Tag: Japan

August 5, 2020 · 1 comment

By Jonathan Clements. After his classroom is disrupted by a girl with a nosebleed, Mr Kitagawa (Eiji Okada) comes to understand that many of the people in Hiroshima are still suffering the after-effects of the city’s atomic bombing seven years earlier. Although parts of the city have returned to relative calm, with volley-ball matches under […]

August 2, 2020 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Released in Japanese cinemas in 2010, Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer is the last chapter of the Gundam 00 saga. It most definitely assumes you know what happened in the two 00 TV seasons, and remember who most of the characters are. If you need to refresh your memory, Anime […]

July 29, 2020 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. When Gundam Unicorn was first released in 2010, it was the glossiest Gundam ever. Today there are other contenders for that title, but Unicorn still has the edge. I saw its opening episodes on a Tokyo cinema screen and was blown away by visuals and character designs that aren’t far from an […]

July 27, 2020 · 0 comments

By Shelley Pallis. The first volume of Hiroyuki Sawano’s award-winning soundtrack to the anime series Attack on Titan is now out on vinyl, for all those of you who want the retro feel and an excuse to have an even bigger version of that cover art, and another chance to hear the tunes that launched […]

July 24, 2020 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. On 17th August, Anime Limited will release the second season of Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans on Collectors Blu-ray. It’s a direct continuation of the first, but takes the story and characters into different territory. To say more will involve SPOILERS – there’s a write-up of the first season here.