Cert U | 103 mins | 2016
5 stars for the stunning final feature film from Studio Ghibli.
When Marnie Was There is written and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi (The Secret World of Arrietty) and produced by the fabulous Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle). It is based on the novel of the same name by Joan G. Robinson, with the location changed from Norfolk in England, to…more
Cert PG | 350 mins | 2016
4 stars, the Iwatobi Swim Club are back!
Free! Eternal Summer is based on the light novel High Speed! by Kōji Ōji and produced by Kyoto Animation (K-On!!, Clannad) and Animation Do. It is the sequel to the highly popular series Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club.
“Join us and become a more muscular you!”
It’s the start of a new school year and the…more
Cert 15 | 12 x 23 mins | 2014
4 Star
Swords, Twin-Tails and Fetishes.
From Production IMS (Castle Town Dandelion) and director Hiroyuki Kanbe comes a bizarre series even for the Japanese’s strange sense of humour. At a 15 Certificate I think that the viewer should be of a sexually educated age and know that there are strange fetishes out there. But that said I found it very funny and…more
Cert 15 | 120 mins | 2015
4 Star
Corpses, Guns and a Soul.
From burgeoning director moving up from being key animator Ryôtarô Makihara (Hal, Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa) brings us a beautiful piece of anime in the Gothic style involving many literary and real characters such as (John H. Watson, Noble Savage 007 (Friday), Hadaly Lilith, Frederick Burnaby, Alexei Karamazov, Nikolai Krasotkin, M, The One,…more
Cert 15 | 10 x 23 mins | 2015
5 Star
Guns, Knives and Tentacles.
Seiji Kishi (Humanity has Declined) continues his Tour-De-Force of Assassination Classroom as season 1 part 2 hits the shelves and the moon damaging tentacled super fast teacher continues to take Class 3-E through their paces to become assassins.
Life continues at Kunugigaoka Junior High School for Class 3-E and their assassin training continues under the tutelage of…more
Cert 12 | 26 x 24 mins | 2004
4 Star
Teen Rockers with Big Ambitions.
Even for anime this is a strange title for a series, but it doesn’t take long to realise what it is about. “Rock!”
Fourteen year old Yukio “Koyuki” Tanaka is a disillusioned young boy with his school work not doing so well as he daydreams his school hours away along with his friend Tanabe.
It is…more
AKIRA
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF MANGA ENTERTAINMENT
12 August 2016, London, England – Manga Entertainment is excited to announce that they will be screening the cult anime classic Akira across the UK to celebrate their twenty-fifth birthday this year!
The showings will take place on the 21st September, and will play on over 70 screens – making this the widest UK theatrical release…more
