While we wait for more updates on Luffy’s demise, it looks like we are yet to stay for a little while. One Piece 1014 spoilers came a little bit earlier than expected this time. But we might have to wait for as long as next week to get the whole chapter summary. We have got…

Doga Kobo studio is back with a new anime. The studio has been popular in the anime industry for its cute arts and moe animation style. After producing a fair amount of slice of life and rom-com anime, the studio is bringing a Josei anime for fans. My Senpai Is Annoying is a comedic Josei manga…

Sword Art Online is coming back with another movie, and fans are anticipating it highly. The anime is based on the light novels by Reki Kawahara. Sword Art Online anime series have had a wide range of crutches reviews. While some were in total love with it, some were disappointed in the making. Yet, despite…

Hisoka Morrow could be creepy with multiple wrongdoings, but he remains to be one of the favorite characters from the Hunter x Hunter series. Many people do not see him as an antagonist as he has been often indicated as. Seeing his determination to protect Gon (irrespective of his reasons), he is seen more as…

By Andrew Osmond. An anime cinema feature film of JRR Tolkien’s Middle-Earth has been announced, entitled The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. At last, an anime film with a title that Japanese people will find as hard to pronounce as the rest of us! It’s directed by Kenji Kamiyama, the man…

By Jeannette Ng. An “Auto Memory Doll” was originally the name given to the typewriters of Telsis, invented by a man who wanted to help his novelist wife to continue writing after she became blind. But much as “computers” were once both the machines that computed and the women who operated them, Auto Memory Doll…

By Andrew Osmond. In Penguindrum, a dorky penguin hat – that’s a hat that looks like a penguin, not one made out of penguins – brings a beautiful girl back to life. This miracle starts an adventure that’s insanely odd even by the standards of anime. The girl is Himari Takakura, the angelic sister of…

By Gianni Simone. Tadao Tsuge is the stuff of legend. Though, until quite recently, he was nearly unknown outside Japan, the veteran comic artist was one of the pioneers of alternative manga and a key contributor of avant-garde magazine Garo between the late 1960s and early 1970s. Differently from his older brother Yoshiharu, Tadao has…

It’s that time again! Yes, it’s time to go through our schedule of forthcoming releases, and lift the lid on the titles that will be coming to pre-order over the coming month, as we look over our release slates for July and (at least in part) August. We know what you’re here for, so let’s…

By Andrew Osmond. Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory is a terrific “untold chapter” in the Gundam franchise, and an excellent way into Gundam for newbies. Stardust Memory is essentially one story, told over 13 half-hour episodes, with all-new characters, a compelling arc and production values which still look impressive today. Many of the other Gundam series…