Tag: Netflix
May 9, 2021 · 0 comments
Castlevania season 2
By Andrew Osmond. This blog has already run an in-depth article on Castlevania’s game origins and the people who produced it, which you can read here. The second season carries on very directly from the first, with the three principals – vampire-hunting heir Trevor Belmont, young woman magician Sylpha, and Dracula’s estranged son Alucard – […]
May 1, 2020 · 1 comment
Podcast – 1st May 2020
“Scotland loves… London?” Jeremy and Andy are back to conclude the week with discussion on the new AKIRA 4K UHD release in Japan, plus Fate/EXTRA Last Encore, Tower of God and first impressions of Ascendance of a Bookworm. To take you through the weekend Jeremy and Andy return to chat about some of what they’ve been watching […]
December 30, 2019 · 0 comments
Books: Netflix Nations
By Jonathan Clements. In a publicity coup to rival no other in January 2016 at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced that while he had been talking, Netflix had rolled out (at least in theory) in 130 countries, including Azerbaijan, Vietnam, India, Nigeria, and Poland. It’s a suitably grandstanding opening […]
November 24, 2019 · 0 comments
I Lost My Body
The hand stood up on three fingers and its thumb, and craned its forefinger like a long nose… Slowly the hand crept over the stones, searching. I Lost My Body, screening in selected cinemas before hitting Netflix on Friday, isn’t anime. But this outstanding French animation is the kind of film that pushes animation – […]
November 8, 2019 · 0 comments
MCM Birmingham Comic Con November 2019 – Anime Guest of Honour
You’re no doubt used to us discussing and promoting an Anime Guest of Honour at MCM’s London Comic Cons, but today we have a slightly different announcement for you, as we can confirm that MCM are bringing their first-ever Anime Guest of Honour to MCM Birmingham Comic Con this November! The guest for this event […]