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 […]

January 9, 2017 · 0 comments

Good afternoon everyone! It’s not often we have a Newswire to bring you on a Monday but we wanted to bring you one today as we have some important things to note that have literally occurred within the last hour (at time of writing) so we wanted to bring you details as quickly possibly. We […]

January 9, 2017 · 1 comment

It’s been a while since we released the first season of the action packed Aldnoah.Zero series, see our unboxing of Season 1 HERE, but the time has arrived to add season 2 to your collection as it’s available now on both Ltd Collector’s Edition Blu-ray and standard DVD. You can order your copy of Aldnoah.Zero Season […]

January 9, 2017 · 0 comments

The best Irish-Matt-Damon-fighting-space-lizards movie you will ever see, says Jonathan Clements. In the 11th century AD, the last survivors from a group of European mercenaries finally reach their destination – Imperial China. Amid the rainbow-coloured rocks of China’s arid north-west, Irish brawler William (Matt Damon) and Spanish tough-guy Tovar (Pedro Pascal) surrender to the Nameless […]