JNK.DOG, a young man with no ID and no recollection of his real name or past, is an aspiring megalobox fighter, a popular sport that uses metal exoskeletons to enhance contestants’ boxing skills. JNK.DOG is desperate to experience ‘true’ megaloboxing, but has to fight in fixed illegal underground matches to make ends meet, all while […]
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars Part 1 marks an historic moment in Sailor Moon fandom. Previously never officially released outside Japan, this final arc of Toei’s original adaptation of Naoko Takeuchi’s classic Sailor Moon was the kind of stuff exchanged amongst weeb circles with moments of incredulous astonishment. Blurred conceptions of gender, warriors from beyond the […]
On the way home from the convenience store to pick up some snacks, Subaru Natsuki suddenly finds himself in another world. And just like that we’re along for the journey with him as he starts and then er… restarts life in another world. As Subaru wanders the grand fantasy city he stumbles upon three ne’er-do-wells […]
The Sega Mega Drive Mini came out around two months ago at the time I’m writing this. It’s been an unexpectedly interesting experience too. While I’ve snapped up and had a great time with the NES Classic and SNES Classic mini consoles, the Sega Mega Drive Mini has presented a unique experience both as a […]
In the real world it was 18 years between the last Cardcaptor Sakura animated feature and the new Clear Card series, but for those in the town of Tomoeda only two years have passed since Sakura did battle with the Nothing card, and with the Sakura cards safely sealed, Li back in Hong Kong and […]
Following his premature death at the hands of a co-worker, a middle-aged salary man is forcibly reincarnated as Tanya Degurechaff, a girl living in an alternate semi-fantasy world in the midst of war. God (or ‘Being X’ as Tanya refers to them) is to blame, punishing Tanya for her lack of faith in her previous […]
Mirai sits as the eighth film directed by Mamoru Hosoda and looks through the eyes of a young boy adjusting to the changes brought about by the arrival of his baby sister. What kicks off as an endearing and intimate look at the challenges to the family dynamic brought about by the arrival of a […]
Orange Complete Series promises shoujo high school melodrama in the spirit of a classic do-over trope. While the experience that followed certainly adhered to this in part, the real strength behind this anime series lies elsewhere. Orange Complete Series centres its story around Naho Takamiya, a high schooler living in Matsumoto who receives a letter […]
Chio’s School Road sets itself an odd challenge – create a whole series based on walking to school in the morning. On the surface this seems daft given how boring and uneventful the daily run to school can be, but constraints can also be a great stimulus for creativity and we have that in spades […]
A student at Suzaku High School, delinquent Ryu Yamada is often berated by teachers for his attitude, and his irritation grows when he is compared to the studious Urara Shiraishi. But not all is as it seems at Suzaku High School, and after Yamada and Shiraishi share an accidental kiss, the two discover that they […]
