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March 19, 2016 · 0 comments
Noein
By Andrew Osmond. Noein takes place in several worlds at once, and it’s several kinds of show at once. It’s a time-travel story; it’s a show about playful children and grim warriors, about first love and state conspiracies, about slice-of-life comedy and war between dimensions. The first episode starts in sensory overload, with giant statue-like […]
March 16, 2016 · 0 comments
Newswire #63 – 16th March 2016
It’s time for the latest Anime Limited Newswire bringing you up to speed on the latest news direct from our HQ. Read on below for the latest updates. ANIME LIMITED UPDATES ~ First of all, in case you haven’t grabbed your copy yet the film Fusé: Memoirs of the Hunter Girl is available now! It’s […]
March 16, 2016 · 0 comments
Books: Anime Fan Communities
Andrew Osmond on a study of transcultural flows and frictions Animation travels. It’s good at it, often better than live-action. Animation is amenable to dubbing and localising, and its foreign origins often go unnoticed, at least by child viewers. Perfect Blue director Satoshi Kon put it simply. When he was growing up in Hokkaido, “I […]
March 13, 2016 · 2 comments
Comet Lucifer
By Paul Browne. On the world of Gift, Sogo Amagi spends his spare time exploring abandoned mines for rare crystals. It’s an engaging hobby that gets somewhat derailed when Sogo runs (quite literally) into Kaon, a young girl fleeing from an arranged marriage. Gift appears similar to our own world in many ways, but it’s […]
March 10, 2016 · 0 comments
Market Pandering?
Andrew Osmond on the subtle changes to Kung Fu Panda 3. “We were doing drawings of the dress of Mei Mei the girl panda,” remembers Alessandro Carloni, co-director of DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda 3, which opens in Britain on Friday. However, Carloni says his Chinese partners on the film spotted a problem. “We were told, […]
March 8, 2016 · 0 comments
Newswire #62 – 8th March 2016
We’re back with another edition of the Newswire and today we have a variety of things to tell you about including what to expect with our upcoming release of Psycho-Pass 2. Read on below for details. ANIME LIMITED UPDATES ~ First of all the wait is over as Fusé: Memoirs of the Hunter Girl is available now […]