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2 months ago | 
uk-anime.net | Ross Locksley |Richard Durrance |Dawfydd Kelly
Those of us who remember the bygone days of anime on VHS will remember Riding Bean, a 45 minute tour-de-force of Americana through a distinctly Japanese lens, as getaway driver Bean Bandit befuddles the law, defies the odds and drives like a man possessed. It was and still is one of the best anime of the 80's.
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2 months ago | 
uk-anime.net | Ross Locksley |Richard Durrance |Dawfydd Kelly
In what seems to be a trend, the first three episodes of the upcoming Gundam series, GQuuuuuux (pronounced G-Kwux) have been edited together and released in the cinema. Witch Watch is doing the same next week.
Visiting The Light in Leeds, James, Sophie and I (and comically James' brother Ben who we bumped into) really had no idea of what to expect. The series has been written with Hideki Anno of Evangelion fame, and a lot of speculation was that we would be getting some fusion of the two.
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2 months ago | 
uk-anime.net | Richard Durrance |Ross Locksley |Dawfydd Kelly
One of those grab in the sale punts, Summer Ghost, is one of my least favourite things: a short film. Not that I am biased but most short films are calling cards, style over substance to try and get someone to notice you, finance you, and never feel particularly enticing. Not that I am biased, remember. And of course you are up against Makoto Shinkai, where I would say – at risk of apparently contradicting myself – his short works are better than his longer form works.
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Feb 28, 2025 | 
uk-anime.net | Ross Locksley |Richard Durrance |Dawfydd Kelly
Unusually for a film, Trapezium has opening credits, and they're very inventive, mixing a range of animation styles from pop-art colours through to sketches in a lined notebook and birds made of stars, it's a lovely start to a beautiful film, full of colour and detail. It made me feel summery just watching it!
The film follows Yu Azuma who is prepared to go to any lengths to become an idol.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
uk-anime.net | Richard Durrance |Dawfydd Kelly |Ross Locksley |Robert Mullarkey
After the quiet success of the first season of Emma, I returned to the simpler Victorian days of its second and final season (or Second Act, as it is puts it in the title sequence and who am I to argue?) Despite the end of the first season leaving Emma on her way to the village of her birth, we instead find Emma ensconced as a maid in a large household in Haworth.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
uk-anime.net | Dawfydd Kelly |Ross Locksley |Robert Mullarkey |Richard Durrance
DanDaDan is a paranormal mystery show that deals with both spiritual and extra terrestrial misadventure, with our two leads, alien obsessive Ken "Okarun" Takakura and grand daughter to a psychic Momo Ayase equally dismissive of each other's beliefs. After a chance encounter, they challenge each other to visit a hot spot of alien and ghostly activity to prove that such phenomenon really exist. It does not go well.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
uk-anime.net | Ross Locksley |Richard Durrance |Xena Frailing |Dawfydd Kelly
Opening with a montage of pirate-y action, One Piece Fan Letter is a look at the world through the eyes of a bystander in the Great Pirate Era, a young girl inspired by Nami's adventures, outsmarting her Devil Fruit infused opponents with wit and style. The 24 minute special starts with the Summit War of Marineford before skipping ahead 2 years to rejoin the girl in her village on the Sabaody Archipelago as she endeavours to escape her chores and deliver a letter to her heroine.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
uk-anime.net | Ross Locksley |Richard Durrance |Xena Frailing |Dawfydd Kelly
While Gundam has been utilising CGI for some time, a series made entirely in that vein has been absent from the franchise until now. An ambitious collaboration with Netflix, this six part series directed by a pretty green Erasmus Bosdau (Origin Zero, Altered Carbon: Resleeved) and written by Gavin Hignight (Transformers War for Cybertron, Tekken: Bloodline) it's probably fair to say that this Gundam project wasn't exactly conceived or directed by A-List talent.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
uk-anime.net | Ross Locksley |Richard Durrance |Xena Frailing |Dawfydd Kelly
If ever a film needed better marketing, it's Transformers One. The latest in a long line of Transformers films from Paramount, the idea that it's a slapstick comedy aimed at children, as trailers suggested, was never accurate. Instead, the film is an action origin story that examines the Transformers lore with a clarity that's both unusual and welcome.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
uk-anime.net | Ross Locksley |Dawfydd Kelly
Gundam has a history of making "themed" Gundam units, with G-Gundam really taking the cake with a Windmill Gundam, but easily one of my favourites is the Calibarn from Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury. The broom-like Variable Rod Rifle, which doubles as a booster, just looks fantastic in silhouette, and alongside the simple colour palette and raging lights, it made a suitably bravura impression during the show.
