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June 14, 2015 · 0 comments
Shinsengumi
By Jasper Sharp. The Shinsengumi was a self-appointed law-enforcing militia loyal to the Tokugawa shogunate that emerged in Kyoto during the Bakumatsu era of the 1860s. At its peak numbering around 300 members, it appeared at a turbulent time in the nation’s history. The whole feudal applecart was on the cusp of overturning following the […]
June 12, 2015 · 0 comments
Podcast #6 – 12th June 2015
It’s been a very warm week for the UK and what better what to conclude it with the latest edition of the official Anime Limited Podcast brought to you from (and it’s rare we get to say this) sunny Glasgow, Scotland~! Join Jeremy, Kerry, Andrew and Kat from Team Anime Limited as they discuss important […]
June 10, 2015 · 1 comment
Animating Cyborg 009
By Andrew Osmond. A cyborg is a creature which combines the mechanical and the organic. 009 Re: Cyborg is about cyborgs, as you’d expect from the name, but you could also argue the film is a cyborg, yoking together rival traditions of animation; traditionally drawn animation, going back to Snow White and Astro Boy, and […]
June 9, 2015 · 1 comment
Newswire #23 – 9th June 2015
If you’re looking forward to our upcoming releases of Tiger & Bunny The Rising and Sword Art Online II, we’ve got you covered with a preview of what you can expect with each title in this weeks edition of our Newswire. NEWS/GENERAL UPDATES ~ For those of you looking forward to our release of Tiger […]
June 7, 2015 · 0 comments
Perfect Blue and Social Acting
By Raz Greenberg When Perfect Blue debuted in English-speaking territories in 1999, it was hyped for the “adult” elements that most people associated with anime (and, I suspect, also appealed to at least some part of the anime fandom at the time), at least superficially. It was a thriller about a girl stalked by a […]
June 4, 2015 · 0 comments
Running Through Beijing
By Jonathan Clements. Fresh out of prison after serving three months for a fake diploma scam, wide-boy Dunhuang falls in with the lonely, sex-starved Xiaorong, a girl who sells pirate DVDs. Unable to trace his old colleagues, off the radar among millions of illegal Beijing residents, he starts selling films on the streets, just another […]