Mar 31
These never get easier. The time has come to reflect on another year of great shows, lament about those I never got around to catching up with, and rank the ten best series and movies from the year that was 2017. 198! That was the number of first episodes you can read impressions of from …
Mar 31
It’s been a few years since I last did a top ten for anime. I fell out of anime for a bit, but got back on the horse in 2016. And now that it’s the end of March and the 2-cours that started in October have come to a close, it’s time to look back …
Feb 12
Recently Warner Brothers finally announced the next DC animated series, Justice League Action. Bringing back Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, and a few other DC favourite voice actors, and veteran DC animation creators will be working on it, including Alan Burnett, Jim Krieg, and Butch Lukic. The series is using the currently popular 11 minute episode …
Jan 22
Hey so I’m writing up a thing for the blog about gundam because I’m terrible boring and “on brand”. Mobile Suit Gundam is pretty much THE long running series of Sci-fi Mech Anime. it’s pretty much THE DADDY when it comes to japan’s love affair with giant robots and the very idea of anime fandom …
Jan 12
The Killing Joke is probably one of the more equally famous and controversial Batman comics. Written by Alan Moore and drawn by Brian Bolland in 1988. It is called one of the most important Joker stories and has been given as reference material for the Batman movies by Tim Burton, Christopher Nolan, and the current …
Oct 29
After the last six months of manga megapost, this one will seem frankly sedate, covering only October’s releases. We’ve still got some cool stuff though, including the climax of one of manga’s longest running and most successful series, so hit that lil’ button and see for yourself.
Sep 28
Hello! Been a while, eh? And look at that, the blog’s had a minor facelift. And the calendars working! And other behind the scenes nonsense you can’t see, but I assure you is totally rad. But, er, where was I. Oh yeah. Manga. We’ve seen a huge crop of titles come out over the past …
Mar 26
Time for a manga megapost! There’s been a barrage of great releases over the past three months for fans of right to left comics from all the publishers, with more being licensed by the day (thank you Seven Seas for licensing Accelerator <3), so much so I can’t cover everything as in-depth as I would …
Dec 04
So as it turns out I have been missing a manga publisher for the past few months. Good old Kodansha! Thanks to somebody on Twitter who reminded me about them. Anyway, time now to look at the final batch of Japanese comics making their way to UK shelves this year. Oh, and for the record, …
Nov 10
Firstly, I’d like to say I do put my money where my mouth is and bought the first volume of Ajin, so expect thoughts on that sometime. Need to finish my current Cardcaptor Sakura volume. Secondly, and more importantly, WE HAVE AN ANICOM STEAM GROUP GO JOIN AND PLAY VIDJA GAEMS – http://steamcommunity.com/groups/anicom Okay, enough …
First part of our Spring Anime Impressions! With 15 and 50 year celebrations, a quarter of Netflix originals and horse girls! anicom.co.uk/2018/04/06/spr…
That time of the year where our own @Slazoking waxs lyrical on the best anime 2017 had to offer! anicom.co.uk/2018/03/31/sea…
Movie March rolls on with animated basketball! Haikyuu? Kurobas? Not quite... anicom.co.uk/2018/03/24/mov…
More Movie March? If you say so, Charlie Brown. anicom.co.uk/2018/03/17/mov…
Movie March continues as we look at Satoshi Kon's classic Perfect Blue! anicom.co.uk/2018/03/10/mov…
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