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‘Another’: anime review
Since I started studying for a Diploma last month, my anime-watching time has been somewhat reduced and I’ve been a lot more selective in my viewing habits. This was why I chose to watch ‘Another’, a...
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Double anime review: Accel World and Btooom!
Seeing as I have a few anime reviews to get through, I thought I’d try something different this week. I recently watched Accel World and Btoom! from MVM Entertainment, both series about video games and...
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From the New World – the best anime
Every couple of years you come across an anime series that ticks all the boxes; moving story, real dilemmas, fantastic yet believable, beautiful animation, well-developed characters, emotive...
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Anime review: Garden of Sinners Collection
If you’re still undecided on what anime you or your friends/family/significant other want for Christmas, look no further than the Garden of Sinners Collection. This is a new offering from MVM...
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Anime review: Psycho-Pass
I recently discovered Netflix now has a healthy amount of anime series, which is good news for this blog and bad news for the new book I’m writing (I’m nearly half way through the first draft –...
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Anime review: Michiko and Hatchin
Michiko and Hatchin is Japan’s answer to Thelma and Louise with a couple of key differences; it’s set in South America and features a smoking hot mother and her ten year-old daughter. This series is an...
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Anime review: Tsuritama
Tsuritama is the kind of anime series I’d recommend to someone who’s ill in bed or feeling down. This show is pure happiness and joy distilled into 12 episodes – it’s just so… whimsical! The plot of...
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Shakespeare meets anime: Blast of Tempest review
The saying goes that every basic story plot – love, revenge, adventure, you name it – is simply a reworking of a story already told by famous English playwright William Shakespeare several hundred...
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Anime August review: Log Horizon
Image: strawburry17.com Sophie’s Japan Blog is four years old this August so, after a lot of umm-ing and ahh-ing, I decided to celebrate this birthday by making this month on the blog all about… anime!...
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The best anime on Netflix UK?
Carrying on with our Anime August theme for the month, I thought I’d take a look at the bountiful amount of anime on Netflix UK. Netflix is a god-send for anime and it’s also a brilliant way to...
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Anime August review: Amnesia
One of my several guilty pleasures is romance anime, which might surprise those of you who’ve heard me moan about the over-abundance of Mary Sues in fiction today. Not that romance means bland female...
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Anime August review: A Lull in the Sea
I’m not crying. There’s just something in my eye… We have a contender for anime of the year! A Lull in the Sea is one of those series that is difficult to explain without giving much away, so let’s...
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Anime review: Flowers of Evil
Flowers of Evil starts off with one young boy’s foolish mistake but quickly develops into something more sinister. Takao, an unremarkable high school student who always has his head in a book, on...
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Anime review: The Eccentric Family
I was hoping my last anime review of the year would have a distinctly Japanese feel, so I was very pleased when I got my hands on The Eccentric Family from MVM Entertainment. This is a quirky little...
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Why I secretly loved watching Maid-Sama
The last anime series I watched that fell into the high school romance category was probably Ouran High School Host Club – a good 10 years ago. I like to think that 25-year-old Sophie is a bit more...
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Anime review: Hakkenden
I’ve long been a fan of fantasy stories in general, so fantasy anime is understandably one of my favourite genres. That said, there’s both good and bad series around and, after you’ve watched a certain...
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Anime review: Haibane Renmei
I’m glad I took the time to watch Haibane Renmei. That might sound like a strange thing to say but, given how limited my anime-watching time’s been this year, it’s better to watch something that’s...
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Samurai piloting mechs? Nobunaga the Fool anime review
The historical giant of Japan’s Sengoku (warring states) era, Oda Nobunaga, has been revisited and reincarnated dozens of times in anime. If you thought Sengoku Basara (still one of my favourite anime,...
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Ergo Proxy anime review and giveaway!
Christmas is just a few weeks away, meaning it’s time for a festive giveaway! MVM Entertainment are re-releasing the bad-ass anime series Ergo Proxy on Blu-Ray DVD and we have one copy up for grabs!...
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Watching ‘Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions’
Here’s an idea for a game to play while watching Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions – take a drink every time someone says ‘I activate my trap card’! Out this week from MangaUK is Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark...
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