Anime makes the world golden – we cover reviews, news and musings for the lastest shows and movies all the way back to the super-permed 80s and beyond.
Based in Japan’s Saga prefecture, the zombie idol group Franchouchou get their big break when they get a chance to perform at a major concert venue. Unfortunately, they only manage to sell one per cent of their tickets, and as a result the girls find themselves with a massive debt to the venue and needing […]
Scar on the Praeter is a weird name for an anime. Thankfully, the anime is also a little weird and quirky with an assorted cast of rather bishi men full of hyperbolic explosions. In Scar on the Praeter, a section of Tokyo named Akatsuki has become an independent state which has fallen to lawlessness and […]
In Shadows House, living dolls are created to work for mysterious and faceless masters, with the main role of these dolls being to serve as the faces of the members of the Shadows family. Emilico is a living doll who serves Mistress Kate, and spends her days cleaning and conversing with her master so she […]
Nagara, Nozomi, and their fellow high school classmates find themselves trapped in a deep, dark void when their school building crosses into another dimension. While stuck in the school, the students discover something extraordinary – that they have begun to develop fantastical abilities. As their powers awaken, the students start exploring the strange reality they […]
Back Arrow is a weird name for an anime, especially one that mashes mecha action, political intrigue and a pseudo-fantasy setting with not-so-subtle echoes of historical real-world global conflict. Set in the world of Lingaland, Back Arrow – Season 1 Part 1 kicks off with the unexpected appearance of the titular character Back Arrow who […]
In a misguided attempt to save humanity from a “quirk doomsday”, a terrorist organisation known as Humarise develops a bomb filled with a triggering gas that targets people with quirks, causing their abilities to overload and kill them. In an attempt to stop Humarise, the World Heroes Association deploys heroes across the globe to the […]
A romcom set during the ’20s in regional Japan seems like the last thing that would be greenlit in today’s anime landscape, but here we are with Taisho Otome Fairy Tale and I reckon the world’s a better place because of it! Taisho Otome Fairy Tale focuses on it’s main duo – Tamahiko Shima, the […]
In 19th century Britain, Professor William James Moriarty witnesses the cruelty of the nobility against the working class and begins to devise a plan to destroy the class system. Moonlighting as a crimes consultant for the abused and mistreated, Moriarty works with his brothers Louis and Albert to help common folk exact their revenge on […]
Known as Uramichi Oniisan (or big brother Uramichi), former gymnast Uramichi Omota is a co-host on the popular children’s TV program Together with Maman. Alongside his co-workers, Uramichi plays an energetic host that sings, dances, and does arts and crafts to entertain the kids dialling in to watch the show. Although being cheerful is part […]
Specialising in the supernatural, detective Kohachi Inugami travels from Tokyo to a small town to investigate what is causing the gruesome deaths of the local livestock. While investigating, he meets a young boy named Kabane Kusaka working at a local inn and recruits him as a guide to help uncover the truth behind the killings. […]