With the sad news that Ghibli co-founder and legendary anime director Isao Takahata passed away, we take some time to remember some of his remarkable work. After that it’s time for us to continue our examination of the Winter season in anime, so join us
Animation is serious business so this week we scrutinise the trailers for Ralph Breaks The Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 and BallMastrz: 9009 through the lenses of our stop-motion microscopes. After that we dissect Crunchyroll’s Anime Awards for 2017 as we really want to know why
Confusion reigns this week as the alcohol flows (for one of us anyway), wigs are glued and Reboot gets a reboot. In other news, Sega and Paramount pictures pick up the gauntlet thrown by Nintendo and announce a Sonic the Hedgehog feature film, and Kumo
Keyframe rides again, and this time we’ve got a new of our conga line as we parade through multi-sensory theme park attractions, Bob Marley’s music, samurai bunnies and a new animated feature set on Hawaii during Halloween that has a suitably cringe-worthy name (see if
This week we brace ourselves after the announcement of a new Mario Bros. movie (but thankfully it may not be live-action). We also get our first look at the new design of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Netflix announces several surprising partnerships to produce
Now that we’ve got the good and bad of 2017 out of the way we have to resume normal service … for a given value of normal that is! This week we cast our eyes (which are admittedly in various states of working order), over
Shocking revelations abound this week! First we discover that Batman is actually a ninja in the trailer for the cunningly titled animated film Batman Ninja. After that we’re left positively thunderstruck by Akira Toriyama’s claim that Saiyans need S-cells to become super. All together now
Andrew and Mick trade back their new model Rob for the older, more comfortable version this week. The news is cause for some head-scratching as DC’s decide to do a JLA/Doom Patrol crossover with the rather odd title of Milk Wars. Meanwhile, Jude Law may
Andrew, Mick and the other Rob (he’s not a palette-swap – honest!), are here with another heaping helping of comics and manga. This week the gang discuss the new trailer for Deadpool 2, the early reactions to the Justice League movie (which aren’t all pretty),
Magical girls are a staple in anime and manga, but they’re not very common in video game circles. But is that all about to change? Mark and Rob return to discuss Blue Reflection: Sword of the Girl Who Dances in Illusions (which is better known