AVCon 2019 heralded the convention’s 18th year of consecutive service to local and visiting otaku in Adelaide! Just as in previous years, we were there to take a look around, meet people, spend some money and play some games! Guests The schedule for AVCon 2019 had a slew of guests and panels. Paul St Peter […]
From humble beginnings as an adult Visual Novel, Type-Moon’s Fate franchise is now a bonafide juggernaut, with the Fate phenomenon comprising multiple series spanning parallel universes and alternate timelines across more animated series, OVAs, movies, manga volumes and games than you can shake a Saint Quartz at. Fate/stay Night: Heaven’s Feel 1. Presage Flower goes […]
For this entry in the Visiting Japan Feature series at Anime Inferno, AussieGirl shares her experiences hitting up the slopes in Japan, with her most recent being a ski holiday to Hakuba in February 2019… The snow season in Japan is something people travel far and wide for the powder experience of a lifetime. Their […]
After saving the city of Hellsalem’s Lot from the King of Despair, possessor of the ‘All Seeing Eyes of God’ Leonardo Watch has assumed his place as a valuable member of Libra, a secret crime-fighting organisation made up of super-powered individuals with blood themed powers. With Hellsalem’s lot occupied by all manner of humans and […]
For this entry in the Visiting Japan Feature series at Anime Inferno, Iron Chap discusses his experience renting a car and driving around the Japanese countryside in May 2017… In May 2017 my wife and I were lucky enough to get away to Japan for a couple of weeks. While a good chunk of our […]
For this entry in the Visiting Japan Feature series at Anime Inferno, Calo discusses her experience studying Japanese overseas for an intensive language and cultural study program in Akita in January 2017… During my university days I was able to enrol in an advanced language and cultural program at Akita International University. As a result, […]
For this entry in the Visiting Japan Feature series at Anime Inferno, Mangaman discusses his experience from the UniSA Japan Study Tour which saw him working through Kyoto, Tokyo and Sendai over 16 days in June 2018… Travelling to Japan as a student was something I never got around to doing at uni in the […]
30-year-old company woman Moriko Morioka is throwing in the towel on business life, giving up the corporate grind in favour of the the online grind in MMORPG Fruits de Mer. She seizes the opportunity to be someone else in online life and creates male character Hayashi, a tall, blue-haired handsome adventurer and sets off somewhat […]
Known as the Clan of the Separated by outsiders, the Iolph are figures of legend who maintain youthful appearances and live for hundreds of years. They spend their days weaving hibiol, a cloth that records their stories and the passage of time, remembering the days when the world was filled with legends like flowers that […]
Fruits Basket triggered some sizeable waves when it hit anime fandom in Japan and then around the world in 2001. With the new adaptation hitting streaming service at the time of writing, Fruits Basket The Complete Series Blu-Ray is the perfect opportunity to revisit the adventures of the zodiac-cursed Sohma family. Tohru Honda finds herself […]
