks up to see a soldier watching her, with infra-red eyes in a metal helmet. The […]