Cert 15 | 12 x 25 mins | 2016
4 Star
Teen’s, Pain and Understanding.
This is director Hiroshi Kobayashi‘s first full length anime series and it hasn’t been adapted from a manga, but there is now a manga spin-off of this quirky tale of the goings on in a specially built city for the advance of World peace.
A young boy runs through corridors as a young girl stands upon…more
Cert 12 | 105 mins | 1993
4 Star
Bullets, Babes, Boats and Jackie Chan.
From the crazy pages of Tsukasa Hôjô‘s (Angel Heart) manga comes Jing Wong‘s (Boys Are Easy, A True Mob Story) and Tsukasa Hôjô‘s live action version, with the stunning visuals that can Only come from the main star Jackie Chan (Jackie Chan’s Police Story & Police Story 2, The Lego Ninjago Movie 3D, Kung Fu…more
Cert PG | 350 mins | 2018
3 stars of high school drama and music.
Sound Euphonium is based on the Japanese novel series by Ayano Takeda. It is adapted to anime by Kyoto Animation (Free! Eternal Summer, Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions! Heart Throb) and directed by Tatsuya Ishihara (Clannad). It is presented here in the original Japanese with English subtitles, courtesy of Anime Ltd. and comprises the whole…more
Cert 15 | 12 x 24 mins | 2015
3 Star
Honour with Duck and Cover.
AllTheAnime bring us Hideaki Nakano‘s (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, Golden Time, Devils Line) Aoharu x Machinegun, a tale of guns, girls, loyalty and justice. As team Toy Gun Gun go up against the best of “Air Soft”.
Hotaru Tachibana (Monica Rial, RWBY, Fairy Tail: The Movie – Dragon Cry, Assassination Classroom) is a high-school student who heads…more
Cert 12 | 94 mins | 1955
4 Star
Honour and Dedication.
From an illustrious career that started in 1922-1970 Arrow Academy brings Tomu Uchida‘s (Twilight Saloon, Sword in the Moonlight) 1955 Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji, a tale of a Samurai and his two servants as they make their way to Edo and their encounters on the way. This film made Daisuke Katō (Seven Samurai, Street of Shame) the…more
Cert 12 | 10 x 24 mins | 2017
4 Star
A Grimoire Tale
Funimation brings us a new tale of magic users from the manga written and illustrated by Yūki Tabata. This series has been adapted by Tatsuya Yoshihara (Long Riders!) and written by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (Claymore). As an avid anime fan I find this series as a mix of Fairy Tail and One Piece which isn’t a bad thing…more
Cert 15 | 100, 121 mins | 1985, 1988
5 Star
Classic Jackie Chan, Just Made Better.
Eureka brings us two of Jackie Chan‘s (Drunken Master, City Hunter, Jackie Chan’s Who Am I?, Rush Hour, Shanghai Knights, Police Story: Lockdown) most iconic films, that show off his unique style of action, comedy and martial arts. After spending years as an uncredited extra, he suddenly became an overnight success in the late…more
