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November 8, 2020 · 0 comments
Books: The Japanese
By Shelley Pallis. I am, above all, envious of Christopher Harding for coming with the idea for his new book in the first place – writers struggle to find ways to make history palatable and digestible for the general reader, and the very idea for The Japanese: A History in Twenty Lives, is deceptively simple. […]
November 5, 2020 · 0 comments
Demon Slayer
By Andrew Osmond Demon Slayer’s hero is a boy, Tanjiro, in Taisho-period Japan – in other words, the reign of the Taisho Emperor (1912-26) – Japan’s “Edwardian” era. However, Demon Slayer often feels like a story of a much older Japan – centuries older, even. Tanjiro is visiting town to sell charcoal, which his humble […]
November 2, 2020 · 2 comments
NEWSWIRE – December 2020 Releases Preview
It’s the start of the month and that means it’s time we give you a preview of what we have in the pipeline for releases coming specifically in December! Now, before we start, it’s worth noting that this isn’t everything you can expect from us in November – as I’m sure many of you aware, […]
November 2, 2020 · 0 comments
Books: Men in Metal
By Jonathan Clements. Surely nothing could be less animated than a statue? But if there is anything notable in 2020 beyond pandemic and politics, it must be the power that statues have in daily life: to be ignored, to be toppled, to be replaced with images more fitting of who we want ourselves to be? […]
October 29, 2020 · 0 comments
Jury Notes: Ride Your Wave
By Jonathan Clements. “For its emotional effect and its deep meaning, its polish and its heart, the jury confers this year’s Judges Award on Ride Your Wave by Masaaki Yuasa.” Not a sentence that I ever expected to be reading out to an Edinburgh crowd, who gasped with surprise, and then burst into applause. And […]
October 28, 2020 · 2 comments
Welcome to the updated AllTheAnime store!
Since its launch, our own online storefront has grown substantially, and now that it’s become such an important destination for so many of you we’ve been working away in the background to overhaul and improve our shop experience for our customers. As of today, this updated shop interface is now live on our site, boasting […]