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Anime Streaming Guide 2018
By Chris Perkins. The world of anime streaming is a fast-moving one. So much so that since the last time we published one of our UK anime streaming guides there have been some major shifts in the landscape. Daisuki (the site run by Japan’s anime consortium) shut down towards the end of 2017, and a […]
No-Rin
By Andrew Osmond. No-Rin is about farming, pop idols and big boobs, but most of all it’s about being silly. You might see it as a companion piece to Baka and Test a few years ago, which had both No-Rin’s future director (Shin Oonuma) and its production studio (Silver Link). We could tell you about […]
Music: Fuki
By Roxy Simons. “I don’t want to have any regrets when I die,” Japanese singer Fuki says backstage after finishing her last performance at Hyper Japan. The 30-year-old singer beams as she says this, still dressed in her Lolita-inspired black and red dress that she performed in earlier on. This may seem cliché, but Fuki […]
Yuri!!! on Ice
By Roxy Simons. Throw an imaginary rock at the anime industry and it won’t take you long before you hit a sports anime. There’s a series dedicated to almost every sport out there, and even in the current season there are at least three sports anime that come to mind. Are you only interested in […]
Japan Foundation Tour 2018
By Jasper Sharp. Mere days before Christmas, the Japan Foundation has announced its annual batch of seasonal goodies to get us film fans through the dark and gloomy post-festive doldrums of early 2018. This year’s nationwide touring programme, running from 2nd February to 28th March, comes packaged under the characteristically all-encompassing tag of “(Un)true Colours: […]