Tag: Funimation
July 30, 2017 · 0 comments
Barakamon
By Andy Hanley. We all need to get away from the bustle of our everyday lives sometimes – maybe it’s simply to recharge batteries and creative energy… or maybe we’ve just punched an old man whose been critical of our work. It’s this latter case which sees young professional calligrapher Seishuu Handa exiled to the […]
July 27, 2017 · 0 comments
Daimidaler Prince vs Penguin Empire
By Paul Browne. With the world under the threat from the mysterious Penguin Empire, it’s up to secret organisation Prince Beauty Parlour and their giant robot Daimidaler to stop the Empire in its tracks. The imposing Daimidaler combats the mecha menaces that the Penguin Empire throws against the world. The only snag is finding the […]
June 11, 2017 · 0 comments
Overlord
By Andrew Osmond. It’s been about two decades since the birth of MMORPGs – that’s Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games, for anyone who doesn’t know. Hollywood has seen these monster Middle Earths both as a threat – they’re among the greatest media rivals to the movies – and as a property to exploit; witness last […]
April 24, 2017 · 0 comments
Shimoneta
By Andrew Osmond. Let’s think about sex; let’s talk about sex; let’s obsess about sex. Shimoneta has sex on its brain. And so it visualises the ultimate nightmare world, where the mere concept of sex is fast becoming a thought crime, porn is burned on sight, naughty words have police battering the door down, and […]
March 28, 2017 · 0 comments
Snow White with the Red Hair
By Andrew Osmond. The first thing to clear up about this romantic anime released by Funimation is that it’s not a fairy-tale, and isn’t really a version of Snow White. The only brief nods to that story are in the opening episode, where there’s a poisoned apple – but the heroine doesn’t eat it – […]