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August 22, 2016 · 2 comments
Books: The End of Cool Japan
By Jonathan Clements. From its cheeky, quirky cover, to the selection of its contributors, to its unifying tone, Mark McLelland’s new anthology deserves to shoot right to the top of Japanese Studies reading lists. The End of Cool Japan: Ethical, Legal and Cultural Challenges to Japanese Popular Culture offers a vital and timely warning for […]
August 21, 2016 · 3 comments
Podcast #16 – 21st August 2016
Anime Limited Podcast #16 – 21st August 2016 The time has arrived for the next Anime Limited Podcast! On this episode [recorded on 18th August] join Jeremy, Andrew and Keith to discuss a variety of topics relating to upcoming releases of ours as well as answering your questions. Topics range from anime in 4K, updates on upcoming […]
August 20, 2016 · 0 comments
The Water Margin
By Hugh David. The ancient sages said: “Do not despise the snake for having no horns, for who is to say it will not become a dragon?” So may one just man become an army.” A trio of Japanese TV serials aired in the 1970s on UK TV, becoming instrumental in creating Britain’s early generation […]
August 17, 2016 · 0 comments
Gundam Origin IV
We know a lot of you have been waiting patiently for this and today we are happy to announce that you can pre-order Gundam The Origin IV: Eve of Destiny Blu-ray Collector’s Edition [Export Version] from our AllTheAnime.com web shop now until 12pm (UK) on Monday 10th October 2016. If you’re not familiar with the […]
August 17, 2016 · 0 comments
Only Yesterday
Jeremy Clarke finds out what’s really new in the new release. A week before When Marnie Was There arrived in UK cinemas this June, Studio Ghibli’s earlier Only Yesterday came and went with comparatively little attention. Isao Takahata’s 1991 follow-up to Grave of the Fireflies, Only Yesterday came out on DVD in Japan in 2003, […]
August 14, 2016 · 0 comments
Books: Yurei – The Japanese Ghost
By Jasper Sharp. The clammy deathly-blue pallor, the single drooping eye leering through lank, matted black hair, the white cotton smock, the slow, spasmodic, Butoh-esque movements: there must be few out there unfamiliar with the imagery of the Japanese ghost since the shuffling form of Sadako first seeped into Western consciousness in Hideo Nakata’s Ringu […]