Tag: Scotland Loves Anime
December 18, 2018 · 1 comment
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
By Andrew Osmond. Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress was first broadcast as a 12-part serial in Japan last year, on Fuji TV’s prestigious “Noitamina” slot. It was subsequently shunted into a specially edited two-part cinema edition, with new scenes at the beginning and end – and because the original series only ran for 12 parts, […]
November 27, 2018 · 0 comments
Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters
By Andrew Osmond. Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters is the thirtieth Japanese film to feature the country’s (unquestionably) biggest film star. But amazingly, it’s only the first Godzilla film to be made in animation. It’s written by a star scribe of anime, Gen Urobuchi, who was the twisted genius behind PSYCHO-PASS and Puella Magi Madoka […]
October 22, 2018 · 0 comments
Podcast #51 – Scotland Loves Anime 2018 Special
All The Anime Podcast #51: “Scotland Loves anime 2018 – Judges Award Deliberations special” [Recorded on 21st october 2018] It’s been a while since our last podcast – which will be returning in November, so keep you eyes out for that – but with it being the month of October it means that the Scotland Loves […]
October 13, 2018 · 0 comments
Blame!
By Shelley Pallis. Killy is climbing. He is walking up the stairs. He is heading outward, ever outward towards the edge of a seemingly infinite city, having already crossed six thousand levels. Killy, as the manga series and movie Blame! eventually reveals, is just one inhabitant of an ever-growing metropolis – a sentient city designed […]
October 10, 2018 · 0 comments
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
By Andrew Osmond. Let’s get the obligatory disclaimer out of the way. Despite its alarming title, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas has nothing to do with gut-munching cannibalism. (If you want that kind of thing, we’d direct you to the Edinburgh SLA screening of Calamity of a Zombie Girl.) Pancreas is actually one of […]