Reviews

Looking back, it’s remarkable that Makoto Shinkai’s second short film found international success so quickly, and that this would act as…

2020’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train was an undeniable international financial success for Sony pictures’…

I have a lot of mixed emotions watching Kaguya-sama: Love is War — The First Kiss That Never Ends, but almost none are in regards to the…

Crunchyroll is definitely on a (crunchy) roll with their theatrical releases of late. Not only did they release the recent Laid-Back Camp…

Often incorrectly identified as “the next Hayao Miyazaki”, Japanese filmaker Makoto Shinkai certainly found international success…

2022 was pretty good for theatrical anime releases in the UK, so I’m optimistic that 2023 will be just as good. The first anime movie on…

2022’s final anime season has seen fit to bless us with an embarrassment of riches. At least as far as Crunchyroll’s offerings go, this may…

Last time, halfway through this ridiculously packed anime season, I covered some Netflix shows that I don’t have room to include again here…

So normally I’d write full reviews of each recent anime movie I’ve been fortunate enough to see…

It’s been a very busy season, with some incredibly high quality anime split across multiple streaming services. Last time, I covered…

As 2022 crawls to a dark, cold, and wet end (at least in Scotland), what better way to keep warm in these depressing fuel-conserving months…

Those who can effectively tease their crush have some serious skill. The age of teasing anime romances is upon us!

The Autumn 2022 anime season already seems to be in full swing, but let’s take a brief pause from all of that new shiny goodness to finish…

The latest in distributor Anime Limited’s 2022 Cinema Matsuri initiative, Inu-Oh follows the UK release of Pompo the Cinephile (which…

Those of you who follow my work know I’m quite fond of dark subject matter, taking an interest in just about anything that tackles the…

Wow, we’re already at the end of the season. How did that happen? It seems that last time I was only writing my halfway-through-the-season…

One of the big four is back in theaters with a new film and a title that proves Akira Toriyama is as silly as ever.

It’s a little later into the season than I’d normally like to write this, but I’ve recently been distracted by anime movies and sci-fi…

UK distributor Anime Limited has long championed cinematic anime, most obviously with their annual Scotland Loves Anime film festival in…

Bastard!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- — which will hereby be referred to as Bastard!! because like hell I’m typing this out each time! — is…

Morbid obesity (classified as a Body Mass Index (BMI) of above 40, where normal is below 25) is a growing health emergency in Western…

Although Summer is somewhat quieter on the anime front compared to the previous Spring 2022 season, that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty…

What a great anime season it’s been! Winter 2022 was comparatively quiet, but Spring 2022 has brought both quantity and quality. Mostly…

It’s taken a while, but I’ve finally watched and written about every animated production (available in English) contributed to by Katsuhiro…