Tag: anime

July 13, 2019 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. The magnificent exhibition “Takahata Isao: A Legend in Japanese Animation” (the title puts Takahata’s family name first, Japanese style) runs at Tokyo’s National Museum of Modern Art until 6th October. Struggling to take in Takahata’s career of over 50 years, I was reminded of an immodest quip made by Orson Welles in […]

July 10, 2019 · 0 comments

ALL THE ANIME PODCAST – 10th July 2019 “YOU ARE (NOT) YOUTH ANYMORE” [RECORDED ON 9TH JULY 2019] It’s been a while… about a year since we last recorded a podcast (excluding the Scotland Loves Anime 2018 special) but we’re finally back with a new podcast! It’s something we’ve had on the docket for a while, […]

July 10, 2019 · 2 comments

By Jonathan Clements. Originally appearing as two issues of the online journal Arts, Japanese Media Cultures in Japan and Abroad: Transnational Consumption of Manga, Anime and Media-Mixes, edited by Manuel Hernández-Pérez, makes a brave stab at defining a number of important baseline issues in the study of anime and manga. It does contain several tooth-itchingly […]

July 7, 2019 · 2 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Gundam is a big franchise, encompassing nearly 40 years of anime, and leaving even some seasoned fans lost amid, say, G Gundam and Gundam 00. Zeta Gundam comes from 1985, when the franchise was in its early days. It’s the sequel to the original 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam, which Anime Limited released […]

July 1, 2019 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Despite its hefty name (this is anime!), Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online is a simple series. It’s an adventure-comedy with a central sight-gag; a pint-sized little girl in pink, dashing and leaping around her larger foes, shooting heads, cutting throats, and blowing up the survivors with grenades. Before you envisage […]