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Albeit that when I had the epiphany, I didn’t actually intend it to be in anyway sequential, I realise now that one of the notes I most wanted to convey in my last article (that anime characters are strangely diverse, likeable and unique), must inevitably occupy the same territory as those at the heart of [...]

Having just reviewed the Trinity Blood series, the creativity, or lack of it, in the anime industry - something I often think about, and which my thoughts have been trying to give shape to in the back of my mind recently - seems like an appropriate subject for this article.
It struck me, when the point [...]

Despite the academic tone of this articles title, and my rhetoric (which is usually inevitable), I have noticed that the majority of the articles on our blog recently have taken to the same format, so I’ll be staying away from quotation marks or overly critical statements for the duration of this latest monologue.
One thing that [...]

First, and before all else, whether you’re Gothic or not, whether you like Gothic culture or not, I hope you will read and enjoy this article for its emotional and philosophical weighing of a fairly significant modern subculture. Article proper:
There is currently a topic on the forums of Nakama Britannica’s sister site, AnimeUKNews, asking whether [...]

Taking note of the fact that our blogospherants had yet to handle the pressing issue of the day - that of the seeming crash of the modern anime market - I of course have to take it up myself.
Being quite a paranoiac topic, however, the majority of commentators are just stabbing at shadows; and often [...]

Recent events in the anime and videogame industries have got me thinking about the differences between the two, the overlap, and the underlying cultures behind them.
As both an anime and a videogame fan, I enjoy the mechanics and culture of the industries, as well as comparisons between the two. Every industry is unique, from music, [...]

Anime commonly takes the form of thirteen, twenty-six and fifty-two episode series - with the majority appearing on Japanese, and increasingly on foreign television sets.
Most anime fans have also enjoyed the feature-length films that have come out of Japan though - which are a mainstay of anime, regardless of whether they are the standard or [...]