All Posts: Page 90
August 25, 2020 · 0 comments
Music: Wicked City
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
Books: Christian Sorcerers on Trial
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 […]
August 21, 2020 · 0 comments
New Anime Vinyl Soundtracks coming to All The Anime Shop
Following the recent news of us releasing the Attack on Titan Season 1 Official Soundtrack vinyl later this year, and us taking orders for the Cowboy Bebop Vinyl Soundtrack from Milan Records, today we’re excited to share the news that we’ll more anime soundtrack vinyl is coming to the All The Anime shop, this time […]
August 20, 2020 · 0 comments
Books: How Geniuses Think
By Alex Dudok de Wit. The filmographies of Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki, the two geniuses of this book’s title, stand as monuments to their creativity. But how do we weigh the achievement of Toshio Suzuki, the third man at the head of Studio Ghibli? Suzuki’s influence on Ghibli is hard to summarise because it […]
August 17, 2020 · 0 comments
Konosuba
By Andrew Osmond. Konosuba, or to give its full name, Konosuba – God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World!, is a thorough piss-take of gaming and fantasy. It takes one newly deceased boy gamer, a dimwit goddess, a couple of loony girl followers, and some profoundly silly monsters. Anime has a heritage of funny fantasy, going […]
August 14, 2020 · 3 comments
Konosuba Season 1 arrives on Collector’s Ed. Blu-ray in October
Earlier this year we announced our plans to release season one of Konosuba on Blu-ray, and today is the day we unveil our plans for this fantastically fun show! We’re big fans of the series ourselves, so we’re very excited to share this news with you – what’s more, pre-orders have launched at our AllTheAnime.com online […]