Long-time readers will remember me showcasing the work of Bristol based anime and manga artist Rory Doona on the site before - well, he's back, this time with a few pieces he's done for UK anime distributor Manga Entertainment. To ...Read More
The name Natsuhiko Kyogoku is probably unfamiliar to most anime fans, but the novelist has already had one of his works adapted - Madhouse's 2008 series Mōryō no Hako - with a second, Loups-Garous, being adapted into a movie by ...Read More
Following on from the popularity of last week's Parappa and Street Fighter in just 15 pixels, I thought i'd better share this. Alaskan Military School have been at it again, this time cramming a whole bunch of classic games into ...Read More
OK - the second non-anime/manga related post today, but when my good friend David Surman showed me this today I just couldn't resist sharing. David is heavily involved in organising Nottingham based games-fest Gamecity, and - well, I'll let him ...Read More
Someone is killing robots. Not just any robots either; apparently someone is hunting down and killing the world's most powerful and famous robots. And this is a problem for Inspector Gesicht of Europol, not just because he's been put in ...Read More
Long time readers will be familar with the work of local Bristol artist Rory Doona, whose anime and graf inspired work I've had great pleasure in showing on the site in the past. Well, today Rory dropped me an email ...Read More
One name has dominated manga over the last few years - in the west at least - Naoki Urasawa. Probably best known for his dark mystery series (and it's subsequent anime spin-off) Monster and Pluto, his recent re-telling of a ...Read More
It's always a buzz when you find that you have a connection with an artist you admire; it somehow feels like it brings you a little bit closer to understanding them and their work. I've been a fan of anime screenwriter ...Read More
Even if you've never read a single page of manga before, the chances are you're familiar with Osamu Tezuka - and if the name isn't familiar, then it's likely that his most famous creation Astro Boy, is. Even though she's ...Read More
Something a little different today - something not directly related to anime or manga - but something I'm pretty sure you'll agree is pretty damn cool. A few years ago, whilst innocently browsing for mecha reference images for one of my ...Read More