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80s Anime: Bubblegum Crisis
Often referred to as the “golden age of anime”, the 80’s anime scene looked a lot different than today. With the Japanese economy flourishing throughout the decade many industries saw strong investments, particularly electronics and entertainment. This led to a huge animation boom and brought us some iconic titles such as Gundam, Macross, Akira, Captain…
Spoopy Scary Anime
One of the biggest reasons why anime in particular is so interesting is the sheer variety of the medium. Anime is not simply just one thing, it’s a term that encompasses an unfathomably large number of shows, movies, OVAs and specials over the course of several decades. Not only is there a tonne of anime…
Nier: Automata Was The Most Important Game Of The Last Generation
“It is, as far as I am concerned, historically significant in terms of its design and the way in which it uses the framework of a video game to tell an evolving story. If I had my way, every budding game developer would play this game to the point of acquiring endings A, B, C,…
Thrice Upon A Time Was The Perfect End Of Evangelion
I remember vividly the feeling of absolute emptiness after viewing Neon Genesis Evangelion for the very first time as a young teenager. The show resonated with me in such a profound way that I don’t think it’s absurd to say that it completely changed aspects of my life. How I view myself in comparison to…
We Have Lost Something Special
Something very unique to Japanese manga that sets them apart from western comic books is the frequent use of what is called “aspect-to-aspect” panel transitions. In a nutshell these are the transitions between panels happening at the same time that show a scene as a whole, often with little to no dialogue. It’s the quiet…
Anime Of The Decade
The start of the 2021 Winter season marks the end of a pretty damn interesting decade of anime. Your Name nearly knocked Spirited Away off the podium for highest grossing anime film of all time only for them both to be beaten by the new Demon Slayer movie, anime began testing the waters of the…
The Best Christmas Movie
Christmas most certainly ain’t my favourite time of year. In fact I dread the holidays, the planning, the cost and the sheer amount of work involved in the whole ordeal especially during the hell year of 2020. BUT I like anime so let’s make this work. Tokyo Godfathers is a movie written and directed by…
In Defence of Korra
Making a sequel for any acclaimed series is an incredibly difficult task. You must capture the essence of the original while adding compelling new content that isn’t too radically different either. Alienating fans of the first installment tends to be where many sequels fail, we see franchises time and time again stumble into a cash…
Good For Health, Bad For Education
Okay so Manga UK had recently celebrated the 4k remaster of Akira by showing it in select IMAX theatres around the country. As soon as the announcement was made I was immediately hyped, I signed up to be notified as soon as bookings went live and continuously refreshed the nearest Cineworld website whenever I had…
Delving Within The Shell: The Hidden Story Of Ghost In The Shell
As far as I am concerned, Mamoru Oshii’s 1995 Ghost in the Shell is an absolute masterpiece of a film. A cult classic as well as my personal favourite movie, Ghost in the Shell is an 82 minutes anime adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s manga of the same name. The movie is set in the cyberpunk-esque…
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