Nakama Britannica

Before beginning this article for Nakama Britannica it is worth noting that this is the start of many new posts for this blog. Although inactive for sometime it is back and not with just the weird articles I post either! Other great posts are in the pipe line from veterans of this blog and also [...]

Nakama Britannia has been dormant for quite some time and I thought it was time to revive it from its slump into hibernation. What an interesting way to revitalise the blog than by awakening it from its electronic sleep than actually talking about electronic sheep. The inspiration behind this article is precisely to look at [...]

First off, apologies for the delay (and for the crooked images, wordpress is weird). I have exams this week and I was through in Glasgow watching The Kings of Leon rock the house at the S.E.C.C.
Anyway, earlier on during the week I had to endure one of the worst films I’ve seen in the last [...]

“In the near future- corporate networks reach out to the stars, electrons and light flow throughout the universe.The advance of computerisation, however, has not yet wiped out nations and ethnic groups.”
Oshii and Shirow have a lot to say in their masterpiece(s). This introductory paragraph is no exception. Setting the scene it illustrates the rate at [...]

‘Ghost in the Shell’ is one of the classic anime. It is certainly, and will be in the future, regarded as one of the greatest films of the genre. In many ways Oshii created a philosophically and aesthetically beautiful film. However, just what is inside that beautifully crafted, yet Byzantine, shell? Well, this article is [...]

As reported on the AUKN News section recently, the BFI kicked off their Anime Now weekend at the South Bank venue with a screening of 5cm Per Second, the latest feature film from Comix Wave studios. As an added incentive the three-part feature was played in full along with a personal appearance from the director, [...]

Kenji Kamiyama said in an interview talking about ‘Ghost in the Shell’ that the greatest science fiction is that which touches on important issues within today’s society. What Kamiyama is trying to illustrate is that his version of ‘Ghost in the Shell’ is at the cutting edge of science fiction. Indeed some of the greatest [...]

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 [...]