Nakama Britannica

One of the more interesting debates I’ve read lately was kicked off when the UK’s first and only dedicated anime TV channel “Anime Central” invited the so-called crème of British cosplayers to strut their wares on digital television in front our derisive nation. Though many of the UK’s long-suffering elite were excited by this, just as many were horrified; not as much by the cosplay itself, but rather the anticipated reaction from random outsiders (themselves potential anime fans) only too willing to rip-the-enthusiasm out of the inescapably “geeky-looking” anime addicts.

No one believes me when I say I used to be a tomboy, I read far too much fluffy shojo manga for anyone to believe that! Shojo for those who don’t know is girls manga with storylines about romance, friendship and er… a bit of scandal. As I get a lot of requests from AUKN forum [...]

A lot has been said about the current crop of anime airing in Japan; some have described it as the worst ever, but then, someone will always say that anyway! What is clear is that there is no massive franchise sweeping all before it; there is nothing as well-animated and as thoroughly entertaining as Death [...]

Thinking up the topic for todays article wasn’t the hardest task in the world. All I had to do was look to my right and stare blankly at my shelves chock full of DVD’s. The question I propose to you in this article is “What is the purpose behind a collection? What do you get [...]

Looking at animated films being released today, many big-budget titles use the quality of their computer graphics as a big selling point in a similar way that live-action blockbusters do when boasting about the quality of their ’special FX’ and stunts; it’s so commonplace now that it hardly feels worth mentioning any more. Looking at [...]

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 [...]

In a time when the pursuit of anime was often limited to a couple of beardy old men and a third-generation video tape, I can’t imagine they spent much (if any) time arguing over what to watch; simply that it was Japanese and animated was enough; after all, beggars can’t be choosers. 15 long years [...]