September 3, 2020 · 0 comments

By Shelley Pallis. As Golgo 13 was Japan’s nihilistic answer to both Bond and the master-thieves of many a crime caper, many elements of the score (now re-released on vinyl) echo the kind of 1970s action movies that would surely have been on the mind of the film’s producers. It’s baffling, in fact, listening to […]

September 1, 2020 · 0 comments

It’s the return of our Newswire posts! Our aim is near the end of each month going forward to bring you a quick preview of forthcoming releases – with the idea being we’ll able to give you better visibility on what to expect from us in the months ahead. But before we get to the preview of […]

August 31, 2020 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Broadcast in Japan from 2002, Gundam Seed was the first TV Gundam of the twenty-first century and yes, you can definitely start with it. A space adventure tailor-made for newcomers, Gundam Seed was a vital gateway Gundam for Western fans, second only to Gundam Wing. Seed is a “new” story in a […]

August 28, 2020 · 0 comments

By Jonathan Clements. Masami Toku and Hiromi Tsuchiya Dollase’s newly published Manga! Visual Pop-Culture in Arts Education is one of the most pleasant surprises of 2020, sneaked out mid-pandemic by a Portuguese foundation that is literally giving it away. It is by no means the first publication to grapple with the joys and miseries of […]

August 25, 2020 · 0 comments

By Shelley Pallis. I confess, I didn’t really remember anything from the soundtrack to Wicked City until this album turned up on the in-tray. In my defence, it has been more than 20 years since I saw it. Whereas there are snatches of Masamichi Amano’s score from Return of the Overfiend that I can still […]

August 23, 2020 · 0 comments

By Jonathan Clements. It didn’t matter that some of the accused had already died in prison. When they were sentenced in 1829, the survivors were marched through the streets of Osaka, along with the salt-preserved corpses of their fellow believers. Then all, dead or alive, were crucified as devotees of the “pernicious creed” that worshipped […]