Fresh out of high school, 18 year-old Suzukaze Aoba is off to join the workforce, and she’s not just landed any old office gig, she’s going to work for a game development company named Eagle Jump – creators of her favorite games, the acclaimed ‘Fairies Story’ series. And as if that’s not enough, she’ll be […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Following on from the release of the first season a few months ago, Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202 – Part 1 takes up the story three years after the conclusion of 2199. Given how well the first series in this reboot was received, it will be interesting to see how the team respond to […]
Golden Kamuy Complete Season 1 travels an interesting road by pairing a drifting ex-serviceman panning for gold in Hokkaido with an Ainu girl in search for a secret and legendary haul of the same. The duo find their fates intertwined as they begin their search in the countryside and nearby cities in the hope of […]
Dragon Ball Super – The Movie: Broly is the 20th theatrical entry for the seemingly unstoppable Dragon Ball series whose box office appearance garnered critical and commercial acclaim. Given the series’ somewhat checkered performance on film, let’s see how this latest entry compares to its predecessors. Dragon Ball Super – The Movie: Broly focuses on […]