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November 15, 2019 · 0 comments
Books: Japanese Cinema Since 2000
By Jonathan Clements. Mark Schilling’s Art, Cult and Commerce: Japanese Cinema Since 2000 collates much of his writing from the last two decades, preserving it against future internet brown-outs and pay-wall enclosures. Conveniently going to print at the beginning of the Reiwa era, it is able to bring closure to the Heisei era that preceded […]
November 12, 2019 · 0 comments
Books: Brief History of China
By Roxy Simons. It’s hard to deny the influence of China on the modern world, it has cemented itself as a global superpower and has the largest population on Earth. Chinese food is a staple takeaway choice, while you’d be hard-pressed to find an item in your home that doesn’t have the words ‘made in […]
November 9, 2019 · 0 comments
Charlotte
By Andy Hanley. Charlotte is not a person. Charlotte is a comet that swings close to the Earth once every 75 years, seeding the local orbit with dust particles that can change the biology of pre-adolescent children. Some of them develop paranormal abilities, although how they use them differs widely. Be honest: if you found […]
November 8, 2019 · 1 comment
Tokyo Ghoul: re Part 1 Collector’s Edition revealed
It’s one of the titles we’ve been asked about the most as the year has progressed, but the time for being patient is now over, as today we can finally reveal our plans for the first half of Tokyo Ghoul: re in its Collector’s Edition Blu-ray form. What’s more, you can even pre-order it right […]
November 8, 2019 · 0 comments
MCM Birmingham Comic Con November 2019 – Anime Guest of Honour
You’re no doubt used to us discussing and promoting an Anime Guest of Honour at MCM’s London Comic Cons, but today we have a slightly different announcement for you, as we can confirm that MCM are bringing their first-ever Anime Guest of Honour to MCM Birmingham Comic Con this November! The guest for this event […]
November 6, 2019 · 0 comments
Interview: Shoji Kawamori
By Andrew Osmond. Shoji Kawamori is best known as one of the main creators of the Macross franchise, as well as having a plethora of creative credits on other anime. I interviewed him when he visited London in September as a guest at the Barbican’s “Anime’s Human Machines” season. While I focused particularly on Kawamori’s […]