Anime

‘Lost Song’ Season 1 | Netflix Original Series Review

October 5 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Released globally on Netflix today, Lost Song is a 12-part musical fantasy anime series that begins unassumingly and predictably. Produced by Liden Films in collaboration with Dwango and Mages, it’s...

‘Forest of Piano’ (‘Piano no Mori’) | Netflix Anime Series Review

September 28 2018, by Daniel Hart

Another week, another Netflix anime series added to a growing archive that can only please the fandom. Forest of Piano, or Piano no Mori, was originally a manga titled...

‘Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan’ | Netflix Anime Series Review

September 21 2018, by Daniel Hart

Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan, also known as Hisone to Masotan, is the latest Netflix anime series to grace the leading streaming platform internationally. Since Netflix has reached...

‘Last Hope’ Part 1 | Netflix Original Series Review

September 14 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Debuting worldwide on Netflix today after having done the rounds in Japan since late March, Last Hope Part 1 delivers thirteen half-hour episodes of the...

‘Bleach’ | Netflix Original Film Review

September 14 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

I’m not the best person to review Netflix’s new live-action adaptation of Bleach, having neither seen the anime nor read the manga it was based...

‘Flavors of Youth’ Review – Important Messages About Love And Memories

July 31 2018, by Daniel Hart

Flavors of Youth (Si shi qing chun) is the kind of gig that sentimental people will enjoy. The anime feature provides three different tales of youth...

Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle Review

July 18 2018, by Alix Turner

Netflix’s Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle is the sequel to last year’s Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters. That film was about an alliance...

Netflix’s Mob Psycho 100 Review

May 22 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Arriving today on Netflix in twelve 20-odd minute episodes is Mob Psycho 100, the live-action adaptation of the psychedelic Bones anime series that put in...

‘Swordgai The Animation’ Season 1 Review: A Mesmerizing Blend of Violence and Humanity

March 23 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Swordgai The Animation tells the tragic story of Gai, a child abandoned from birth, his self-inflicted retribution serves to set a course of anguish and...

Anime Review | Children of the Whales / Kujira no Kora wa Sajou ni Utau

March 13 2018, by Alix Turner

Children of the Whales / Kujira no Kora wa Saj? ni Utau is a Netflix Original Anime series based on a long-running Manga of the...

Review | A.I.C.O. Incarnation (2018)

March 9 2018, by Daniel Hart

Netflix Original Anime series A.I.C.O. Incarnation follows high school student Aiko Tachibana who finds out she may have a life-threatening connection with a destructive lifeform...

‘Devilman: Crybaby’ Review – It’s Cool, Tough and Brilliant

January 28 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Well, it’s a strange, shiny object that I found on the beach the other day. And see? If you turn it just right… Oh! Oh,...

Review | Your Name (Kimi no na wa)

January 7 2018, by Alix Turner

Your Name (Kimi no na wa) Director  Makoto Shinkai Writer(s)  Makoto Shinkai Rating  12A Release Date  2016 What’s this? Your Name is a Japanese animated...

‘When Marnie Was There’ Review – A Beautifully Crafted and Colourful Film

May 23 2017, by Daniel Hart

When Marnie Was There was originally released in Japan back in July 2014, but the UK did not get its release until June 2016. The release...