Tag: music

June 30, 2016 · 0 comments

By Tom Smith. An impenetrable bubble encases New York, trapping locals and monsters inside. The latter have been warped in from other dimensions and it’s down to a secret society known as Libra to try and keep the confined chaos under control. Thankfully, at the end of every 20-or-so minute outing in Hellsalem’s Lot, the […]

May 24, 2016 · 0 comments

Amatsuki never meant to be a superstar. He didn’t intend for his debut album to reach number four in Japan’s national album chart. He wasn’t expecting to gather more followers on Twitter than Craig David, Kaiser Chiefs or Muse’s Matt Bellamy. In fact, he never really thought that recording himself singing covers of anime, vocaloid […]

May 10, 2016 · 0 comments

By Tom Smith. Who would’ve guessed that an anime about swimming would be causing such a splash as Free! Eternal Summer? Then again, judging by how swiftly its male cast manage to strip to their speedos and show off their glistening muscles, maybe it isn’t such a wonder. Either way, the franchise has become so […]

May 8, 2016 · 0 comments

Isao Tomita, who died on 5th May, was not just a composer, but also a performer and a pioneer in electronic music. Born in what is now Suginami ward in Tokyo, he spent much of his childhood in China, where his father Kiyoshi was a physician at the Kanebo textile mill in Qingdao. It was […]

April 18, 2016 · 0 comments

They’re a band of maids. Tom Smith wonders what they should call themselves. For many, MCM London Comic Con is the event for all things video game, anime and cosplay related. It’s got the retailers and licensors all in one place, it has panels, trailers and exclusive news announced there first. It packs so many […]